Sec.  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. This review must be completed by September 20, 1998.

   [ 61 FR 52323 , Oct. 7, 1996]