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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.895 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990603 Primary Sponsor:Leventis All Sponsors:Leventis and Rankin Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\psd\7581ac99.doc Companion Bill Number:4230 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 26 HLCI Subject:Telephone services, Public Service Commission to provide blind, handicapped person new telecommunications History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990603 Introduced, referred to Committee 26 HLCI Senate 19990603 Introduced, adopted, sent to House Versions of This Bill
RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO ARE LEGALLY BLIND IN ATTAINING MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ACCESS TO TELEPHONE SERVICES, AND URGING THE SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO INCLUDE LEGALLY BLIND PERSONS IN ITS STATEWIDE PROGRAM PROVIDING TELEPHONE SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH SPEECH AND HEARING IMPAIRMENTS AND TO INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH PERSONS IN ANY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THESE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES.
Whereas, persons who are legally blind often may have difficulty accessing telephone service; and
Whereas, the Public Service Commission, pursuant to Article 21, Chapter 9, Title 58 of the 1976 Code, is authorized to establish, regulate, and promote a statewide program to provide telephone access to persons who have speech or hearing impairments; and
Whereas, it is appropriate, and would be of great benefit and public service to also include in this program telephone access for persons who are legally blind; and
Whereas, this program could appropriately include a newsline service for persons who are legally blind; and
Whereas, it is also appropriate for the commission to include a person who is legally blind on any advisory committee that the commission may appoint to monitor this statewide telecommunications service. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That, by this resolution, the South Carolina General Assembly, recognizes the need to assist persons who are legally blind in attaining more effective and efficient access to telephone services, and urges the South Carolina Public Service Commission to include legally blind persons in its statewide program providing telephone services to persons with speech and hearing impairments and to include a representative of such legally blind persons in any advisory committee relating to these telecommunication services.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the South Carolina Public Service Commission.
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