1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to telecommunication; charges after
1.3 	cancellation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.4 	section 237.74, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 237.74, is
1.7 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 14.Cancellation of long distance service. (a) A
1.9 	telecommunications carrier providing long distance service may
1.10 	not charge a customer for long distance service after the
1.11 	customer has requested that carrier to cancel the customer's
1.12 	long distance service.
1.13 	(b) Notwithstanding the limitation on charges in paragraph
1.14 	(a), if a customer with a fixed term contract requests that a
1.15 	telecommunications carrier providing long distance service
1.16 	cancel that customer's long distance service, the
1.17 	telecommunications carrier may charge the customer for long
1.18 	distance service until the end of the contract term but not
1.19 	after the end of the contract term.
1.20 	(c) A telecommunications carrier providing long distance
1.21 	service may not require a customer to contact the customer's
1.22 	local telephone service provider in order for the customer to
1.23 	cancel long distance service with the carrier.