{"data":{"id":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-7305","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"35-A M.R.S. §7305","heading":"Notice of charges for use of public telephones","body":"1.  Notice of charges.  Any person who owns, controls, operates or manages a public telephone shall provide a written notice within the immediate vicinity of the telephone and plainly visible to any person using the telephone.  The notice must:\nA.  Identify the name, address and telephone number of the person who owns, controls, operates or manages the public telephone to whom complaints regarding that telephone may be directed;\nB.  Inform the person using the public telephone how to contact a local telephone company operator or \"911\" service operator in case of emergency;\nC.  Specify the rates or charges for use of the public telephone, including charges for local calls, intrastate calls, \"800\" or other toll-free calls, uncompleted calls, incoming calls, collect calls, 3rd-party calls and credit card calls; and\nD.  Contain the identity of the long-distance company that serves the public telephone, explain how the user of the public telephone may, at no charge, obtain information on the rates or charges imposed by the long-distance company, and any additional charges imposed on the user for long distance services.\n2.  Charges limited when no notice.  Any person who owns, controls, operates or manages a public telephone and fails to provide the notice required by subsection 1 may not demand or receive compensation for use of the telephone in excess of charges imposed by the local exchange telephone utility serving that area with respect to that use.","path":["TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES","PART 7: TELECOMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 73: TELEPHONE RATES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/35-A/title35-Asec7305.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:40Z","sha256":"7b772f498b3e88ab21dca94511ad2f1cf46ac3d6aa274e841eb861cbc516a56d","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-7304","next":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-7306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}