Bill Text: MA H3115 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Require public telephones to be equipped with hearing amplification devices
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-04 - Accompanied a study order, see H04969 [H3115 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3115-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Angelo M. Scaccia
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act requiring public telephones to be equipped with a headset for hearing amplification.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Angelo M. Scaccia |
14th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3373 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act requiring public telephones to be equipped with a headset
for hearing amplification.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 84E
of chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new
paragraph after paragraph (c): —
(d) The office shall oversee all public telephones in the Commonwealth to make
sure that wherever one or more telephones are located in a public place for
public use, whether coin operated or free, at least one of the phones must be
equipped with a handset for hearing amplification.
