Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9420 – Paperless billing
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1. Prohibition of certain fees. Except as authorized by federal law and regulation, a customer of a person may not be penalized by that person for opting out of receiving from the person a billing statement by electronic record rather than in paper form. A person may offer an incentive to a customer to accept a billing statement from the person by electronic record rather than in paper form.
[PL 2011, c. 226, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9420
- Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9402
- Electronic record: means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received or stored by electronic means. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9402
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9402
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9402
- State: includes an Indian tribe or band or Alaskan native village that is recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9402
2. Exemption. Subsection 1 does not apply to a person that is a depository institution, as defined in Title 32, section 16102, subsection 5, an affiliate of a depository institution or a subsidiary that is owned and controlled by the depository institution and that is regulated by a state or federal banking agency.
[PL 2011, c. 226, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2011, c. 226, §1 (NEW).