Bill Text: IA SF403 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to expenditures of moneys from the E911 emergency communications fund. (Formerly SSB 1131.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Subcommittee reassigned, Dvorsky, Chapman, Courtney, Danielson, and Garrett. S.J. 714. [SF403 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF403-Introduced.html

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Senate File 403 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1131)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to expenditures of moneys from the E911
  2    emergency communications fund.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  0b.  (1)  The program manager shall allocate
  1  4 to each joint E911 service board and to the department of
  1  5 public safety a minimum of one thousand dollars per calendar
  1  6 quarter for each public safety answering point within the
  1  7 service area of the department of public safety or joint E911
  1  8 service board that has submitted an annual written request to
  1  9 the program manager in a form approved by the program manager
  1 10 by May 15 of each year.
  1 11    (2)  The amount allocated under this paragraph "0b" shall be
  1 12 seventy=six percent of the total amount of surcharge generated
  1 13 per calendar quarter allocated as follows:
  1 14    (a)  Sixty=five percent of the total dollars available for
  1 15 allocation shall be allocated in proportion to the square miles
  1 16 of the service area to the total square miles in this state.
  1 17    (b)  Thirty=five percent of the total dollars available for
  1 18 allocation shall be allocated in proportion to the wireless
  1 19 E911 calls taken at the public safety answering point in
  1 20 the service area to the total number of wireless E911 calls
  1 21 originating in this state.
  1 22    (c)  Notwithstanding subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), the
  1 23 minimum amount allocated to each joint E911 service board and
  1 24 to the department of public safety shall be no less than one
  1 25 thousand dollars for each public safety answering point within
  1 26 the service area of the department of public safety or joint
  1 27 E911 service board.
  1 28    (3)  The funds allocated in this paragraph "0b" shall be
  1 29 used for communication equipment utilized for the receipt and
  1 30 disposition of 911 calls.
  1 31    Sec. 2.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
  1 32 2015, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  1 33    Sec. 3.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code
  1 34 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1 35    f.  If moneys remain in the fund after fully paying all
  2  1 obligations under paragraphs "a", "0b", "b", "c", and "d", and
  2  2 "e", the remainder may be accumulated in the fund as a carryover
  2  3 operating surplus. This The program manager, in consultation
  2  4 with the E911 communications council, shall allocate an
  2  5 amount, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year,
  2  6 for development of public awareness and educational programs
  2  7 related to the use of 911 by the public.  The remaining
  2  8  surplus shall be used to fund future network and public safety
  2  9 answering point improvements for the receipt and disposition
  2 10 of 911 calls, including hardware and software for an internet
  2 11 protocol=enabled next generation network, and wireless
  2 12 carriers' transport costs related to wireless E911 services, if
  2 13 those costs are not otherwise recovered by wireless carriers
  2 14 through customer billing or other sources and approved by the
  2 15 program manager in consultation with the E911 communications
  2 16 council. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys remaining
  2 17 in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to
  2 18 the general fund of the state but shall remain available for
  2 19 the purposes of the fund.
  2 20                           EXPLANATION
  2 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 22 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 23    This bill relates to the expenditure of moneys in the E911
  2 24 emergency communications fund.  The bill reprioritizes the
  2 25 expenditures from the fund by moving the allocations to the
  2 26 joint E911 service board and to the department of public safety
  2 27 from fifth in the list of priority to second in the list of
  2 28 priority after the amount appropriated to the director of the
  2 29 department of homeland security and emergency management and
  2 30 program manager for implementation, support, and maintenance of
  2 31 the functions of the director and program manager.  The bill
  2 32 increases the percentage allocated from the total amount of
  2 33 surcharge generated per calendar quarter from 46 percent to
  2 34 76 percent.  The bill also adds that from any surplus in the
  2 35 E911 emergency communications fund remaining after payment of
  3  1 the priorities, the E911 program manager, in consultation with
  3  2 the E911 communications council, shall allocate an amount not
  3  3 to exceed $50,000 per fiscal year for development of public
  3  4 awareness and educational programs for the public. The bill
  3  5 further requires that the remaining surplus be used to fund
  3  6 future network and public safety answering point improvements
  3  7 that are for the receipt and disposition of 911 calls.
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