Sec. 16-247r. Discrimination by telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers prohibited.
Sec. 16-247r. Discrimination by telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers prohibited. No telephone company or certified telecommunications provider, as defined in section 16-1, shall refuse to provide telecommunications
services to, or refuse to negotiate to provide such services to any customer because of
age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, sexual orientation,
lawful source of income, disability or familial status. No telephone company or certified
telecommunications provider shall decline to provide telecommunications services to
a customer for the sole reason that the customer is located in an economically distressed
geographic area or the customer qualifies for hardship status under section 16-262c. No
telephone company or certified telecommunications provider shall terminate or refuse
to reinstate telecommunications services except in accordance with the provisions of
this title.
(P.A. 99-222, S. 18, 19.)
History: P.A. 99-222 effective June 29, 1999.