Title 16 · WY

16-9-103(b), the department and the commission shall advise the

Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 16-9-103

Section: 16-9-103

16-9-103(b), the department and the commission shall advise the committee on the tax rate that would make the burden imposed by the two (2) taxes equivalent. The department of revenue and the Wyoming public service commission may adopt rules requiring the reporting of sales data or other information necessary to complete the analysis required by this subsection.

16-9-110. Statewide 911 coordinator.

The governor shall designate an individual within the department of transportation as the statewide 911 coordinator, who shall be a qualified elector of the state and whose duties may be removed by the governor. The coordinator shall be responsible for coordinating with 911 local and state stakeholders to develop a statewide 911 plan and ensuring compliance with federal grant regulations. 16-9-111. Providing call location information in an emergency.

16-9-112. 911 outage reporting.

Any service supplier who owns, operates or controls any communications equipment necessary for the operation of a 911 emergency reporting system shall, if the failure of the communications equipment disables, impairs or degrades the operation of a 911 emergency system to a degree that materially affects emergency communications through a 911 system, report interruptions of service as required by rules promulgated by the public service commission.

ARTICLE 2 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS IMPAIRED

16-9-201. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(i) "Access line" means the facility that allows the customer of a local exchange company or radio communications service provider to access the local or toll network with the exception of dedicated facilities such as a private line;

(ii) "Committee" means the committee on telecommunications services for the communications impaired established by W.S. 16-9-202;

(iii) "Communications impaired" means hearing impaired or speech impaired individuals as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, Title IV, Section 401;

(iv) "Division" means the division of vocational rehabilitation within the department of workforce services;

(v) "Local exchange company" means a telecommunications company that provides telephone access lines to members of the general public who are its customers;

(vi) "Message relay system" means a statewide service through which a communications impaired person, using specialized telecommunications equipment, may send and receive messages to and from a noncommunications impaired person whose telephone is not equipped with specialized telecommunications equipment and through which a noncommunications impaired person may, by using voice communication, send and receive messages to and from a communications impaired person;

(vii) "Program" means the program established by W.S.