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 PUBLIC LAW 106-252^JULY 28, 2000 114 STAT. 631 service provider elects, after receiving a written request from the customer in the form required by the provider, to provide verifiable data based upon the home service provider's books and records that are kept in the regular course of business that reasonably identifies the nontaxable charges. "§ 124. Definitions "In sections 116 through 126 of this title: " (1) CHARGES FOR MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERV- ICES. —The term 'charges for mobile telecommunications services' means any charge for, or associated with, the provision of commercial mobile radio service, as defined in section 20.3 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on June 1, 1999, or any charge for, or associated with, a service provided as an adjunct to a commercial mobile radio service, that is billed to the customer by or for the customer's home service provider regardless of whether individual transmissions originate or terminate within the licensed service area of the home service provider. " (2) CUSTOMER.— "(A) IN GENERAL. — The term 'customer* means— "(i) the person or entity that contracts with the home service provider for mobile telecommunications services; or "(ii) if the end user of mobile telecommunications services is not the contracting party, the end user of the mobile telecommunications service, but this clause applies only for the purpose of determining the place of primary use. "(B) The term 'customer* does not include— "(i) a reseller of mobile telecommunications service; or "(ii) a serving carrier under an arrangement to serve the customer outside the home service provider's licensed service area. "(3) DESIGNATED DATABASE PROVIDER. —The term 'designated database provider' means a corporation, association, or other entity representing all the political subdivisions of a State that is— "(A) responsible for providing an electronic database prescribed in section 119(a) if the State has not provided such electronic database; and "(B) approved by municipal and county associations or leagues of the State whose responsibility it would otherwise be to provide such database prescribed by sections 116 through 126 of this title. "(4) ENHANCED ZIP CODE. —The term 'enhanced zip code' means a United States postal zip code of 9 or more digits. "(5) HOME SERVICE PROVIDER.— The term 'home service provider' means the facilities-based carrier or reseller with which the customer contracts for the provision of mobile telecommunications services. "(6) LICENSED SERVICE AREA.— The term 'Hcensed service area' means the geographic area in which the home service provider is authorized by law or contract to provide commercial mobile radio service to the customer.

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