2005 Idaho Code - 48-1103 — PREAMBLE MESSAGE

                                  TITLE  48
                        MONOPOLIES AND TRADE PRACTICES
                                  CHAPTER 11
                       IDAHO PAY-PER-TELEPHONE CALL ACT
    48-1103.  PREAMBLE MESSAGE. (1) An information provider that offers
pay-per-telephone call services in this state shall include at the beginning
of its service a preamble message. No preamble message shall be required for
pay-per-telephone call service for which the total charge for such service is
two dollars ($2.00) or less.
    (2)  The preamble message shall be clearly understandable and audible and
state the cost of the call. The preamble must disclose all per-call charges.
If the call is billed on a usage sensitive basis, the preamble must state all
rates, by minute or other unit of time, any minimum charges and the total cost
for calls to that service if the duration of the service can be determined.
    (3)  The preamble must state the name of the information provider and
accurately describe the information, product, or service that the caller will
receive for the fee.
    (4)  The preamble must inform the caller that billing will begin only
after a specific identified event following the disclosure message, such as a
signal tone, and must provide a reasonable opportunity for the caller to
disconnect before that event.
    (5)  Any preamble message associated with a pay-per-telephone call service
that is aimed at or likely to be of interest to children under the age of
eighteen (18) must contain a statement that the caller should hang up unless
he has parental permission.
    (6)  A caller may be provided the means to bypass the preamble message on
subsequent calls, provided that the caller has sole control of that
capability, except that any bypass device shall be disabled for a period of
thirty (30) days following the effective date of a price increase for the
service. Instructions on how to bypass must either be at the end of the
preamble message or at the end of the service.
    (7)  If the pay-per-telephone call service originates and terminates
within local exchange areas served by the same telephone corporation within
the state of Idaho, the information provider may apply to the Idaho attorney
general for permission to modify the preamble message. The attorney general
may grant such permission if the attorney general is satisfied that the
modified message will adequately disclose sufficient material facts which will
safeguard the public against deceit and financial hardship. Such decision
shall be final and nonappealable.