{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-51-1730","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 51:1730","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this Chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them:\n(1) \"Advertisement\" means any promotion of 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service by means of any radio, television, video or print media, telemarketing, or any other communication promoting a 900 or 976 number, service, or program to consumers.\n(2) \"Carrier\" means any company that provides telecommunications transmission services.\n(3) \"Consumer\" means a telephone user or end-user who calls or may call a 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service.\n(4) \"Department\" means the Department of Justice.\n(5) \"Pay-per-call service\" means any passive, interactive, polling, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed through a seven or ten digit telephone number that is provided for a charge to a caller through an exclusive telephone number prefix or service access code.\n(6) \"Sponsor\" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other entity that sells a pay-per-call service on whose behalf charges are billed, but shall not include a public utility regulated by the state or the Federal Communications Commission or an interexchange carrier which provides transport or billing, or both, and collection services for a pay-per-call service, unless the public utility or interexchange carrier actually produces or promotes the pay-per-call service.\n(7) \"Subscriber\" means any person or entity in whose name a telephone account is billed.","path":["TITLE 51. TRADE AND COMMERCE","CHAPTER 19-B. DISCLOSURE OF CHARGES FOR 900, 976, AND OTHER PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=104113","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:03:11Z","sha256":"9bb017fd768411f7856a4f1b209fdf9abb74163b9c55f92071523d3737adc803","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-51-1727","next":"us-la/rs-51-1731"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}