{"data":{"id":"us-mt/69-3-1311","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"69-3-1311","heading":"Registration requirements -- prohibitions -- revocation.","body":"(1) A service provider may not offer a product or service to a customer, the charge for which appears on the bill of a billing agent, unless the service provider is properly registered with the commission.\n(2) A billing aggregator may not forward to a billing agent charges for a service or product offered by a service provider unless the billing aggregator is properly registered with the commission.\n(3) A billing aggregator may not forward charges to a billing agent from a service provider who is required to be registered under this section and who is not properly registered under this section.\n(4) A billing agent may not directly bill on behalf of a service provider that is not the billing agent if the service provider is not properly registered, if registration is required under this section.\n(5) The commission shall provide a form for registration and establish the procedure for registering with the commission. A registration remains effective until revoked by the commission or surrendered by the service provider or billing aggregator.\n(6) After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the commission may revoke a registration.\n(7) The commission may revoke the registration of a service provider that has:\n(a) knowingly or repeatedly billed one or more customers for unauthorized service; or\n(b) engaged in any other false or deceptive billing practices.\n(8) The commission may revoke the registration of a billing aggregator that has:\n(a) knowingly or repeatedly forwarded the charge for a service or product to a billing agent on behalf of a service provider that was required to be registered with the commission and that was not properly registered; or\n(b) engaged in any other false or deceptive billing practices.\n(9) Immediately following a revocation of registration under this section, the commission shall provide notice of the revocation to all telecommunications carriers and registered billing aggregators doing business in Montana.","path":["TITLE 69. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 3. REGULATION OF UTILITIES","Part 13. Change in Customer's Telecommunications Carrier"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0690/chapter_0030/part_0130/section_0110/0690-0030-0130-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:14Z","sha256":"a316e6f1a0306d3fd7c64c6f3d81748462bd1aad924fd78e229baf25c64be721","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/69-3-1310","next":"us-mt/69-3-1312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}