(a) Funding for the Tennessee relay services/telecommunications devices access program (TRS/TDAP) programs shall be provided by the state emergency communications board. Such funding shall not exceed the total cost of the TRS/TDAP program in 2012 unless approved by the fiscal review committee.
(b) The Tennessee public utility commission may create a reserve for the TRS/TDAP program which shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) in any given year.
(c) It is the legislative intent that the TRS/TDAP program be designed with consideration of fair distribution of equipment that is technologically available and economically feasible to be provided to assist individuals with any disability using the basic telephone network.
(d) The administrative cost of the Tennessee public utility commission to implement this section shall come from the funding described in subsection (a).
(e) The Tennessee public utility commission is authorized to promulgate rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement this section.
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