SENATE DOCKET, NO. 553        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1506

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act further regulating directory assistance..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 19A of Chapter 159 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended in the first paragraph by striking out, in lines 5 and 9, the word “ten” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- “five.”

SECTION 2. Section 19A of said Chapter 159, as so appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following:- The department may approve a rate, fare, toll or charge for directory assistance pursuant to schedules filed with the department, and further, the department may approve a rate, fare, toll or charge for directory assistance service to other common carriers as defined in paragraph (d) of section twelve for such directory assistance service provided for herein.

SECTION 3. Section 1 shall take effect upon enactment.

SECTION 4. Section 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2010.