Sec. 10. The general assembly finds and declares the following:
(1) That it is in the public interest of the state to promptly provide deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired persons with access to telecommunications services that are functionally equivalent to those provided to hearing persons.
(2) That Title IV of the ADA mandates that each telephone company providing telephone service within the state must provide dual party relay services on or before July 26, 1993, to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons within the territorial area or areas it serves in a manner that meets or exceeds the requirements of regulations prescribed by the FCC.
(3) That the most efficient, cost effective, and fair method for LECs to provide dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons and to comply with the federal mandate without the use of tax revenues is the establishment of the Indiana Telephone Relay Access Corporation for the Hearing and Speech Impaired under this chapter.
(4) That the provision of dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons can be enhanced by providing in appropriate circumstances in the sole discretion of the InTRAC telecommunications devices that facilitate access to the dual party relay services.
As added by P.L.75-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.80-1996, SEC.1; P.L.27-2006, SEC.30; P.L.109-2012, SEC.5.
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