HB 338 -- TELEPHONE OPERATOR ACCESS (Gunn)

This bill requires telecommunications companies that offer
operator service to provide easy access to a live operator in a
readily understood fashion.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

HB 338 -- TELEPHONE OPERATOR ACCESS

SPONSOR:  Gunn

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Utilities
by a vote of 12 to 4.

This bill requires telecommunications companies that offer
operator service to provide easy access to a live operator in a
readily understood fashion.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that many elderly and disabled
people require the assistance of an operator for the purpose of
making telephone calls and that a live operator provides a
service which cannot be replaced by other means.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Gunn, Communication
Workers of America; and Public Service Commission.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Donna Schlosser, Research Analyst

HB 338 -- Telephone Operator Access

Co-Sponsors:  Gunn, McLuckie

This bill requires telecommunications companies that offer
operator service to provide easy access to a live operator in a
readily understood fashion.