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Miss. Code Ann. § 77-3-501: Legislative findings.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 77. Public Utilities and Carriers
- Chapter 3. Regulation of Public Utilities
- Article 11. Dual Party Relay System to Provide Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf and Hearing or Speech Impaired.
The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds:
(a) That telephone service provides a rapid and essential communications link among the general public and with essential offices and organizations such as police, fire and medical facilities;
(b) That all persons should have basic telephone service available to them at a fair and equitable cost;
(c) That a significant portion of Mississippi’s hearing and speech impaired population have profound disabilities which render normal telephone equipment useless without additional specialized devices; and
(d) That there exists a need for a program whereby access to basic telephone service for hearing and speech impaired persons is equal in cost to the amount paid by other telephone customers.
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