{"data":{"id":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-8701","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"35-A M.R.S. §8701","heading":"Findings","body":"The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to establish an effective statewide system to provide continuous telecommunications relay services to facilitate communication between deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech impaired persons who use telecommunications devices for the deaf and persons using standard telephone equipment.","path":["TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES","PART 7: TELECOMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 87: TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/35-A/title35-Asec8701.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:40Z","sha256":"e2395750440c367b49533029d6874a801a69c62de4ef8d75a1f1b94107ed929a","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-8502","next":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-8702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}