Section 336-B. Public pay telephone volume controls  


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  • 1. Each telephone
      corporation doing business in  this  state  which  provides  public  pay
      telephones,  including  those  owners  or  providers  of  customer owned
      currency  operated  telephones  (COCOT's),  shall   provide   at   least
      twenty-five  percent  of its public pay telephones installed on or after
      January  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three  with  volume   control
      equipment  to  enable  hearing  impaired  persons  to access and utilize
      telecommunications  services.  The  telephones   with   volume   control
      equipment  shall  be  distributed evenly among the public pay telephones
      provided by the corporation. Each public pay  telephone  with  a  volume
      control  shall  have signage either on the telephone or in the immediate
      vicinity thereof, identifying that telephone as being  equipped  with  a
      hearing impaired volume control.
        2.  Whenever  more than two public pay telephones are installed within
      fifty feet of each other then at  least  one  such  telephone  shall  be
      equipped with volume control equipment.
        3. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all buildings
      or facilities constructed for public use.
        4. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
      following meanings:
        a. "Building  or facility" shall mean all or any portion of buildings,
      structures, equipment, roads, walks,  parking  lots,  parks,  sites,  or
      other real property or interest in such property;
        b. "Public  use"  shall mean any interior and exterior rooms or spaces
      made available to the general public. Public use may be  provided  at  a
      building or facility that is privately or publicly owned;
        c. "Signage"  shall mean the display of written, symbolic, tactile, or
      pictorial information.
        * NB There are 2 § 336-b's