H. B. 2067
(By Delegate Iaquinta)
[Introduced February 9, 2005; 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.