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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="8-206" title_number="8" title_name="Telegraph and Telephone Companies" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Telephone Service">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to telephone directories distributed by, or on behalf of, a telephone company other than advertisement–based business directories.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A telephone company may not be required to distribute a telephone directory to an address in the State unless the property owner or an occupant requests the telephone directory.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a telephone company elects not to distribute a print telephone directory to a customer at an address in the State, the telephone company shall provide notice as to how the customer may request a print telephone directory.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>include a toll–free telephone number a customer may call to request a print telephone directory; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be included:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>in each customer’s bill at least once each year;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>on the telephone company’s website; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>in bold red print, on the front cover and the table of contents page of any print advertisement–based business directory distributed on behalf of the telephone company through September 30, 2016.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a customer requests a print telephone directory, the telephone company shall deliver the print telephone directory to the customer at no cost to the customer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
