H. B. 2842
(By Delegate Poling)
[Introduced March 2, 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 to collect and reuse used cellular
telephones for seniors and low income families to make
emergency telephone 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. Program to provide cellular telephones to seniors and
low income families for making emergency telephone
calls.
The Commissioner shall establish a program for collecting used
cellular telephones from retailers, wholesalers, individuals or any other source for reprogramming and distribution to older West
Virginians and low income families who do not have a cellular
telephone for use in an emergency.
The Commissioner may propose rules for legislative approval in
accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter
twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this
section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that the
Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health
establish a program to
collect and reuse used cellular telephones for seniors and low
income families to make emergency telephone calls.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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