1489 AMH INSL REIH15

 

HB 1489 - H AMD  107  FAILED  3-13-91


By Representatives Inslee, Jacobsen, Wineberry, Ogden, Haugen and Nelson

 

     On page 2, after line 3, strike everything through "commission." on line 7, and insert "(2) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the provision by a common carrier of:

     (a) Enhanced 911 emergency service approved by the Washington utilities and transportation commission; or

     (b) Automatic number, caller or location identification service, other than enhanced 911 emergency service, approved by the Washington utilities and transportation commission, that:

     (i) Permits a caller, at the caller's option and at no charge, to withhold or "block" the display of the caller's number, name, and location for all out-going calls made on that line or on an individual call basis; and

     (ii) Requires the telecommunications company to notify it subscribers on the availability of line blocking and call blocking."

 


EFFECT:  To be exempt from the privacy act, an automatic number identification service must provide for line blocking and call blocking at no charge.