AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

COMMERCE AND LABOR

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Each provider of Voice-over-Internet protocol service in the Commonwealth shall provide to its subscribers in the Commonwealth any notice that the provider is required to give to its subscribers by the Federal Communications Commission concerning a subscriber’s lack of access to E-911 services.  This requirement is met when a provider of Voice-over-Internet protocol service in the Commonwealth provides any such notice as required by the Federal Communications Commission.

COMMERCE AND LABOR

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If the Federal Communications Commission requires all providers of Voice-over-Internet protocol service to prepare and file with it a plan setting forth how the provider proposes to develop and implement the capability for users of Voice-over-Internet protocol service to have enhanced 9-1-1 service, then any provider of Voice-over-Internet protocol service in the Commonwealth shall submit a copy of such plan to the Commission and the Board within 90 days of filing the plan with the Federal Communications Commission.

COMMERCE AND LABOR

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H. No provider of Voice-over-Internet protocol service subject to this section shall be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from rendering such service with or without charge related to emergency calls unless such act or omission was the result of such service provider’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.