Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4636 Primary Sponsor:Wilder Committee Number:08 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Telecommunications advisory committee Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:General Committee Companion Bill Number:1503 Computer Document Number:436/12311.DW Introduced Date:Mar 31, 1992 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:May 07, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Wilder Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4636 Senate May 07, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 08
referred to Committee
4636 House May 07, 1992 Read third time, sent to
Senate
4636 House May 06, 1992 Read second time
4636 House Apr 21, 1992 Recalled from Committee 27
4636 House Mar 31, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 27
referred to Committee
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April 21, 1992
H. 4636
S. Printed 4/21/92--H.
Read the first time March 31, 1992.
TO AMEND SECTION 58-9-2540, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MONITOR THE STATEWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE, SO AS TO INCREASE THE COMMITTEE FROM EIGHT TO NINE BY ADDING ONE MEMBER WHO MUST BE HEARING-IMPAIRED AND A MEMBER OF SELF-HELP FOR HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 58-9-2540 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 488 of 1990, is amended to read:
"Section 58-9-2540. (A) The commission may appoint an advisory committee to monitor the statewide telecommunications relay access service and advise and make recommendations to the commission in pursuing services which meet the needs of the hearing or speech impaired and others similarly impaired in communicating with other users of telecommunications services.
(B) The advisory committee consists of eight nine members as follows:
(1) one representative from the Spartanburg School for the Deaf;
(2) one representative from the South Carolina Association of the Deaf, Inc.;
(3) one representative from the South Carolina Telephone Association;
(4) two representatives from the commission staff;
(5) one representative from the provider of the dual party relay service;
(6) one representative from the office of the Consumer Advocate; and
(7) one representative from the office of the Division of Information Resource Management, State Budget and Control Board.; and
(8) one hearing-impaired person who is an active member of Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH).
The advisory committee must be appointed by the commission upon the recommendations of the applicable agency or organization. The commission shall prescribe regulations which set forth guidelines for the responsibilities, duties, and authority of the committee. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.