Section 336-A. Telephone corporation; coin operated telephones implementation of system to call an operator without use of coins; rules and regulations of public service commission  


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  • 1.   All   telephone
      corporations  doing  business  in  this  state  and  providing  coin pay
      telephones shall implement a system whereby calls may  be  made  to  the
      operator without charge and without requiring the insertion of any coins
      into   such   pay  telephone  pursuant  to  the  rules  and  regulations
      promulgated by the public service commission in the manner provided  for
      in subdivision two of this section.
        2.   The  public  service  commission  shall  establish,  by  rule  or
      regulation, the effective date for implementing the system  mandated  in
      subdivision  one  of  this  section.  Such  rules  and regulations shall
      further provide for the method and manner of implementing  such  system.
      Such  rules and regulations shall be promulgated not later than one year
      next succeeding the effective date of this section. Notwithstanding  the
      immediately  preceding  sentence,  the  public  service commission shall
      forward copies of the final draft of such rules and regulations  to  the
      governor  and  the  legislature,  at  least forty-five days prior to the
      proposed effective date of such rules and regulations. In no event shall
      such forwarding be made later than the two hundred seventieth  day  next
      succeeding the effective date of this section.