Bill Text: OH HB148 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

Ohio House Bill 148 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: To require certain technological improvements and updates for 9-1-1 systems in Ohio.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-23 - To Public Safety & Homeland Security [HB148 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB148-Introduced.html

As Introduced

128th General Assembly

Regular Session

2009-2010

H. B. No. 148

Representative Miller

A BILL

To amend section 4931.40 and to enact section 4931.55

of the Revised Code to require certain

technological improvements and updates for 9-1-1

systems in Ohio.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 4931.40 be amended and section	5
4931.55 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	6

Sec. 4931.40. As used in sections 4931.40 to 4931.70 of the	7
Revised Code:	8

(A) "9-1-1 system" means a system through which individuals	9
can request emergency service using the telephone number 9-1-1.	10

(B) "Basic 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 system in which a caller	11
provides information on the nature of and the location of an	12
emergency, and the personnel receiving the call must determine the	13
appropriate emergency service provider to respond at that	14
location.	15

(C) "Enhanced 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 system capable of	16
providing both enhanced wireline 9-1-1 and wireless enhanced	17
9-1-1.	18

(D) "Enhanced wireline 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 system in which	19
the wireline telephone network, in providing wireline 9-1-1,	20
automatically routes the call to emergency service providers that	21
serve the location from which the call is made and immediately	22
provides to personnel answering the 9-1-1 call information on the	23
location and the telephone number from which the call is being	24
made.	25

(E) "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 system that, in	26
providing wireless 9-1-1, has the capabilities of phase I and, to	27
the extent available, phase II enhanced 9-1-1 services as	28
described in 47 C.F.R. 20.18 (d) to (h).	29

(F)(1) "Wireless service" means federally licensed commercial	30
mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332(d) and further defined	31
as commercial mobile radio service in 47 C.F.R. 20.3, and includes	32
service provided by any wireless, two-way communications device,	33
including a radio-telephone communications line used in cellular	34
telephone service or personal communications service, a network	35
radio access line, or any functional or competitive equivalent of	36
such a radio-telephone communications or network radio access	37
line.	38

(2) Nothing in sections 4931.40 to 4931.70 of the Revised	39
Code applies to paging or any service that cannot be used to call	40
9-1-1.	41

(G) "Wireless service provider" means a facilities-based	42
provider of wireless service to one or more end users in this	43
state.	44

(H) "Wireless 9-1-1" means the emergency calling service	45
provided by a 9-1-1 system pursuant to a call originating in the	46
network of a wireless service provider.	47

(I) "Wireline 9-1-1" means the emergency calling service	48
provided by a 9-1-1 system pursuant to a call originating in the	49
network of a wireline service provider.	50

(J) "Wireline service provider" means a facilities-based	51
provider of wireline service to one or more end-users in this	52
state.	53

(K) "Wireline service" means basic local exchange service, as	54
defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code, that is	55
transmitted by means of interconnected wires or cables by a	56
wireline service provider authorized by the public utilities	57
commission.	58

(L) "Wireline telephone network" means the selective router	59
and data base processing systems, trunking and data wiring cross	60
connection points at the public safety answering point, and all	61
other voice and data components of the 9-1-1 system.	62

(M) "Subdivision" means a county, municipal corporation,	63
township, township fire district, joint fire district, township	64
police district, joint ambulance district, or joint emergency	65
medical services district that provides emergency service within	66
its territory, or that contracts with another municipal	67
corporation, township, or district or with a private entity to	68
provide such service; and a state college or university, port	69
authority, or park district of any kind that employs law	70
enforcement officers that act as the primary police force on the	71
grounds of the college or university or port authority or in the	72
parks operated by the district.	73

(N) "Emergency service" means emergency law enforcement,	74
firefighting, ambulance, rescue, and medical service.	75

(O) "Emergency service provider" means the state highway	76
patrol and an emergency service department or unit of a	77
subdivision or that provides emergency service to a subdivision	78
under contract with the subdivision.	79

(P) "Public safety answering point" means a facility to which	80
9-1-1 system calls for a specific territory are initially routed	81
for response and where personnel respond to specific requests for	82
emergency service by directly dispatching the appropriate	83
emergency service provider, relaying a message to the appropriate	84
provider, or transferring the call to the appropriate provider.	85

(Q) "Customer premises equipment" means telecommunications	86
equipment, including telephone instruments, on the premises of a	87
public safety answering point that is used in answering and	88
responding to 9-1-1 system calls.	89

(R) "Municipal corporation in the county" includes any	90
municipal corporation that is wholly contained in the county and	91
each municipal corporation located in more than one county that	92
has a greater proportion of its territory in the county to which	93
the term refers than in any other county.	94

(S) "Board of county commissioners" includes the legislative	95
authority of a county established under Section 3 of Article X,	96
Ohio Constitution, or Chapter 302. of the Revised Code.	97

(T) "Final plan" means a final plan adopted under division	98
(B) of section 4931.44 of the Revised Code and, except as	99
otherwise expressly provided, an amended final plan adopted under	100
section 4931.45 of the Revised Code.	101

(U) "Subdivision served by a public safety answering point"	102
means a subdivision that provides emergency service for any part	103
of its territory that is located within the territory of a public	104
safety answering point whether the subdivision provides the	105
emergency service with its own employees or pursuant to a	106
contract.	107

(V) A township's population includes only population of the	108
unincorporated portion of the township.	109

(W) "Telephone company" means a company engaged in the	110
business of providing local exchange telephone service by making	111
available or furnishing access and a dial tone to persons within a	112
local calling area for use in originating and receiving voice	113
grade communications over a switched network operated by the	114
provider of the service within the area and gaining access to	115
other telecommunications services. "Telephone company" includes a	116
wireline service provider and a wireless service provider unless	117
otherwise expressly specified. For purposes of sections 4931.52	118
and 4931.53 of the Revised Code, "telephone company" means a	119
wireline service provider.	120

(X) "Communications instrument" means any electronic machine	121
or device that is capable of transmitting data between two or more	122
persons or from one person to another person, including devices	123
transmitting voice, text, photographic, video, and telematic data.	124

(Y) "Automatic collision notification" means a type of	125
telematic data sent from a motor vehicle containing information	126
regarding an accident involving the vehicle.	127

(Z) "Telematic data" means data in a form that combines	128
telecommunications and computer technology and includes automatic	129
collision notification.	130

Sec. 4931.55. Each subdivision operating a public safety	131
answering point, in consultation with the Ohio 9-1-1 coordinator,	132
the Ohio 9-1-1 council, the wireless 9-1-1 advisory board, and the	133
public utilities commission, shall update and improve its customer	134
premises equipment to do all of the following:	135

(A) Receive data from every type of communications	136
instrument;	137

(B) Determine the physical location of a person placing a	138
call to the 9-1-1 system using a wireline service, a wireless	139
service, voice over internet protocol technology, or any other	140
major emerging telephone technology in common use and, based on	141
the caller's physical location, automatically transfer or route	142
the call to the appropriate emergency service provider;	143

(C) Increase access to the 9-1-1 system for the hearing	144
impaired;	145

(D) Send alerts to portable communications instruments	146
approaching the physical locations of emergencies notifying their	147
users of such emergencies.	148