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An Act To Improve Services for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing by Updating the Laws Governing Qualifications for Certain Members of the Telecommunications Relay Services Advisory Council
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §8704, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 2013, c. 40, §1, is further amended to read:
 
E. Eight members appointed by the Governor as follows:
 
(1) One member from the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf;
 
(2) One member from a statewide association for the deaf;
 
(3) One member from a center on deafnessdisability rights organization in this State;
 
(4) One member from the largest incumbent local exchange carrier providing telecommunications relay service in this State;
 
(5) One member of a telephone association in this State, except that the representative under this subparagraph may not be a representative of the carrier under subparagraph (4);
 
(6) Two members from the general public who use telecommunications devices for the deaf as a primary means ofthat operate in connection with telecommunications relay services as their primary means of telecommunications; and
 
(7) One member representing an Internet telecommunications relay service providera company that provides service to customers in this Statetelecommunications relay services through the Internet, wireless telecommunications or cable telecommunications.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 127th Legislature, Second Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.