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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.