                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 59.1-429)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Division&#8221; means the Division of Consumer Counsel in the
Department of Law.
		&#8220;Information provider&#8221; means any person providing pay-per-call
services.
		&#8220;Long distance carrier&#8221; means any interexchange telephone company
providing services within the Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Pay-per-call service&#8221; means any passive, interactive, polling,
conference, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed by telephone,
through a 900 number exchange or otherwise, and generates a service-related fee
billed to a telephone customer.
		&#8220;Telephone company&#8221; means a certificated local exchange telephone
company which owns, manages, or controls any plant or equipment or any part of a
plant or equipment within the Commonwealth for the conveyance of telephone
messages, either directly or indirectly.

HISTORY: 1991, cc. 608, 630; 2012, cc. 803, 835.