A. The commission shall perform all actions necessary to carry out the provisions of the Telecommunications Access Act, including;

1. (1) promulgating and administering such policies, procedures and rules as are necessary to comply with the purpose of that act and to ensure that the specialized telecommunications equipment program and the relay system are in compliance with the applicable state and federal laws and rules adopted pursuant to those laws;
2. (2) obtaining certification from the federal communications commission that the telecommunications relay system is in compliance with applicable federal rules;
3. (3) making expenditures for the specialized telecommunications equipment program and the telecommunications relay system;
4. (4) ensuring the quality of the telecommunications relay system and the satisfaction of its users;
5. (5) identifying the need for specialized telecommunications equipment by impaired individuals;
6. (6) identifying the problems that impaired individuals have in acquiring specialized telecommunications equipment; and

7. (7) providing funding for the specialized telecommunications equipment program.

   B. The commission may require an annual audit of each telecommunications company participating in the telecommunications relay system to account for all surcharges billed and collected pursuant to the Telecommunications Access Act. Audits conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be at the expense of the requesting agency.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 54, § 8; 1995, ch. 39, § 3; 2004, ch. 106, § 4.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison was impracticable.

The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, in Subsection A, substituted "create" for "review and recommend" at the beginning and inserted "review and recommend policies, procedures and regulations governing the administration of", and rewrote Subsection H which read "identify funding sources available to provide specialized telecommunications equipment needed by impaired individuals".