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February 24, 2004
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1304
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DIGEST OF HB 1304
(Updated February 23, 2004 5:45 pm - DI 108)
Citations Affected: IC 36-8; noncode.
Synopsis: 911 fees. Requires a county with a municipal public safety
answering point (PSAP) to submit to the municipality an annual report
of expenditures of enhanced emergency telephone system fees.
Assigns: (1) the contents of HB 1304 as introduced; and (2) the
relationship between state and local wireless systems to the regulatory
flexibility committee for study during the 2004 interim. (HB 1304 as
introduced requires: (1) telephone service suppliers to provide
quarterly reports to the county treasurer and the municipal fiscal officer
detailing collections of enhanced emergency telephone system fees
from customers within the municipality; and (2) the county treasurer to
remit quarterly 75% of the fees collected from customers within the
municipality to the fiscal officer of the municipality.)
Effective: Upon passage.
Stevenson, Austin, Lutz J
(SENATE SPONSORS _ RIEGSECKER, MERRITT, MRVAN)
January 15, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Economic
Development.
January 29, 2004, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
February 2, 2004, read second time, ordered engrossed.
February 3, 2004, engrossed.
February 5, 2004, read third time, passed. Yeas 95, nays 0.
SENATE ACTION
February 9, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Utility and Regulatory
Affairs.
February 19, 2004, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 23, 2004, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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February 24, 2004
Second Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2004)
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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1304
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
government.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 36-8-16-14; (04)EH1304.2.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 36-8-16-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.156-2002,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 14. (a) The emergency telephone system fees
shall be used only to pay for:
(1) the lease, purchase, or maintenance of enhanced emergency
telephone equipment, including necessary computer hardware,
software, and data base provisioning;
(2) the rates associated with the service suppliers' enhanced
emergency telephone system network services;
(3) the personnel expenses of the emergency telephone system;
and
(4) the lease, purchase, construction, or maintenance of voice and
data communications equipment, communications infrastructure,
or other information technology necessary to provide emergency
response services under authority of the unit imposing the fee.
The legislative body of the unit may appropriate money in the fund
only for such an expenditure.
(b) This subsection applies to a county that:
(1) imposes a fee under section 5 of this chapter; and
(2) contains a municipality that operates a PSAP (as defined
in IC 36-8-16.5-13).
Not later than January 31 of each year, the county fiscal body shall
submit to each municipality described in subdivision (2) a report
of all expenditures described in subsection (a) paid during the
immediately preceding calendar year.
SOURCE: ; (04)EH1304.2.2. -->
SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) In addition to
the duties imposed under IC 8-1-2.5-9, the regulatory flexibility
committee established by IC 8-1-2.6-4 shall issue a report and
recommendations in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the
legislative council before November 1, 2004, concerning:
(1) 911 fees addressed in House Bill 1304, as introduced
during the second regular session of the 113th general
assembly; and
(2) the relationship between state wireless and local wireless
systems.
(b) This SECTION expires January 1, 2005.
SOURCE: ; (04)EH1304.2.3. -->
SECTION 3.
An emergency is declared for this act.