H. B. 2685
(By Delegate Iaquinta)
[Introduced January 27, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article five-s, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve,
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 article five-s, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve,
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.