H. B. 2004
(By Delegate Iaquinta)
[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the
Committee on Senior Citizen Issues 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 cellular phones
for 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 cellular
telephones for 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 who do not have a cellular phone to use for emergency telephone calls.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish a program for
collecting cellular telephones to be reprogrammed and distributed
to seniors without cellular phones for making emergency calls.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.