{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-256j","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-256j","heading":"Billing for telecommunications services. Information re carriers, basic, local service and taxes.","body":"All bills for telecommunications services, whether issued by a telecommunications company or by a billing service, shall (1) contain the name of each carrier providing service as well as a toll-free number for customer complaints for each such carrier printed clearly and conspicuously on the portion of the bill relating to each carrier; (2) clearly and conspicuously identify on the bill those charges for which nonpayment will not result in disconnection of basic, local service; and (3) only label a charge as a tax if such tax is directly assessed by the taxing entity on the customer through the telecommunications company, which tax shall appear as a separate charge on such bill.","path":["TITLE 16. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES","CHAPTER 283*. TELEPHONE, GAS, POWER AND WATER COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_283.htm#sec_16-256j","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:01Z","sha256":"e08a7b4c4c046e40f260293784b0a704383e39b41ecac61823b1e6626905711e","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-256i","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-256k"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}