HOUSE BILL No. 5591

 

January 9, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Walker, Agema, Booher, Nofs, Rick Jones, LeBlanc, Nitz and Moolenaar and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1991 PA 179, entitled

 

"Michigan telecommunications act,"

 

(MCL 484.2101 to 484.2604) by adding part J.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

J. PREPAID TELEPHONE SERVICE

 

     Sec. 325. (1) Each CMRS supplier or reseller in this state

 

shall obtain and record the following information from each of its

 

prepaid customers:

 

     (a) Name.

 

     (b) Address.

 

     (c) Driver license number or other acceptable form of photo

 

identification.

 

     (2) Each CMRS supplier or reseller shall retain the

 

information in subsection (1) for at least 6 months following the


 

sale to the prepaid customer.

 

     (3) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "CMRS reseller" means a provider who purchases

 

telecommunication services from another telecommunication service

 

provider and then resells, uses a component part of, or integrates

 

the purchased services into a CMRS telecommunication service.

 

     (b) "CMRS supplier" means a provider of commercial mobile

 

radio service.

 

     (c) "Commercial mobile radio service" or "CMRS" means

 

commercial mobile radio service regulated under section 3 of title

 

I and section 332 of title III of the communications act of 1934,

 

47 USC 153 and 332, and the rules of the federal communications

 

commission or provided under the wireless emergency service order.

 

Commercial mobile radio service or CMRS includes all of the

 

following:

 

     (i) A wireless 2-way communication device, including a radio

 

telephone used in cellular telephone service or personal

 

communication service.

 

     (ii) A functional equivalent of a radio telephone

 

communications line used in cellular telephone service or personal

 

communication service.

 

     (iii) A network radio access line.

 

     (d) "Prepaid customer" means a CMRS subscriber who pays in

 

full prospectively for telecommunication service.