Sec. 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 department; 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.08(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1553, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 532 (S.B. 512), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
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