[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 26, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45929-45930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18883]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CC Docket No. 98-170; FCC 00-111]


Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 13, 2000 (65 FR 43251), the Commission published a 
document summarizing its order on reconsideration in the Truth-in 
Billing and Billing Format proceeding. In the order, the Commission 
granted, in part, petitions for reconsideration of the requirements 
that telephone bills highlight new service providers and prominently 
display inquiry contact numbers, denied all other petitions seeking 
reconsideration, and provided clarification of certain other issues. 
This document corrects paragraph 14 of the supplementary information 
contained in that summary.

DATES: Effective July 26, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Walters, Associate Division 
Chief, Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau (202) 418-
7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary of this order was published in the 
Federal Register, FR Doc. 00-17719, 65 FR 43251, July 13, 2000. This 
document corrects the supplementary information contained in that 
summary by revising paragraph 14. In the supplementary information, 
page 43253, in the third column, ``paragraph 14'' is corrected to read:
    ``The majority of our existing truth-in-billing rules took effect 
on November 12, 1999. Certain carriers who met specific conditions were 
allowed to delay compliance with some of these requirements until April 
1, 2000. In addition, certain other existing truth-in-billing rules are 
scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2000. Thus, absent action on our 
part, carriers would be bound by the existing rules as of April 1, 
despite the fact that today we amend certain aspects of those rules to 
become effective upon OMB approval. In view of these circumstances, we 
stay the portions of the existing Sec. 64.2401 detailed below for which 
compliance was required as of April 1, 2000 until such time as today's 
amendments of Sec. 64.2401 become effective. The portions of the 
existing Sec. 64.2401 that are subject to this stay are: (1) That 
portion of Sec. 64.2401(a)(2) that requires that each carrier's 
``telephone bill must provide clear and

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conspicuous notification of any change in service provider, including 
notification to the customer that a new provider has begun providing 
service,'' (2) Sec. 64.2401(a)(2)(ii) and (3) Sec. 64.2401(d). The 
existing provisions of Secs. 64.2401(a)(1), (a)(2)(i) and the portion 
of (a)(2) requiring ``[w]here charges for two or more carriers appear 
on the same telephone bill, the charges must be separated by service 
provider,'' will continue to take effect on April 1, 2000. Nothing in 
this order modifies the effective dates of existing Secs. 64.2401(b) 
and (c). Upon their effective date, the rules, as amended, will 
supercede the existing rules. We take this action because we find that 
requiring carriers to comply with the existing rules for a short time 
prior to the effective date of today's amendments would be unduly 
burdensome and that it could result in the very sort of consumer 
confusion that today's amendments seek to avoid.''

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18883 Filed 7-25-00; 8:45 am]
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