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Iowa Code § 477C.2

Definitions

Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Board” means the utilities board within the department of commerce created in section 474.1.
2. “Communication impairment” means the inability to use the telephone for communication without a telecommunications device for the deaf.
1. “Communication disorder” means the inability to use the telephone for communication without a telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing.
3. “Council” means the dual party relay council established in section 477C.5.
4. “Dual party relay service” or “relay service” means a communication service which provides communication-impaired persons access to the telephone system functionally equivalent to the access available to persons not communication-impaired.
2. “Dual party relay service” or “relay service” means a communication service which provides persons with communication disorders access to the telephone system functionally equivalent to the access available to persons without communication disorders.
5. “Telecommunications device for the deaf” means any specialized or supplemental telephone equipment used by communication-impaired persons to provide access to the telephone system.
3. “Telecommunications device for the deaf and hard of hearing” means any specialized or supplemental telephone equipment used by persons with communication disorders to provide access to the telephone system.
91 Acts, ch 194, §2
4. “Utilities commission” means the Iowa utilities commission created in section 474.1.
91 Acts, ch 194, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1102, §29; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2687; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369, 455; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §75
Subsection 1 stricken and former subsections 2 – 5 renumbered as 1 – 4

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