§ 8-1-2.8-10 — Findings and declarations

Indiana § 8-1-2.8-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: UTILITIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 2.8: Dual Party Relay Services for Persons Who Are Deaf,

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The general assembly finds and declares the
following:
(1) That it is in the public interest of the state to promptly provide
deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired persons with access to
telecommunications services that are functionally equivalent to
those provided to hearing persons.
(2) That Title IV of the ADA mandates that each telephone
company providing telephone service within the state must
provide dual party relay services on or before July 26, 1993, to
deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons within the
territorial area or areas it serves in a manner that meets or exceeds
the requirements of regulations prescribed by the FCC.
(3) That the most efficient, cost effective, and fair method for
LECs to provide dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing,
and speech impaired persons and to comply with the federal
mandate without the use of tax revenues is the establishment of
the Indiana Telephone Relay Access Corporation for the Hearing
and Speech Impaired under this chapter.
(4) That the provision of dual party relay services to deaf, hard of
hearing, and speech impaired persons can be enhanced by
providing in appropriate circumstances in the sole discretion of
the InTRAC telecommunications devices that facilitate access to
the dual party relay services.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.75-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.80-1996, SEC.1; P.L.27-2006, SEC.30; P.L.109-2012, SEC.5.