Bill Text: CT HB05269 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Instructions For Multiline Telephone Systems To Access 9-1-1.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-06 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB05269 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05269-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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February Session, 2016 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR MULTILINE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS TO ACCESS 9-1-1.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 28-25b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) (1) No person shall connect to a telephone company's network any automatic alarm or other automatic alerting device which causes the number "9-1-1" to be automatically dialed and provides a prerecorded message in order to directly access emergency services, except for a device approved by the office and required by a physically disabled person to access a public safety answering point.
(2) On and after October 1, 2017, any business firm, as defined in section 12-631, or state agency, as defined in section 1-79, that uses a multiline telephone system that cannot directly access the enhanced 9-1-1 service by dialing or otherwise accessing the three digits "9-1-1" shall prominently display instructions on how to access the enhanced 9-1-1 service on or adjacent to each telephone connected to such multiline telephone system.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
28-25b(c) |
PH |
Joint Favorable Subst. |
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PS |
Joint Favorable |