Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 221 – Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee
(a) The purpose of the Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee is to oversee the relay services contract, the Delaware relay web site, new product announcements and all associated outreach programs. The Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee shall advise any public utility which is authorized by the Commission to provide a statewide telecommunications relay service (TRS), and to also advise any contractor, designee, agent or assign of such public utility on matters related to the use of the TRS.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 221
- Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 102
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Public utility: includes every individual, partnership, association, corporation, joint stock company, agency or department of the State or any association of individuals engaged in the prosecution in common of a productive enterprise (commonly called a "cooperative"), their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, that now operates or hereafter may operate for public use within this State, (however, electric cooperatives shall not be permitted directly or through an affiliate to engage in the production, sale or distribution of propane gas or heating oil), any natural gas, electric (excluding electric suppliers as defined in § 1001 of this title), electric transmission by other than a public utility over which the Commission has no supervisory or regulatory jurisdiction pursuant to § 202(a) or (g) of this title, water, wastewater (which shall include sanitary sewer charge), telecommunications (excluding telephone services provided by cellular technology or by domestic public land mobile radio service) service, system, plant or equipment. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 102
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee is composed of the following 11 members:
(1) A representative from a public utility, authorized by the Commission to provide a statewide TRS utility.
(2) A person designated by the TRS utility that is under contract with such utility to provide all or part of a statewide TRS.
(3) The 9-1-1 Administrator for the State, or a designee of the 9-1-1 Administrator for the State.
(4) A representative from the Division for the Visually Impaired.
(5) A representative from the Department of Technology and Information.
(6) A representative from the Delaware Association of the Deaf.
(7) A representative from the Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative.
(8) A representative from the Hearing Loss Association of Delaware.
(9) A representative from the Delaware Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
(10) A representative from the Delaware School for the Deaf.
(11) A representative from Independent Resources, Inc.
(c) A public utility acting as a member of the Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee shall be obligated to reimburse such Committee for the reasonable expenses incurred by such Committee for interpreter services. The Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee shall submit invoices for such reasonable expenses to a public utility obligated to reimburse the Committee for the same. These expenses shall be recovered by a reimbursing public utility in the manner authorized by the Commission for recovery of any other costs associated with the implementation and operation of a TRS.
68 Del. Laws, c. 145, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 308, § ?1; 82 Del. Laws, c. 53, § 1;