January 30, 2004
HOUSE BILL No. 1304
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DIGEST OF HB 1304
(Updated January 28, 2004 10:56 am - DI 103)
Citations Affected: IC 36-8; noncode.
Synopsis: 911 fees. Requires a county with a municipal public safety
answering point (PSAP) to submit monthly expenditure reports to the
municipality. Assigns the contents of HB 1304 as introduced to the
regulatory flexibility committee for study during the 2004 interim.
Effective: Upon passage.
Stevenson, Austin, Lutz J
January 15, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Economic
Development.
January 29, 2004, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
January 30, 2004
Second Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2004)
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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)HB1304.1.1. -->
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)HB1304.1.2. -->
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 the topic
of 911 fees addressed in House Bill 1304 as introduced during the
second regular session of the 113th general assembly.
(b) This SECTION expires January 1, 2005.
SOURCE: ; (04)HB1304.1.3. -->
SECTION 3.
An emergency is declared for this act.