1. A. The provisions of this regulation are subject to the requirements of federal law.

2. B. A local exchange company’s intrastate originating switched access rates may not exceed its interstate originating access rates, as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission. In mirroring its interstate originating access rates, a local exchange company shall:

   1. (1) Eliminate or zero-rate any intrastate rate element that does not exist in the interstate jurisdiction;
   2. (2) Decrease any intrastate rate element that is higher than its corresponding interstate rate element to equal the interstate rate; and
   3. (3) Increase any intrastate rate element that is lower than its corresponding interstate rate element to equal the interstate rate.
3. C. Notwithstanding §B of this regulation, a local exchange company’s intrastate per-query rate for use of an 8YY database may not exceed the rate of the incumbent local exchange telephone company having the largest number of access lines in Maryland.

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-113, 2-121, 4-201—4-203, and 4-301, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 6, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1865)

Regulation .03 amended effective April 6, 2020 (47:7 Md. R. 384)

Regulation .04 amended effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R.684)