2-15-2212. Committee on telecommunications access services for persons with disabilities -- composition -- allocation. (1) There is a committee on telecommunications access services for persons with disabilities.
(2) The committee consists of 13 members appointed by the governor as follows:
(a) four members who are persons with disabilities, two of whom must be deaf or hard-of-hearing;
(b) two members who are not persons with disabilities, one of whom must be engaged in a business other than a business in the telecommunications industry and one of whom must be a senior citizen;
(c) one member from the department of public health and human services;
(d) one member from a public safety answering point, as defined in 10-4-101, who has knowledge of emergency communications issues for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing;
(e) one member from an independent service provider;
(f) one member from an interLATA interexchange carrier;
(g) one member from the public service commission;
(h) one member who is a licensed audiologist; and
(i) one member from the department of administration.
(3) The committee is allocated to the department of public health and human services for administrative purposes only as provided in 2-15-121.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 669, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 396, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 472, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 313, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 325, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 403, L. 2019.