Sec. 320.

(1) A person shall not provide payphone service in this state without first registering with the commission. The registration shall include all of the following information:

(a) The name of the provider.

(b) The address and telephone number of the provider's principal office.

(c) If the provider is not located in this state, the address and telephone number of the registered office and the name and telephone number of the registered agent authorized to receive service of process in this state.

(d) The specific location of each payphone in this state owned or operated by the provider. Information required under this subdivision shall be made available to the local unit of government solely for the enforcement of the reporting, repairing, and replacement standards under subsection (8). The information required to be provided under this subsection is considered commercial information under section 210, and the information submitted is exempt from the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(2) The registration shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $100.00.

(3) The registration is effective immediately upon filing with the commission and the payment of the registration fee.

(4) The commission shall establish a toll-free number that can be dialed to report to the commission a payphone that is inoperative. The toll-free number shall be conspicuously displayed by the provider on or near each payphone.

(5) If the commission receives a report under subsection (4), it shall immediately notify the provider of the inoperative payphone.

(6) After consulting with providers of payphone service, local units of government, and other interested parties, the commission shall promulgate rules or issue orders under section 213 to establish and enforce quality standards in the providing of payphone service.

(7) Except as provided in subsection (8), a local unit of government shall not regulate payphone service.

(8) A local unit of government may enforce the reporting, repairing, and replacement of inoperative payphones within its jurisdiction by adopting an ordinance that conforms to the standards established by the commission under subsection (6). A local unit of government shall not impose standards greater than those established by the commission.

History: Add. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 2014