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1998 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Norton Relay Center (language only)

Item 82 #1c

Item 82 #1c

Administration
Information Technology, Department of

Language
Page 56, following line 10, insert:
"D. 1. The Department of Information Technology is authorized to locate the Relay Center, for the Department of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, in Norton, Virginia.  In developing a request for proposals for the Relay Center for the Department of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the department shall include provisions to require that: 1) the Center be located in Norton, Virginia; 2) employment levels be at a minimum of 104 full-time communications assistants; and 3) the contract be renewable for up to five years.
2. The Department of Information Technology, in cooperation with the Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the State Corporation Commission, and House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committee staffs, shall conduct a study examining long-term funding options for Relay Center services in future years which do not necessarily rely on the use of a toll."


Explanation
(This amendment authorizes the Department of Information Technology to locate the Relay Center, for the Department of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, in Norton, Virginia.)