Bill Text: IA SF538 | 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.(Formerly SF 249.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to State Government. S.J. 726. [SF538 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF538-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
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538
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
249)
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
IOWA:
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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
to
4
nonrecurring
and
recurring
costs
directly
attributable
to
the
5
receipt
and
disposition
of
the
911
call.
Costs
do
not
include
6
expenditures
for
any
other
purpose,
and
specifically
exclude
7
costs
associated
with
reimbursement
to
originating
service
8
providers
for
providing
911
call
delivery
service,
and
costs
9
attributable
to
other
emergency
services
or
expenditures
for
10
buildings
or
personnel,
except
for
the
costs
of
personnel
for
11
database
management
and
personnel
directly
associated
with
12
addressing.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
34A.7A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
14
2021,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
15
Sec.
3.
Section
34A.7A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
f,
16
subparagraph
(1),
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
17
to
read
as
follows:
18
If
moneys
remain
in
the
fund
after
fully
paying
all
19
obligations
under
paragraphs
“a”
,
“b”
,
“c”
,
“d”
,
and
“e”
,
20
remaining
funds
shall
be
expended
and
distributed
in
the
21
following
priority
order:
22
Sec.
4.
Section
34A.8,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
23
follows:
24
34A.8
Local
exchange
service
information
——
penalty
——
25
recurring
costs
.
26
1.
A
local
exchange
service
provider
shall
furnish
to
the
27
next
generation
911
network
service
provider,
designated
by
28
the
department,
all
names,
addresses,
and
telephone
number
29
information
concerning
its
subscribers
which
will
be
served
30
by
the
next
generation
911
network
and
shall
periodically
31
update
the
local
exchange
service
information.
The
911
service
32
provider
shall
furnish
the
addresses
and
telephone
number
33
information
received
from
the
local
exchange
service
provider
34
to
the
director
for
use
in
the
mass
notification
and
emergency
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messaging
system
as
defined
in
section
29C.2
.
The
local
1
exchange
service
provider
shall
receive
as
compensation
for
2
the
provision
of
local
exchange
service
information
charges
3
according
to
its
tariffs
on
file
with
and
approved
by
the
Iowa
4
utilities
board.
The
tariff
charges
shall
be
the
same
whether
5
or
not
the
local
exchange
service
provider
is
designated
as
the
6
next
generation
911
network
service
provider
by
the
department.
7
2.
a.
Subscriber
information
remains
the
property
of
the
8
local
exchange
service
provider.
9
b.
The
director,
program
manager,
joint
911
service
board,
10
local
emergency
management
commission
established
pursuant
11
to
section
29C.9
,
the
designated
next
generation
911
network
12
service
provider,
and
the
public
safety
answering
point,
and
13
their
agents,
employees,
and
assigns
shall
use
local
exchange
14
service
information
provided
by
the
local
exchange
service
15
provider
solely
for
the
purposes
of
providing
911
emergency
16
telephone
service
or
providing
related
mass
notification
and
17
emergency
messaging
services
as
described
in
section
29C.17A
18
utilizing
only
the
subscriber’s
information,
and
local
exchange
19
service
information
shall
otherwise
be
kept
confidential.
20
A
person
who
violates
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
simple
21
misdemeanor.
22
c.
This
chapter
does
not
require
a
local
exchange
service
23
provider
to
sell
or
provide
its
subscriber
names,
addresses,
24
or
telephone
number
information
to
any
person
other
than
the
25
designated
next
generation
911
network
service
provider.
26
3.
A
local
exchange
service
provider
shall
pay
all
costs
27
associated
with
recurring
monthly
911
service.
28
Sec.
5.
Section
34A.10,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
29
follows:
30
34A.10
Next
generation
911
network
access.
31
On
and
after
July
1,
2017,
only
the
program
manager
shall
32
approve
access
to
the
next
generation
911
network.
The
program
33
manager
shall
determine
the
points
of
ingress
and
egress
for
an
34
originating
service
provider
to
access
the
next
generation
911
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network.
An
originating
service
provider
shall
pay
all
costs
1
associated
with
connecting
to
the
points
of
ingress
and
egress.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
relates
to
911
emergency
telephone
service,
6
including
how
funds
deposited
in
a
911
service
fund
may
be
7
used,
the
costs
associated
with
providing
911
service,
and
8
access
to
the
next
generation
911
network.
9
Current
law
provides
that
funds
deposited
in
a
911
service
10
fund
shall
be
used
for
the
payment
of
costs
that
are
limited
to
11
nonrecurring
and
recurring
costs
that
are
directly
attributable
12
to
the
receipt
and
disposition
of
a
911
call.
The
bill
13
provides
that
these
costs
do
not
include
costs
associated
with
14
reimbursement
to
originating
service
providers
for
providing
15
911
call
delivery
service.
16
The
bill
strikes
Code
section
34A.7A,
subsection
2,
17
paragraph
“c”,
which
provides
that
from
July
1,
2013,
until
18
June
30,
2026,
the
911
program
manager
shall
allocate
a
19
percentage
of
the
total
amount
of
surcharge
generated
to
20
wireless
carriers
to
recover
their
costs
to
deliver
E911
phase
21
1
services.
The
bill
makes
a
conforming
change
to
Code
section
22
34A.7A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“f”,
subparagraph
(1).
23
Current
law
requires
a
local
exchange
service
provider
to
24
furnish
to
the
next
generation
911
network
service
provider
25
certain
information
related
to
its
subscribers
and
provides
26
for
compensation
to
the
local
exchange
service
provider
for
27
providing
this
information.
The
bill
strikes
the
provision
28
that
requires
the
local
exchange
service
provider
to
be
29
compensated
for
providing
this
information.
30
The
bill
provides
that
a
local
exchange
service
provider
31
shall
pay
all
costs
associated
with
recurring
monthly
911
32
service.
33
The
bill
requires
the
program
manager
to
determine
the
34
points
of
ingress
and
egress
for
an
originating
service
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