MADAM PRESIDENT:
The Senate Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 67, has had
the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the
recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
wireless emergency enhanced 911 fee collected each month from each
subscriber for the purpose of defraying the administrative costs of
collecting the fee.".
distributed to each county containing at least one (1) PSAP, as
identified in the county notice required by section 40 of this
chapter. The board shall make these distributions in the
following manner:
(A) The board shall distribute on a monthly basis to each
eligible county thirty-four and four tenths cents ($0.344) of
the wireless emergency 911 fee based upon the county's
percentage of the state's population.
(B) The board shall distribute on a monthly basis to each
eligible county three and nine tenths cents ($0.039) of the
wireless emergency 911 fee equally among the eligible
counties. A county must use a distribution received under
this clause to reimburse PSAPs that:
(i) are identified by the county under section 40 of this
chapter as eligible for distributions; and
(ii) accept wireless enhanced 911 service;
for actual costs incurred by the PSAPs in complying with
the wireless enhanced 911 requirements established by the
FCC order and rules.
(C) The board shall deposit the remainder of the wireless
emergency 911 fee collected from each subscriber into an
escrow account to be used for costs associated with other
wireless enhanced 911 services mandated by the FCC and
specified in the FCC order but not incurred by PSAPs. The
board may invest money in the account in the manner
prescribed by section 23 of this chapter and may use the
proceeds of the investments for costs associated with other
wireless enhanced 911 services mandated by the FCC but
not specified in the FCC order or to make distributions to
PSAPs under this section.
(3) If the fee has been reduced under section 26(c) of this
chapter, the board shall determine how money remaining in
the accounts or money for uses described in subsection (a) is
to be allocated into the accounts described in this subsection
or used for distributions under this subsection.
This subsection does not affect the transfer provisions set forth in
subsection (b).".
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and when so amended that said bill do pass.
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0.
Meeks