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2000 SESSION

000934216
SENATE BILL NO. 225
Offered January 14, 2000
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 15 of Title 56 a section numbered 56-484.12, relating to blocking caller identification to emergency access telephone number for wireless telephone usage.
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Patron-- Stolle
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 15 of Title 56 a section numbered 56-484.12, as follows:

§ 56-484.12. Designation of emergency access number; blocking caller identification prohibited.

A. Telephone number "#77" is hereby designated as an emergency access number for wireless telephone usage in the Commonwealth. Telephone number "#77" shall be used solely for emergency access to designated offices of the Department of State Police.

B. No caller or CMRS provider shall block caller identification or other essential information on calls made to telephone number "#77."