House Bill 4563

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4563

        By Representative Posey






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state employees; creating s.

  3         110.1082, F.S.; prohibiting state employees

  4         from utilizing a voice mail system under

  5         certain circumstances; providing certain

  6         requirements with respect to telephone menu

  7         options; providing for compliance; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 110.1082, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         110.1082  Telephone voice mail systems and telephone

15  menu options systems.--

16         (1)  No state employee shall utilize a voice mail

17  system when the employee is at his or her regularly assigned

18  work station where his or her telephone is functional and

19  available for use, unless such voice mail system alerts the

20  caller to, and provides the caller with access to a

21  nonelectronic attendant, or automatically transfers the caller

22  to a nonelectronic attendant.

23         (2)  Telephone menu options systems used by state

24  agencies, departments, or other state government units, will

25  alert the caller to, and provide the caller with access to a

26  nonelectronic attendant.

27         (3)  Agency heads will ensure compliance with the

28  provisions of this section.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1 of the

30  year in which enacted.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4563

    532-199A-98






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      Prohibits any state employee from utilizing a voice mail
  4    system when the state employee is at his or her work
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