H. B. 2062
(By Delegate Iaquinta)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5S-12,
relating
to establishing a program for reprogramming cellular
telephones and distributing to seniors without a cellular
phone for making emergency calls.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5S-12,
to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5S. OLDER WEST VIRGINIANS ACT.
§16-5S-12. Cellular telephones for seniors without a cellular
telephone for making emergency calls.
The commissioner shall establish a program for collecting used
cellular telephones from retailers, wholesalers, individuals or any
other sources, to be reprogrammed and given to seniors that do not have a cellular phone for the making of emergency telephone calls.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish a program for
collecting cellular telephones to be reprogrammed and distributing
to seniors without a cellular phone for making emergency calls.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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