SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1825

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES DUSENBERG (Sponsor), MOORE AND PAGE (Co-sponsors).

                  Read 1st time February 20, 2006 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

4981L.01I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 209, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to real-time captioning of local broadcasts.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 209, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 209.346, to read as follows:

            209.346. 1. Beginning January 1, 2007, all television stations located in this state with gross revenues in excess of three million dollars per year shall provide real-time captioning of all local news, weather, and sports broadcasts for deaf and hearing-impaired persons. The use of electronic newsroom technology shall not satisfy the requirements of this section.

            2. Each television station required to provide real-time captioning under this section may limit its expenditures for such captioning to two percent of its annual gross revenues.

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