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Ch. 405 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Section 8-201
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Public Utility Companies
8-201.
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "Eligible subscriber" means an individual who is certified to [the] A
local telephone company [in whose service area the individual is applying for service]
by the Department of Human Resources as receiving:
(I) assistance under Article 88A, §§ 44A through 53 of the Code[,
receiving];
(II) ASSISTANCE FROM THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSAL SERVICE
PROGRAM UNDER § 7-512.1 OF THIS ARTICLE;
(III) ASSISTANCE FROM THE MARYLAND ENERGY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM UNDER ARTICLE 41, TITLE 6, SUBTITLE 4 OF THE CODE;
(IV) State-funded public assistance benefits[,]; or [receiving]
(V) Supplemental Security Income under Title XVI of the federal
Social Security Act.
(3) "Telephone lifeline service" means [a] local telephone [service]
SERVICES provided to eligible subscribers [that,] at a discount[, provides an
individual residential local exchange dial access line plus the first 30 residential local
untimed messages per billing month] IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
(b) [A] AT THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION, A local telephone company
with more than 10,000 subscribers shall offer telephone lifeline service to eligible
subscribers subject to the following conditions:
(1) no other local voice telephone service may be provided to the dwelling
unit of the eligible subscriber applying for telephone lifeline service; AND
[(2) except for tone signaling capability, premium services, including
foreign zone or foreign exchange service, are not provided to the eligible subscriber;
and
(3)] (2) an inside wiring maintenance plan is not provided to the
eligible subscriber.
[(c) (1) The rate that a telephone company charges for telephone lifeline
service shall be 50% of the lowest applicable and approved federal and State tariff
rates for an individual residential local exchange dial access line and for residential
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