By: Luna S.B. No. 835 73R6700 SMH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the posting of telephone numbers and notices on pay 1-3 telephones; providing a penalty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article XIII, Public Utility Regulatory Act 1-6 (Article 1446c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-7 adding Section 93A to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 93A. (a) A pay telephone service provider shall ensure 1-9 that a pay telephone that is incapable of receiving an incoming 1-10 telephone call, regardless of the point of origin, does not have a 1-11 telephone number placed on it. 1-12 (b) A pay telephone service provider commits an offense if 1-13 the provider places a telephone number on a pay telephone that is 1-14 incapable of receiving an incoming telephone call, regardless of 1-15 the point of origin. An offense under this subsection is a Class C 1-16 misdemeanor. 1-17 (c) A pay telephone provider shall place on each pay 1-18 telephone a notice that states: 1-19 "The placement by a provider of pay telephone service 1-20 of a telephone number on a pay telephone that is 1-21 incapable of receiving incoming telephone calls, 1-22 regardless of the point of origin, is a violation of 1-23 state law. On conviction, a fine of not more than $500 1-24 may be imposed." 2-1 (d) The commission shall enforce this section regardless of 2-2 whether the pay telephone service provider is a telecommunications 2-3 utility regulated under this Act. 2-4 (e) The commission may adopt rules and establish procedures 2-5 to enforce this section. 2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.