Time Frame for the Exchange of Records, Invoices, and Payments for LEC-to-LEC Network Traffic

PURPOSE: This rule establishes minimum standards for submission of billing records, invoices, and payments between carriers who originate, transit, and/or terminate LEC-to-LEC traffic. (1) All telecommunications companies responsible for creating and/or submitting Local Exchange Carrier-to-Local Exchange Carrier (LEC-to-LEC) network billing records shall submit such records in a timely manner on or about the same day each month. This requirement shall not preclude companies from mutually establishing individual record creation cycles for individual originating carriers. (2) Upon receiving a correct invoice requesting payment for terminating traffic placed on the LEC-to-LEC network, the originating carrier shall submit payment of all amounts not disputed in good faith within thirty-one (31) days to the telecommunications company that submitted the invoice. (3) All telecommunications companies subject to this chapter shall retain call detail records in a retrievable electronic format for not less than twelve (12) months following call completion. In the event any calls become the subject of an objection to payment invoice, or an audit, such records shall be retained for at least ninety (90) days after completion thereof. AUTHORITY: sections 386.040 and 386.250, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-29.090. Original rule filed Nov. 30, 2004, effective July 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-29.090, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 386.040, RSMo 1939 and 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996.