§ 64.1330   State review of payphone entry and exit regulations and public
interest payphones.

   (a) Each state must review and remove any of its regulations applicable
   to payphones and payphone service providers that impose market entry or
   exit requirements.

   (b) Each state must ensure that access to dialtone, emergency calls,
   and telecommunications relay service calls for the hearing disabled is
   available from all payphones at no charge to the caller.

   (c) Each state must review its rules and policies to determine whether
   it has provided for public interest payphones consistent with
   applicable Commission guidelines, evaluate whether it needs to take
   measures to ensure that such payphones will continue to exist in light
   of the Commission's implementation of Section 276 of the Communications
   Act, and administer and fund such programs so that such payphones are
   supported fairly and equitably.

   [ 61 FR 52323 , Oct. 7, 1996, as amended at  71 FR 65751 , Nov. 9, 2006]

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