Section 484.1314 - Duties of service supplier or other owner or lessee of pay station telephone; installation of pay station telephone; costs of service supplier.

EMERGENCY 9-1-1 SERVICE ENABLING ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 32 of 1986

***** 484.1314 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 379 OF 2008 EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2014 *****



484.1314 Duties of service supplier or other owner or lessee of pay station telephone; installation of pay station telephone; costs of service supplier.

Sec. 314.

(1) At the time that a 9-1-1 system becomes operational or as soon as feasible thereafter, each service supplier or other owner or lessee of a pay station telephone to be operated within the 9-1-1 service district shall do both of the following:

(a) Convert or cause to be converted each such telephone to permit a caller to dial 9-1-1 without first inserting a coin or paying any other charge.

(b) Prominently display on each such telephone a notice advising callers to dial 9-1-1 in an emergency and that deposit of a coin is not required.

(2) After commencement of 9-1-1 service in a 9-1-1 service district, a person shall not install, cause to be installed, or offer for use within the 9-1-1 district a pay station telephone, whether on public or private premises, unless the telephone is capable of accepting a 9-1-1 call without prior insertion of a coin or payment of any other charge, and displays the notice described in subsection (1).

(3) All costs of a service supplier associated with converting pay station telephones and maintaining the required notices under this section shall be borne by the service users within the 9-1-1 district.


History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986
Popular Name: 9-1-1