Bill Text: MA H3116 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Require telephone companies to enlarge the type size of printing used in telephone directories
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-04 - Accompanied a study order, see H04969 [H3116 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3116-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 to require telephone companies serving the residents of the commonwealth of Massachusetts to enlarge the type size of the printing used in the telephone directories.
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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. 3372 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to require telephone companies serving the residents of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts to enlarge the type size of the printing used in
the telephone directories.
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. That the small print presently used in the
telephone directories causes errors to be made in ascertaining the particular
digits of telephone numbers, with resulting wrong numbers, frustrations, and
sometimes extra toll charges.
That in times of emergency, callers should be able to read the names and
numbers clearly and quickly.
That top priority of telephone companies should be superior service to the
public if the company is to be called rightly a “public utility company,” not
extra profits from crowding names and numbers on the telephone directories’
pages.
