Bill Text: IA SF2332 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to enhanced 911 emergency communication systems, including surcharges and the allocation of moneys collected from such surcharges and replacing the existing surcharge on prepaid wireless service with a new surcharge collected at the point of retail sale, and including effective and applicability date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3170 and SF SF 2272.) Various effective dates; see section 13 of bill.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-02 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 885. [SF2332 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-SF2332-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2332
AN ACT
RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS,
INCLUDING SURCHARGES AND THE ALLOCATION OF MONEYS COLLECTED
FROM SUCH SURCHARGES AND REPLACING THE EXISTING SURCHARGE
ON PREPAID WIRELESS SERVICE WITH A NEW SURCHARGE COLLECTED
AT THE POINT OF RETAIL SALE, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE AND
APPLICABILITY DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 34A.2, Code 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
34A.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. “Access line” means an exchange access line that has the
ability to access dial tone and reach a public safety answering
point.
2. “Administrator” means the administrator of the homeland
security and emergency management division of the department
of public defense.
3. “Communications service” means a service capable of
accessing, connecting with, or interfacing with a 911 system
by dialing, initializing, or otherwise activating the system
exclusively through the digits 911 by means of a local
telephone device or wireless communications device.
4. “Communications service provider” means a service
provider, public or private, that transports information
electronically via landline, wireless, internet, cable, or
satellite.
3. 5. “Competitive local exchange service provider” means
the same as defined in section 476.96 .

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4. “Emergency 911 notification device” means a product
capable of accessing a public safety answering point through
the 911 system.
6. “Emergency communications service surcharge” means a
charge established by the program manager in accordance with
section 34A.7A.
5. 7. “Enhanced 911” or “E911” means a service that
provides the user of a communications service with the ability
to reach a public safety answering point by dialing using the
digits 911, and that has the following additional features:
a. Routes an incoming 911 call to the appropriate public
safety answering point.
b. Automatically provides voice, displays the name, address
or location, and telephone number of an incoming 911 call and
public safety agency servicing the location.
6. 8. “Enhanced 911 service area” means the geographic
area to be serviced, or currently serviced under an enhanced
911 service plan, provided that an enhanced 911 service area
must at minimum encompass one entire county. The enhanced 911
service area may encompass more than one county, and need not
be restricted to county boundaries.
7. 9. “Enhanced 911 service plan” means a plan that
includes the following information:
a. A description of the enhanced 911 service area.
b. A list of all public and private safety agencies within
the enhanced 911 service area.
c. The number of public safety answering points within the
enhanced 911 service area.
d. Identification of the agency responsible for management
and supervision of the enhanced 911 emergency communication
system.
e. (1) A statement of estimated costs to be incurred by the
joint E911 service board or the department of public safety,
including separate estimates of the following:
(a) Nonrecurring costs, including , but not limited to ,
public safety answering points, network equipment, software,
database, addressing, initial training, and other capital and
start-up expenditures, including the purchase or lease of
subscriber names, addresses, and telephone information from the
local exchange service provider.
(b) Recurring costs, including , but not limited to ,
network access fees and other telephone charges, software,
equipment, and database management, and maintenance, including

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the purchase or lease of subscriber names, addresses, and
telephone information from the local exchange service provider.
Recurring costs shall not include personnel costs for a public
safety answering point.
(2) Funds deposited in an E911 service fund are appropriated
and shall be used for the payment of costs that are limited
to nonrecurring and recurring costs directly attributable to
the provision receipt and disposition of the 911 emergency
telephone communication service and may include costs
for portable and vehicle radios, communication towers and
associated equipment, and other radios and associated equipment
permanently located at the public safety answering point
and as directed by either the joint E911 service board or
the department of public safety call . Costs do not include
expenditures for any other purpose, and specifically exclude
costs attributable to other emergency services or expenditures
for buildings or personnel, except for the costs of personnel
for database management and personnel directly associated with
addressing.
f. Current equipment operated by affected local exchange
service providers, and central office equipment and technology
upgrades necessary for the provider to implement enhanced 911
service within the enhanced 911 service area.
g. A schedule for implementation of the plan throughout
the E911 service area. The schedule may provide for phased
implementation.
h. The number of telephone access lines capable of access to
911 in the enhanced 911 service area.
i. The total property valuation in the enhanced 911 service
area.
j. A plan to migrate to an internet protocol-enabled next
generation network.
8. 10. “Local exchange carrier” means the same as defined
in section 476.96 .
9. 11. “Local exchange service provider” means a vendor
engaged in providing telecommunications service between
points within an exchange and includes but is not limited to
a competitive local exchange service provider and a local
exchange carrier.
12. “Prepaid wireless telecommunications service”
means a wireless communications service that provides the
right to utilize mobile wireless service as well as other
nontelecommunications services, including the download

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of digital products delivered electronically, content and
ancillary services, which must be paid for in advance and that
is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the amount
declines with use in a known amount.
10. 13. “Program manager” means the E911 program manager
appointed pursuant to section 34A.2A .
11. 14. “Provider” means a vendor who provides, or offers
to provide, E911 equipment, installation, maintenance, or
exchange access services within the enhanced 911 service area.
12. 15. “Public or private safety agency” means a unit of
state or local government, a special purpose district, or a
private firm which provides or has the authority to provide
fire fighting, police, ambulance, emergency medical services,
or hazardous materials response.
13. 16. “Public safety answering point” means a
twenty-four-hour public safety communications facility that
receives enhanced 911 service calls and directly dispatches
emergency response services or relays calls to the appropriate
public or private safety agency.
17. “Wireless communications service” means commercial
mobile radio service. “Wireless communications service”
includes any wireless two-way communications used in cellular
telephone service, personal communications service, or the
functional or competitive equivalent of a radio-telephone
communications line used in cellular telephone service, a
personal communications service, or a network access line.
“Wireless communications service” does not include a service
whose customers do not have access to 911 or 911-like service,
a communications channel utilized only for data transmission,
or a private telecommunications system.
18. “Wireless communications service provider” means a
company that offers wireless communications service to users
of wireless devices including but not limited to cellular,
personal communications services, mobile satellite services,
and enhanced specialized mobile radio.
14. 19. “Wireless E911 phase 1” means a 911 call made
from a wireless device in which the wireless service provider
delivers the call-back number and address of the tower that
received the call to the appropriate public safety answering
point.
15. 20. “Wireless E911 phase 2” means a 911 call made
from a wireless device in which the wireless service provider
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coordinates of the wireless device to the appropriate public
safety answering point.
16. 21. “Wire-line E911 service surcharge” is means a charge
set by the E911 service area operating authority and assessed
on each wire-line access line which physically terminates
within the E911 service area in accordance with section 34A.7 .
Sec. 2. Section 34A.3, subsection 4, Code 2011, is amended
to read as follows:
4. Participation in joint E911 service board required. A
political subdivision or state agency having a public safety
agency within its territory or jurisdiction shall participate
in a joint E911 service board and cooperate in maintaining the
E911 service plan.
Sec. 3. Section 34A.6, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Before a joint E911 service board may request imposition
of the wire-line surcharge by the program manager, the board
shall submit the following question to voters, as provided
in subsection 2 , in the proposed E911 service area, and the
question shall receive a favorable vote from a simple majority
of persons submitting valid ballots on the following question
within the proposed E911 service area:
Shall the following public measure be adopted?
YES ...
NO ...
Enhanced 911 emergency telephone service shall be funded,
in whole or in part, by a monthly surcharge of (an amount
determined by the local joint E911 service board of up to one
dollar) on each telephone access line collected as part of each
telephone subscriber’s monthly phone bill if provided within
(description of the proposed E911 service area).
Sec. 4. Section 34A.6A, Code 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
34A.6A Alternative surcharge.
1. Notwithstanding section 34A.6 , the board may request
imposition of a an alternative surcharge in an amount up
to two dollars and fifty cents per month on each telephone
access line. The board shall submit the question of the
alternative surcharge to voters in the same manner as provided
in section 34A.6 . Not less than sixty days before the date
of the referendum, the board shall notify all local exchange
service providers in the county or counties comprising
the E911 service area that a referendum on an alternative

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surcharge will be held. Not less than thirty days before
the date of the referendum, the board shall publish in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties
comprising the E911 service area a statement of estimated
costs as described in section 34A.2, subsection 9, paragraph
“e” , subparagraph (1), and justification of the need for the
additional revenue. If approved, the alternative surcharge may
be collected for a period of twenty-four months. At the end of
the twenty-four-month period, the rate of the surcharge shall
revert to one dollar per month, per access line.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a temporary moratorium
shall be applicable to a new surcharge authorized pursuant to
this section until one hundred and fifty days after submission
of recommendations by the E911 task force established by this
Act to the general assembly.
Sec. 5. Section 34A.7, subsection 1, paragraph a,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
To encourage local implementation of E911 service, one
source of funding for E911 emergency telephone communication
systems shall come from a surcharge per month, per access
line on each access line subscriber, except as provided in
subsection 5 , equal to the lowest amount of the following:
Sec. 6. Section 34A.7, subsection 1, paragraph b,
subparagraph (1), Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(1) The program manager shall notify a local exchange
service provider scheduled to provide exchange access line
service to an E911 service area that implementation of an E911
service plan has been approved by the joint E911 service board
and by the service area referendum and that collection of the
surcharge is to begin within one hundred sixty days.
Sec. 7. Section 34A.7, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2011,
is amended to read as follows:
b. A local exchange service provider is not liable for an
uncollected surcharge for which the local exchange service
provider has billed a subscriber but not been paid. The
surcharge shall appear as a single line item on a subscriber’s
periodic billing entitled, “E911 emergency telephone
communications service surcharge”.
Sec. 8. Section 34A.7, subsection 5, paragraph b,
subparagraph (3), Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(3) If money remains in the fund after fully paying
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be accumulated in the fund as a carryover operating surplus.
If the surplus is greater than twenty-five percent of the
approved annual operating budget for the next year, the program
manager shall reduce the surcharge by an amount calculated to
result in a surplus of no more than twenty-five percent of the
planned annual operating budget. After nonrecurring costs have
been paid, if the surcharge is less than the maximum allowed
and the fund surplus is less than twenty-five percent of the
approved annual operating budget, the program manager shall,
upon application of the joint E911 service board, increase the
surcharge in an amount calculated to result in a surplus of
twenty-five percent of the approved annual operating budget.
The surcharge may only be adjusted once in a single year, upon
one hundred sixty days’ prior notice to the provider.
Sec. 9. Section 34A.7A, Code 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
34A.7A Wireless Emergency communications service surcharge ——
fund established —— distribution and permissible expenditures.
1. a. Notwithstanding section 34A.6 , the administrator
shall adopt by rule a monthly surcharge of up to sixty-five
cents to be imposed on each wireless communications service
number provided in this state. The surcharge shall be
imposed uniformly on a statewide basis and simultaneously
on all wireless communications service numbers as provided
by rule of the administrator. The surcharge shall not be
imposed on wire-line-based communications or prepaid wireless
telecommunications service.
b. The program manager shall provide no less than one
hundred sixty days’ notice of the surcharge to be imposed to
each wireless communications service provider. The program
manager, subject to the sixty-five cent limit in paragraph “a” ,
may adjust the amount of the surcharge as necessary, but no
more than once in any calendar year.
c. (1) The surcharge shall be collected as part of the
wireless communications service provider’s periodic billing
to a subscriber. The surcharge shall appear as a single
line item on a subscriber’s periodic billing indicating that
the surcharge is for E911 emergency telephone communications
service. In the case of prepaid wireless telephone service,
this surcharge shall be remitted based upon the address
associated with the point of purchase, the customer billing
address, or the location associated with the mobile telephone
number for each active prepaid wireless telephone that has

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a sufficient positive balance as of the last days of the
information, if that information is available.
(2) In compensation for the costs of billing and collection,
the wireless communications service provider may retain one
percent of the gross surcharges collected.
(3) The surcharges shall be remitted quarterly by the
wireless communications service provider to the program manager
for deposit into the fund established in subsection 2 .
(4) A wireless communications service provider is not
liable for an uncollected surcharge for which the wireless
communications service provider has billed a subscriber but
which has not been paid.
2. Moneys collected pursuant to subsection 1 and section
34A.7B, subsection 2, shall be deposited in a separate wireless
E911 emergency communications fund within the state treasury
under the control of the program manager. Section 8.33 shall
not apply to moneys in the fund. Moneys earned as income,
including as interest, from the fund shall remain in the fund
until expended as provided in this section . Moneys in the fund
shall be expended and distributed in the following priority
order:
a. An amount as appropriated by the general assembly to
the administrator shall be allocated to the administrator and
program manager for implementation, support, and maintenance of
the functions of the administrator and program manager and to
employ the auditor of state to perform an annual audit of the
wireless E911 emergency communications fund.
b. The program manager shall allocate twenty-one percent of
the total amount of surcharge generated to wireless carriers
to recover their costs to deliver E911 phase 1 services. If
the allocation in this paragraph is insufficient to reimburse
all wireless carriers for such carrier’s eligible expenses,
the program manager shall allocate a prorated amount to each
wireless carrier equal to the percentage of such carrier’s
eligible expenses as compared to the total of all eligible
expenses for all wireless carriers for the calendar quarter
during which such expenses were submitted. When prorated
expenses are paid, the remaining unpaid expenses shall no
longer be eligible for payment under this paragraph.
c. b. The program manager shall reimburse wire-line
carriers communication service providers on a calendar quarter
basis for carriers’ eligible expenses for transport costs
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points related to the delivery of wireless E911 phase 1
services.
d. c. The program manager shall reimburse wire-line
carriers and third-party E911 automatic location information
database providers on a calendar quarterly basis for the
costs of maintaining and upgrading the E911 components and
functionalities beyond the input to the E911 selective router,
including the E911 selective router and the automatic location
information database.
e. The program manager shall apply an amount up to
five hundred thousand dollars per calendar quarter to any
outstanding wireless E911 phase 1 obligations incurred pursuant
to this chapter prior to July 1, 2004.
f. d. (1) The program manager shall allocate an amount up
to one hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars per calendar quarter
equally to the joint E911 service boards and the department of
public safety that have submitted an annual written request to
the program manager in a form approved by the program manager
by May 15 of each year. The program manager shall allocate to
each joint E911 service board and to the department of public
safety a minimum of one thousand dollars per calendar quarter
for each public safety answering point within the service area
of the department of public safety or joint E911 service board
that has submitted an annual written request to the program
manager in a form approved by the program manager by May 15 of
each year .
(2) Upon retirement of outstanding obligations referred to
in paragraph “e” , the The amount allocated under this paragraph
“f” “d” shall be twenty-five forty-six percent of the total
amount of surcharge generated per calendar quarter allocated
as follows:
(a) Sixty-five percent of the total dollars available for
allocation shall be allocated in proportion to the square miles
of the service area to the total square miles in this state.
(b) Thirty-five percent of the total dollars available for
allocation shall be allocated in proportion to the wireless
E911 calls taken at the public safety answering point in
the service area to the total number of wireless E911 calls
originating in this state.
(c) Notwithstanding subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), the
minimum amount allocated to each joint E911 service board and
to the department of public safety shall be no less than one
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the service area of the department of public safety or joint
E911 service board.
(3) The funds allocated in this paragraph “f” “d” shall
be used for communication equipment located inside utilized
by the public safety answering points for the implementation
and maintenance of wireless E911 phase 2 services . The joint
E911 service boards and the department of public safety shall
provide an estimate of phase 2 implementation costs to the
program manager by January 1, 2005.
g. e. If moneys remain in the fund after fully paying
all obligations under paragraphs “a” through “f” “d” , the
remainder may be accumulated in the fund as a carryover
operating surplus. This surplus shall be used to fund
future phase 2 network and public safety answering point
improvements , including hardware and software for an internet
protocol-enabled next generation network, and wireless
carriers’ transport costs related to wireless E911 services, if
those costs are not otherwise recovered by wireless carriers
through customer billing or other sources and approved by the
program manager. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , any moneys
remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall
not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain
available for the purposes of the fund.
h. f. The administrator, in consultation with the program
manager and the E911 communications council, shall adopt
rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing the distribution of
the surcharge collected and distributed pursuant to this
subsection . The rules shall include provisions that all joint
E911 service boards and the department of public safety which
answer or service wireless E911 calls are eligible to receive
an equitable portion of the receipts.
3. a. The program manager shall submit an annual
report by January 15 of each year to the general assembly’s
standing committees on government oversight advising the
general assembly of the status of E911 implementation and
operations, including both wire-line and wireless services, the
distribution of surcharge receipts, and an accounting of the
revenues and expenses of the E911 program.
b. The program manager shall submit a calendar quarter
report of the revenues and expenses of the E911 program to the
fiscal services division of the legislative services agency.
c. The general assembly’s standing committees on government
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under this chapter at least every two years.
4. The amount collected from a wireless communications
service provider and deposited in the fund, pursuant to
section 22.7, subsection 6 , information provided by a wireless
communications service provider to the program manager
consisting of trade secrets, pursuant to section 22.7,
subsection 3 , and other financial or commercial operations
information provided by a wireless communications service
provider to the program manager, shall be kept confidential as
provided under section 22.7 . This subsection does not prohibit
the inclusion of information in any report providing aggregate
amounts and information which does not identify numbers of
accounts or customers, revenues, or expenses attributable to an
individual wireless communications service provider.
5. For purposes of this section , “wireless communications
service” means commercial mobile radio service, as defined under
sections 3(27) and 332(d) of the federal Telecommunications
Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.; federal communications
commission rules; and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1993. “Wireless communications service” includes any
wireless two-way communications used in cellular telephone
service, personal communications service, or the functional or
competitive equivalent of a radio-telephone communications line
used in cellular telephone service, a personal communications
service, or a network access line. “Wireless communications
service” does not include services whose customers do not
have access to 911 or a 911-like service, a communications
channel utilized only for data transmission, or a private
telecommunications system.
Sec. 10. NEW SECTION . 34A.7B Prepaid wireless E911
surcharge.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires:
a. “Consumer” means a person who purchases prepaid wireless
telecommunications service in a retail transaction.
b. “Department” means the department of revenue.
c. “Prepaid wireless E911 surcharge” means the surcharge
that is required to be collected by a seller from a consumer in
the amount established under this section.
d. “Provider” means a person who provides prepaid wireless
telecommunications service pursuant to a license issued by the
federal communications commission.
e. “Retail transaction” means the purchase of prepaid

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wireless telecommunications service from a seller for any
purpose other than resale.
f. “Seller” means a person who sells prepaid wireless
telecommunications service to another person.
2. There is imposed a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge of
thirty-three cents on each retail transaction or, on or after
the determination of an adjusted rate as determined pursuant to
subsection 7, the adjusted rate.
3. The prepaid wireless E911 surcharge shall be collected
by the seller from the consumer with respect to each retail
transaction occurring in this state. The amount of the prepaid
wireless E911 surcharge shall be either separately stated on an
invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided
to the consumer by the seller, or otherwise disclosed to the
consumer.
4. For purposes of subsection 3, a retail transaction that
is effected in person by a consumer at a business location
of the seller shall be treated as occurring in this state if
that business location is in this state, and any other retail
transaction shall be treated as occurring in this state if the
retail transaction is treated as occurring in this state for
purposes of section 423.20 as that section applies to sourcing
of a prepaid wireless calling service.
5. The prepaid wireless E911 surcharge is the liability of
the consumer and not of the seller or of any provider, except
that the seller shall be liable to remit all prepaid wireless
E911 surcharges that the seller collects from consumers
as provided in subsection 3, including all such surcharges
that the seller is deemed to collect where the amount of
the surcharge has not been separately stated on an invoice,
receipt, or other similar document provided to the consumer by
the seller.
6. The amount of the prepaid wireless E911 surcharge that
is collected by a seller from a consumer, if such amount is
separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar
document provided to the consumer by the seller, shall not
be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, other
surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by this state, any
political subdivision of this state, or any intergovernmental
agency.
7. The prepaid wireless E911 surcharge shall be increased
or reduced, as applicable, in an amount proportionate to
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subsection 1. The proportional increase or reduction shall
be effective on the first day of the calendar month after the
effective date of the change to the surcharge imposed under
section 34A.7A, subsection 1. The department shall provide
not less than thirty days’ advance notice of such increase or
reduction on the department’s internet site.
8. If a minimal amount of prepaid wireless
telecommunications service is sold with a prepaid wireless
device for a single, nonitemized price, the seller may elect
not to apply the prepaid wireless E911 surcharge to the retail
transaction. For purposes of this subsection, an amount of
service denominated as ten minutes or less, or five dollars or
less, shall be regarded as a minimal amount of service.
9. Prepaid wireless E911 surcharges collected by sellers
shall be remitted to the department at the times and in the
manner provided by chapter 423 with respect to the sales
and use tax. The department shall establish registration
and payment procedures that substantially coincide with the
registration and payment procedures that apply to sellers under
chapter 423.
10. A seller may deduct and retain three percent of prepaid
wireless E911 surcharges that are collected by the seller from
consumers.
11. The audit and appeal procedures applicable under
chapter 423 shall apply to prepaid wireless E911 surcharges.
12. The department shall establish procedures by which
a seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications service
may document that a sale is not a retail transaction, which
procedures shall substantially coincide with the procedures for
documenting sale for resale transactions under chapter 423.
13. The department shall transfer all remitted prepaid
wireless E911 surcharges to the treasurer of state for deposit
in the E911 emergency communications fund created under section
34A.7A, subsection 2, within thirty days of receipt after
deducting an amount, not to exceed two percent of collected
surcharges, that shall be retained by the department to
reimburse its direct costs of administering the collection and
remittance of prepaid wireless E911 surcharges.
14. The limitation of actions provisions under section
34A.7, subsection 6, shall apply to providers and sellers of
prepaid wireless telecommunications service. In addition,
a provider or seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications
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from or incurred in connection with the provision of any lawful
assistance to any investigative or law enforcement officer of
the United States, this or any other state, or any political
subdivision of this or any other state, in connection with any
lawful investigation or other law enforcement activity by such
investigative or law enforcement officer.
15. The prepaid wireless E911 surcharge imposed pursuant to
this section shall be the only E911 funding obligation imposed
with respect to prepaid wireless telecommunications service
in this state, and no tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge
shall be imposed by this state, any political subdivision of
this state, or any intergovernmental agency, for E911 funding
purposes, upon any provider, seller, or consumer with respect
to the sale, purchase, use, or provision of prepaid wireless
telecommunications service.
Sec. 11. Section 34A.15, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
c. One person appointed by the Iowa association of chiefs of
police and peace officers association .
Sec. 12. E911 TASK FORCE.
1. The homeland security and emergency management division
of the department of public defense shall convene a task force
of stakeholders to consider and offer recommendations regarding
needed upgrades and enhancements to the state’s E911 programs.
Stakeholders shall include public safety and emergency
management representatives, local public safety answering
point personnel, telecommunications service providers, and
state agencies that are directly involved in administering and
providing E911 services in this state. Aspects of E911 service
delivery for consideration by the task force shall include but
not be limited to the following:
a. Enhanced technology needs of local E911 public safety
answering points to ensure timely, quality emergency response
services.
b. Identification of new wireless technologies used in E911
service delivery.
c. Funding needs to meet state and federal emergency
communications technology mandates.
d. Potential wireless and wire-line surcharge adjustments
to meet E911 service delivery demands, including specific
recommendations on surcharge equalization and on the
distribution formula of surcharge revenues.
e. Local and state E911 administration and governance.

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2. The task force shall submit a report containing
recommendations to the general assembly by December 1, 2012.
Sec. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act enacting
section 34A.7B takes effect January 1, 2013.
Sec. 14. APPLICABILITY. The section of this Act enacting
section 34A.7B applies to retail sales of prepaid wireless
telecommunications service on or after January 1, 2013.
______________________________
JOHN P. KIBBIE
President of the Senate
______________________________
KRAIG PAULSEN
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2332, Eighty-fourth General Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2012
______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor