General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5387
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 352
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5387
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 352
*00352*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING MULTI-LINE TELEPHONES TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO 9-1-1.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 518a of the general statutes be amended to require any business firm, state agency or municipality that owns or controls a multi-line telephone system to configure such system so that a person initiating a 9-1-1 call can directly access the enhanced 9-1-1 service by dialing or otherwise accessing the three digits "9-1-1" without an additional code or digit.
Statement of Purpose:
To require business firms, state agencies and municipalities to configure their multi-line telephone systems so that a user may directly access the enhanced 9-1-1 service by dialing the digits "9-1-1" without an additional code or digit.