H 4636 General Bill, By J.B. Wilder
 A Bill 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.

   03/31/92  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-38
   03/31/92  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-38
   04/21/92  House  Recalled from Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-27
   05/06/92  House  Read second time HJ-34
   05/07/92  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-62
   05/07/92  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-11
   05/07/92  Senate Referred to Committee on General SJ-12

RECALLED

April 21, 1992

H. 4636

S. Printed 4/21/92--H.

Read the first time March 31, 1992.

A BILL

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.