House File 72 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  BAUDLER


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting telephone utilities from charging a monthly
  2    fee for unlisted telephone numbers requested and maintained by
  3    specified individuals.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1107YH 83
  6 rn/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 476.1D, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  Notwithstanding the presence of
  1  4 effective competition, a telephone utility shall not impose a
  1  5 fee or additional charge for maintaining an unlisted telephone
  1  6 number for designated classifications of persons or
  1  7 occupations, including the following:
  1  8    a.  Officers as defined in section 80F.1, subsection 1.
  1  9    b.  Judicial branch employees at the state, county, or
  1 10 municipal level and any other classification of persons or
  1 11 occupations, as identified by the department of public safety,
  1 12 in coordination with the board, which serves or protects the
  1 13 public and possesses a legitimate need for the protection of
  1 14 an unlisted telephone number.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill prohibits telephone utilities from imposing a
  1 17 charge or fee for unlisted telephone numbers requested and
  1 18 maintained by specified individuals.  The individuals include
  1 19 an "officer", as defined in Code section 80F.1 as a certified
  1 20 law enforcement officer, fire fighter, emergency medical
  1 21 technician, corrections officer, detention officer, jailer,
  1 22 probation or parole officer, communications officer, or any
  1 23 other law enforcement officer certified by the Iowa law
  1 24 enforcement academy and employed by a municipality, county, or
  1 25 state agency.
  1 26    The bill also extends the prohibition to judicial branch
  1 27 employees at the state, county, and municipal level, and any
  1 28 other classification or occupation, as identified by the
  1 29 department of public safety by rule in coordination with the
  1 30 Iowa utilities board, which serves or protects the public and
  1 31 possesses a legitimate need for the protection of an unlisted
  1 32 telephone number.
  1 33 LSB 1107YH 83
  1 34 rn/nh/8