31-4811. PAY PHONES TO BE CONVERTED TO ALLOW EMERGENCY CALLS WITHOUT CHARGE. Every provider of telephone service or other owner of a pay station telephone in an area served by an emergency telephone system established pursuant to this chapter must convert every pay station telephone to permit dialing 911 or the telephone company operator without deposit of a coin or other charge to the caller. Conversion must be completed by or before the time the emergency telephone system is operational. If modification of telephone service switching equipment is necessary to implement the provisions of this section, such modification shall be considered a cost of the emergency communications program and the provider of telephone service shall be compensated from the user fees authorized for this chapter upon application to the county, providing that such costs are approved by the public utilities commission.
History:
[31-4811, added 1988, ch. 348, sec. 1, p. 1030.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
Chapter 48 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ACT
Section 31-4802 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 31-4804 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FEE.
Section 31-4807 - RIGHT TO FEE NOT AFFECTED BY NONSERVICE.
Section 31-4808 - TERMINATION.
Section 31-4809 - FUND AND APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 31-4810 - EXISTING JOINT COUNTY-WIDE EMERGENCY DISPATCH SYSTEMS NOT AFFECTED.
Section 31-4811 - PAY PHONES TO BE CONVERTED TO ALLOW EMERGENCY CALLS WITHOUT CHARGE.
Section 31-4813 - PREPAID WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FEE.
Section 31-4814 - CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY DATA.
Section 31-4815 - CREATION OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION — TERMS.
Section 31-4816 - IDAHO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION — RESPONSIBILITIES.
Section 31-4817 - IDAHO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION — MEDIATION.
Section 31-4818 - IDAHO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUND — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
Section 31-4819 - ENHANCED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GRANT FEE.