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0 48 <br />Representatives to represent CMRS providers, serve as I 1 of the initial members of the <br />911 Board created under Article 3 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes, as enacted by <br />Section I of this act, without reappointment by the Governor or the General Assembly. <br />The State Chief Information Officer must designate which of the initial members who <br />transfer to the 911 Board from the Wireless 911 Board serve four-year terms and which <br />serve six-year terms so that the terms of half the members of the 911 Board. other than <br />the State Chief Information Officer, will expire every two years. <br />The following membership positions for the 91 1 Board have no counterparts <br />on the Wireless 911 Board and must be appointed in accordance with Article 3 of <br />Chapter 62A of the Genera] Statutes: <br />(1) Of' the appointments by the Governor, an individual representing a <br />VofP provider and an individual representing the North Carolina <br />chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (1VENA). <br />(2) Of the appointments by the General Assembly upon the <br />recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two <br />individuals who represent local exchange carriers operating in North <br />Carolina, one of whom represents a local exchange carrier with less <br />than 50,000 access lines. <br />(3) Of the appointments by the General Assembly upon the <br />recommendation of the president Pro Tempore of the Senate, an <br />individual who represents a local exchange carrier with less than <br />200,000 access lines. <br />SECTION 4. G.S. 62-157 reads as rewritten: <br />62-157. Telecommunications relay service. <br />(a) Finding. -The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the public <br />interest to provide access to public telecommunications services for hearing impaired or <br />speech impaired persons, including those who also have vision impairment, and that a <br />statewide telecommunications relay service for telephone service should be established. <br />(al) Definitions. - For purposes of this section: <br />(1) "CMRS" is as defined in G.S. 62)h-23-62A-40. <br />(2) "CMMRS connection" is as defined in G.S. 62A 21.62A-40. <br />(3) "CM RS provider" is as defined in G.S. 62A-2 1-62A-40. <br />(4) "Exchange access facility" means the access from a particular <br />telephone subscriber's premises to the telephone system of a local <br />exchange telephone company, and includes local exchange <br />company-provided access lines, private branch exchange trunks, and <br />centrex network access registers, all as defined by tariffs of telephone <br />companies as approved by the Commission. <br />(5) "Local service provider" means a local exchange company, competing <br />local provider; or telephone membership corporation. <br />(b) Authority to Require Surcharge. - The Commission shall require local service <br />providers to impose a monthly surcharge on all residential and business local exchange <br />® access facilities to fund a statewide telecommunications relay service by which hearing <br />impaired or speech impaired persons, including those who also have vision impairment, <br />House Bill 1755 Session Law 2007-383 Page 13 <br />