Connecticut General Statutes 16-49e – Public service company may request identification from person opening an account. Telecommunications company may request identification prior to providing service
(a) As used in this section, “identification” means a Social Security number, the number of an identity card issued pursuant to § 1-1h, the number of a motor vehicle operator’s license issued pursuant to § 14-36, a valid passport issued by the United States or a foreign government, a resident alien card or an alien registration card issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, any other valid forms of identification issued by the federal government or a state or municipal government, or any other means of identification approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. A public service company, as defined in § 16-1, may request a person opening an account with the company to provide the company with two forms of identification, one of which contains a picture of the person, at the time of opening the account. If a person opening an account fails to provide the requested identification, the public service company shall open an account for such person and allow fifteen days for such person to provide the company with identification. If such person fails to provide the required identification within fifteen days, the public service company may terminate service to such person.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-49e
- Authority: means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and "department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Person: means an individual, business, firm, corporation, association, joint stock association, trust, partnership or limited liability company. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Public service company: includes electric distribution, gas, telephone, pipeline, sewage, water and community antenna television companies and holders of a certificate of cable franchise authority, owning, leasing, maintaining, operating, managing or controlling plants or parts of plants or equipment, but shall not include towns, cities, boroughs, any municipal corporation or department thereof, whether separately incorporated or not, a private power producer, as defined in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Telecommunications company: means a person that provides telecommunications service, as defined in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
(b) A telecommunications company that is certified to provide telecommunications service pursuant to § 16-247g may not require a prospective residential customer to provide identification as a condition of providing telecommunications service, except to the extent that a public service company is permitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a company from accepting additional forms of identification, provided the company accepts the forms of identification specified in subsection (a) of this section.