An Act To Amend the Representation on the Telecommunications Relay Services Advisory Council
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §8704, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 2009, c. 68, §13, is further amended to read:
(1) One member from the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf;
(2) One member from a statewide association for the deaf;
(3) One member from a center on deafness;
(4) One member from the largest incumbent local exchange carrier providing telecommunications relay service in this State;
(5) One member of a telephone association in this State, except that the representative under this subparagraph may not be a representative of the carrier under subparagraph (4);
(6) Two members from the general public who use telecommunications devices for the deaf as a primary means of telecommunications; and
(7) One member representing a cellular or wireless service provider an Internet telecommunications relay service provider that provides service to customers in this State.
SUMMARY
This bill removes the member on the Telecommunications Relay Services Advisory Council representing a cellular or wireless service provider and replaces the member with a member representing an Internet telecommunications relay service provider that provides service to customers in the State.