Second Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2006)
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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 283
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; (06)SE0283.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 36-8-16-14 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: 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;
and
(5) an emergency telephone notification system under
IC 36-8-21.
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: IC 36-8-16-18; (06)SE0283.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 36-8-16-18 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 18. A service supplier
or a telephone company and its employees, directors, officers, and
agents are not liable for any damages in a civil action for injuries,
death, or loss to persons or property incurred by any person as a result
of any act or omission of a service supplier or a telephone company, or
of any of its employees, directors, officers, or agents, except for willful
or wanton misconduct in connection with developing, adopting,
implementing, maintaining, providing data to, or operating an
enhanced emergency telephone system, including an emergency
telephone notification system (as defined in IC 36-8-21-1).
SOURCE: IC 36-8-21; (06)SE0283.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 36-8-21 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A
NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2006]:
Chapter 21. Emergency Telephone Notification System
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "emergency telephone
notification system" means an enhanced emergency telephone
system that provides service users in a unit with a telephone
warning of an emergency situation through a computerized
warning system that uses 911 data base information and
technology.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "service supplier" has the
meaning set forth in IC 36-8-16-4(a).
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "service user" has the meaning
set forth in IC 36-8-16-4(b).
Sec. 4. (a) A unit may establish an emergency telephone
notification system.
(b) The legislative body of the unit may appropriate money from
the unit's emergency telephone system fund under IC 36-8-16-13
to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Sec. 5. A service supplier shall provide upon request the
necessary customer data to implement an emergency telephone
notification system. The provision of data under this section is
subject to IC 36-8-16-16.
SEA 283 _ Concur
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