2-15-2212. Committee on telecommunications access services for persons with disabilities -- composition -- allocation. (1) There is a committee on Montana telecommunications access services for persons with disabilities.
     (2) The committee consists of 13 members appointed by the governor as follows:
     (a) four members who are persons with disabilities, two of whom must be deaf or hard-of-hearing;
     (b) two members who are not persons with disabilities, one of whom must be engaged in a business other than a business in the telecommunications industry and one of whom must be a senior citizen;
     (c) one member from the department of public health and human services;
     (d) one member from the largest local exchange company in Montana;
     (e) one member from an independent local exchange company;
     (f) one member from an interLATA interexchange carrier;
     (g) one member from the public service commission;
     (h) one member who is a licensed audiologist; and
     (i) one member from the department of administration.
     (3) The committee is allocated to the department of public health and human services for administrative purposes only as provided in 2-15-121.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 669, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 396, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 472, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 313, L. 2001.