Texas Utilities Code - Section 56.110. Advisory Committee
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§ 56.110. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) An advisory committee
to assist the commission in administering this subchapter is
composed of the following persons appointed by the commission:
(1) two persons with disabilities that impair the
ability to effectively access the telephone network other than
disabilities described by Subdivisions (2)-(7);
(2) one deaf person recommended by the Texas Deaf
Caucus;
(3) one deaf person recommended by the Texas
Association of the Deaf;
(4) one person with a hearing impairment recommended
by Self-Help for the Hard of Hearing;
(5) one person with a hearing impairment recommended
by the American Association of Retired Persons;
(6) one deaf and blind person recommended by the Texas
Deaf/Blind Association;
(7) one person with a speech impairment and one person
with a speech and hearing impairment recommended by the Coalition
of Texans with Disabilities;
(8) two representatives of telecommunications
utilities, one representing a nonlocal exchange utility and one
representing a local exchange company, chosen from a list of
candidates provided by the Texas Telephone Association;
(9) two persons, at least one of whom is deaf, with
experience in providing relay services recommended by the Texas
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; and
(10) two public members recommended by organizations
representing consumers of telecommunications services.
(b) Members of the advisory committee serve two-year terms.
A member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until a
qualified replacement is appointed.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended
by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 18.08(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1999;
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1553, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 56.104 56.105 56.106 56.107 56.108 56.1085 56.109 56.110 56.111 56.112 56.113 56.151 56.152 56.153 56.154
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