160.6131 Definitions for KRS 160.613 to 160.617. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 2 160.6131 Definitions for KRS 160.613 to 160.617. As used in KRS 160.613 to 160.617:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Revenue;
(2) "Communications service" means the provision, transmission, conveyance, or routing, for consideration, of voice, data, video, or any other information signals of
the purchaser's choosing to a point or between or among points specified by the
purchaser, by or through any electronic, radio, light, fiber optic, or similar medium
or method now in existence or later devised.
(a) "Communications service" includes but is not limited to: 1. Local and long-distance telephone services; 2. Telegraph and teletypewriter services; 3. Postpaid calling services; 4. Private communications services involving a direct channel specifically
dedicated to a customer's use between specific points; 5. Channel services involving a path of communications between two (2)
or more points; 6. Data transport services involving the movement of encoded information
between points by means of any electronic, radio, or other medium or
method; 7. Caller ID services, ring tones, voice mail, and other electronic
messaging services; 8. Mobile wireless telecommunications service and fixed wireless service
as defined in KRS 139.195; and 9. Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP). (b) "Communications service" does not include any of the following if the charges are separately itemized on the bill provided to the purchaser:
1. Information services; 2. Internet access as defined in 47 U.S.C. sec. 151; 3. Installation, reinstallation, or maintenance of wiring or equipment on a
customer's premises. This exclusion does not apply to any charge
attributable to the connection, movement, change, or termination of a
communications service; 4. The sale of directory and other advertising and listing services; 5. Billing and collection services provided to another communications
service provider; 6. Cable service, satellite broadcast, satellite master antenna television,
wireless cable service, including direct-to-home satellite service as
defined in Section 602 of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996,
and Internet protocol television provided through wireline facilities
without regard to delivery technology; Page 2 of 2 7. The sale of communications service to a communications provider that
is buying the communications service for sale or incorporation into a
communications service for sale, including:
a. Carrier access charges, excluding user access fees; b. Right of access charges; c. Interconnection charges paid by the provider of mobile
telecommunications services or other communications providers; d. Charges for the sale of unbundled network elements as defined in
47 U.S.C. sec. 153(29) on January 1, 2001, to which access is
provided on an unbundled basis in accordance with 47 U.S.C. sec.
251(c)(3); and e. Charges for use of facilities for providing or receiving
communications service; 8. The sale of communications services provided to the public by means of
a pay phone; 9. Prepaid calling services and prepaid wireless calling service; 10. Interstate telephone service, if the interstate charge is separately itemized for each call; and 11. If the interstate calls are not itemized, the portion of telephone charges identified and set out on the customer's bill as interstate as supported by
the provider's books and records; (3) "Gross cost" means the total cost of utility services including the cost of the tangible personal property and any services associated with obtaining the utility services
regardless from whom purchased; (4) "Gross receipts" means all amounts received in money, credits, property, or other money's worth in any form, as consideration for the furnishing of utility services; (5) "Utility services" means the furnishing of communications services, electric power, water, and natural, artificial, and mixed gas; (6) "Cable service" has the same meaning as provided in KRS 136.602;
(7) "Satellite broadcast and wireless cable service" has the same meaning as provided in KRS 136.602; (8) "Ring tones" has the same meaning as provided in KRS 136.602; and
(9) "Multichannel video programming service" has the same meaning as in KRS 136.602. Effective: July 1, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 3, effective July 1, 2009. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 17, effective July 1, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts
ch. 85, sec. 595, effective June 20, 2005; and ch. 168, sec. 129, effective March 18,
2005. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 1, effective July 1, 2005.