'Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1419-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 553, Pt. A, §3, is further amended to read:

2. Communications Equipment Fund. There is established the Communications Equipment Fund to be used by the Division of Deafness within the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services. The fund is nonlapsing. The fund receives money transferred by the Public Utilities Commission from the universal service fund pursuant to Title 35-A, section 7104. The Division of Deafness may accept gifts or grants, including, but not limited to, federal grants, for the purposes of this section. Funds transferred from the universal service fund pursuant to Title 35-A, section 7104 and all gifts and grants and authorized appropriations must be deposited in the Communications Equipment Fund and disbursed in accordance with this section. The Communications Equipment Fund may be used for purchase, lease, distribution, upgrading, installation, maintenance and repair of specialized customer communications equipment for deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech- impaired persons and persons with disabilities and for training in the use of such equipment, except that funds transferred to the fund pursuant to paragraph A may be used only in accordance with subsection 6. The Division of Deafness may draw on the Communications Equipment Fund in accordance with the communications equipment plan required under subsection 3.