Bill Text: IA HF407 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to 911 emergency telephone service, including how funds deposited in a 911 service fund may be used, the costs associated with providing 911 service, and access to the next generation 911 network.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-08 - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 305. [HF407 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF407-Introduced.html
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BY
FISHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
911
emergency
telephone
service,
including
1
how
funds
deposited
in
a
911
service
fund
may
be
used,
the
2
costs
associated
with
providing
911
service,
and
access
to
3
the
next
generation
911
network.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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Section
1.
Section
34A.2,
subsection
5,
paragraph
d,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
Funds
deposited
in
a
911
service
fund
are
appropriated
3
and
shall
be
used
for
the
payment
of
costs
that
are
limited
4
to
nonrecurring
and
recurring
costs
directly
attributable
to
5
the
receipt
and
disposition
of
the
911
call.
Costs
do
not
6
include
expenditures
for
any
other
purpose,
and
specifically
7
exclude
costs
associated
with
reimbursement
to
originating
8
service
providers
for
providing
911
call
delivery
service,
9
costs
attributable
to
other
emergency
services
or
expenditures
10
for
buildings
or
personnel,
except
for
the
costs
of
personnel
11
for
database
management
and
personnel
directly
associated
with
12
addressing.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
34A.7,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2021,
14
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
When
a
911
service
plan
is
implemented,
the
costs
of
16
providing
911
service
within
a
911
service
area
are
the
17
responsibility
of
the
joint
911
service
board
and
the
member
18
political
subdivisions.
Costs
in
excess
of
the
amount
raised
19
by
imposition
of
the
911
service
surcharge
provided
for
20
under
subsection
1
shall
be
paid
by
the
joint
911
service
21
board
from
such
revenue
sources
allocated
among
the
member
22
political
subdivisions
as
determined
by
the
joint
911
service
23
board.
Funding
is
not
limited
to
the
surcharge,
and
surcharge
24
revenues
may
be
supplemented
by
other
permissible
local
and
25
state
revenue
sources.
A
joint
911
service
board
shall
not
26
commit
a
political
subdivision
to
appropriate
property
tax
27
revenues
to
fund
a
911
service
plan
without
the
consent
of
the
28
political
subdivision.
A
joint
911
service
board
may
approve
29
a
911
service
plan,
including
a
funding
formula
requiring
30
appropriations
by
participating
political
subdivisions,
subject
31
to
the
approval
of
the
funding
formula
by
each
political
32
subdivision.
However,
a
political
subdivision
may
agree
in
33
advance
to
appropriate
property
tax
revenues
or
other
moneys
34
according
to
a
formula
or
plan
developed
by
an
alternative
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entity.
1
Sec.
3.
Section
34A.7A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
2
2021,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
3
Sec.
4.
Section
34A.8,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
4
follows:
5
34A.8
Local
exchange
service
information
——
penalty
——
6
recurring
costs
.
7
1.
A
local
exchange
service
provider
shall
furnish
to
the
8
next
generation
911
network
service
provider,
designated
by
9
the
department,
all
names,
addresses,
and
telephone
number
10
information
concerning
its
subscribers
which
will
be
served
11
by
the
next
generation
911
network
and
shall
periodically
12
update
the
local
exchange
service
information.
The
911
service
13
provider
shall
furnish
the
addresses
and
telephone
number
14
information
received
from
the
local
exchange
service
provider
15
to
the
director
for
use
in
the
mass
notification
and
emergency
16
messaging
system
as
defined
in
section
29C.2
.
The
local
17
exchange
service
provider
shall
receive
as
compensation
for
18
the
provision
of
local
exchange
service
information
charges
19
according
to
its
tariffs
on
file
with
and
approved
by
the
Iowa
20
utilities
board.
The
tariff
charges
shall
be
the
same
whether
21
or
not
the
local
exchange
service
provider
is
designated
as
the
22
next
generation
911
network
service
provider
by
the
department.
23
2.
a.
Subscriber
information
remains
the
property
of
the
24
local
exchange
service
provider.
25
b.
The
director,
program
manager,
joint
911
service
board,
26
local
emergency
management
commission
established
pursuant
27
to
section
29C.9
,
the
designated
next
generation
911
network
28
service
provider,
and
the
public
safety
answering
point,
and
29
their
agents,
employees,
and
assigns
shall
use
local
exchange
30
service
information
provided
by
the
local
exchange
service
31
provider
solely
for
the
purposes
of
providing
911
emergency
32
telephone
service
or
providing
related
mass
notification
and
33
emergency
messaging
services
as
described
in
section
29C.17A
34
utilizing
only
the
subscriber’s
information,
and
local
exchange
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service
information
shall
otherwise
be
kept
confidential.
1
A
person
who
violates
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
simple
2
misdemeanor.
3
c.
This
chapter
does
not
require
a
local
exchange
service
4
provider
to
sell
or
provide
its
subscriber
names,
addresses,
5
or
telephone
number
information
to
any
person
other
than
the
6
designated
next
generation
911
network
service
provider.
7
3.
A
local
exchange
service
provider
shall
pay
all
costs
8
associated
with
recurring
monthly
911
service.
9
Sec.
5.
Section
34A.10,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
10
follows:
11
34A.10
Next
generation
911
network
access.
12
On
and
after
July
1,
2017,
only
the
program
manager
shall
13
approve
access
to
the
next
generation
911
network.
The
program
14
manager
shall
determine
the
points
of
ingress
and
egress
for
an
15
originating
service
provider
to
access
the
next
generation
911
16
network.
An
originating
service
provider
shall
pay
all
costs
17
associated
with
connecting
to
the
points
of
ingress
and
egress.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
911
emergency
telephone
service,
22
including
how
funds
deposited
in
a
911
service
fund
may
be
23
used,
the
costs
associated
with
providing
911
service,
and
24
access
to
the
next
generation
911
network.
25
Current
law
provides
that
funds
deposited
in
a
911
service
26
fund
shall
be
used
for
the
payment
of
costs
that
are
limited
to
27
nonrecurring
and
recurring
costs
that
are
directly
attributable
28
to
the
receipt
and
disposition
of
a
911
call.
The
bill
29
provides
that
these
costs
do
not
include
costs
associated
with
30
reimbursement
to
originating
service
providers
for
providing
31
911
call
delivery
service.
32
The
bill
strikes
from
Code
section
34A.7
a
provision
that
33
requires
the
costs
of
providing
911
service
within
a
911
34
service
area
in
excess
of
the
amount
raised
by
the
911
service
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surcharge
to
be
paid
from
revenue
sources
allocated
among
the
1
member
political
subdivisions
as
determined
by
the
joint
911
2
service
board.
Additionally,
the
bill
strikes
a
provision
that
3
establishes
that
the
funding
of
the
costs
of
providing
911
4
service
within
a
911
service
area
is
not
limited
to
the
911
5
service
surcharge,
and
surcharge
revenues
may
be
supplemented
6
by
other
permissible
local
and
state
revenue
sources.
7
The
bill
strikes
Code
section
34A.7A,
subsection
2,
8
paragraph
“c”,
which
provides
that
from
July
1,
2013,
until
9
June
30,
2026,
the
911
program
manager
shall
allocate
a
10
percentage
of
the
total
amount
of
surcharge
generated
to
11
wireless
carriers
to
recover
their
costs
to
deliver
E911
phase
12
1
services.
13
Current
law
requires
a
local
exchange
service
provider
to
14
furnish
to
the
next
generation
911
network
service
provider
15
certain
information
related
to
its
subscribers
and
provides
16
for
compensation
to
the
local
exchange
service
provider
for
17
providing
this
information.
The
bill
strikes
the
provision
18
that
requires
the
local
exchange
service
provider
to
be
19
compensated
for
providing
this
information.
20
The
bill
provides
that
a
local
exchange
service
provider
21
shall
pay
all
costs
associated
with
recurring
monthly
911
22
service.
23
The
bill
requires
the
program
manager
to
determine
the
24
points
of
ingress
and
egress
for
an
originating
service
25
provider
to
access
the
next
generation
911
network.
26
Additionally,
the
bill
requires
an
originating
service
provider
27
to
pay
all
costs
associated
with
connecting
to
the
points
of
28
ingress
and
egress.
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