2005 Idaho Code - 31-4811 — PAY PHONES TO BE CONVERTED TO ALLOW EMERGENCY CALLS WITHOUT CHARGE

                                  TITLE  31
                           COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
                                  CHAPTER 48
                         EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ACT
    31-4811.  PAY PHONES TO BE CONVERTED TO ALLOW EMERGENCY CALLS WITHOUT
CHARGE. Every provider of telephone service or other owner of a pay station
telephone in an area served by an emergency telephone system established
pursuant to this chapter must convert every pay station telephone to permit
dialing 911 or the telephone company operator without deposit of a coin or
other charge to the caller. Conversion must be completed by or before the time
the emergency telephone system is operational. If modification  of telephone
service switching equipment is necessary to implement the provisions of this
section, such modification shall be considered a cost of the emergency
communications program and the provider of telephone service shall be
compensated from the user fees authorized for this chapter upon application to
the county, providing that such costs are approved by the public utilities
commission.