75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 395
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2252
                  Ordered by the Senate May 27
            Including Senate Amendments dated May 27
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Public Utility Commission)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Extends sunset for Residential Service Protection Fund from
January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2020.
    { - Removes requirement that income of low income customers
of telecommunications public utilities residing in long-term care
facilities not exceed 135 percent of federal poverty guidelines
in order to receive assistance. - }
    { - Changes eligibility of person to receive adaptive
equipment or assistive telecommunication device from requirement
that person be severely hard of hearing or severely speech
impaired to requirement that person be hard of hearing or speech
impaired, as certified by persons designated by Public Utility
Commission. - }
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to telecommunications; amending section 16, chapter 290,
  Oregon Laws 1987; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. Section 16, chapter 290, Oregon Laws 1987, as
amended by section 4, chapter 622, Oregon Laws 1991, section 1,
chapter 481, Oregon Laws 1997, and section 1, chapter 408, Oregon
Laws 2001, is amended to read:
   { +  Sec. 16. + } Chapter 290, Oregon Laws 1987, is repealed
January 1,   { - 2010 - }  { +  2020 + }.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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