Bill Text: IA SSB3107 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to 911 emergency telephone and internet communication systems, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-01-31 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/01/2018 11:30AM Senate Lobbyist Lounge [SSB3107 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SSB3107-Introduced.html

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Senate Study Bill 3107 - Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____
BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BILL)
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to 911 emergency telephone and internet
communication systems, making appropriations, and including
effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Section 1. Section 34A.2, Code 2018, is amended by adding
the following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION . 01. “911 call processing equipment” means
equipment owned by the department that functions in a host
remote environment, provides 911 call processing functionality
to public safety answering points, and utilizes the next
generation 911 network. “911 call processing equipment”
includes but is not limited to computer aided dispatch, voice
logging recorders, mapping, and emergency medical dispatch.
NEW SUBSECTION . 001. “911 call processing equipment
provider” means a vendor or vendors selected by the department
to provide 911 call processing equipment.
NEW SUBSECTION . 0001. “911 call transport provider” means
a vendor or vendors selected by the department to deliver
aggregated wire-line 911 call traffic to the next generation
911 network and from the next generation 911 network to public
safety answering points.
NEW SUBSECTION . 014. “Next generation 911 network service
provider” means a vendor or vendors selected by the department
to provide next generation 911 network functionality.
Sec. 2. Section 34A.2, subsections 2 and 13, Code 2018, are
amended to read as follows:
2. “911 service plan” means a plan that includes the
following information:
a. A description of the 911 service area.
b. A list of all public and private safety agencies within
the 911 service area.
c. The number of public safety answering points within the
911 service area.
d. Identification of the agency responsible for management
and supervision of the 911 emergency communication system.
e. d. (1) A statement of estimated costs to be incurred by
the joint 911 service board or the department of public safety,
including separate estimates of the following:
(a) Nonrecurring costs, including but not limited to public
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safety answering points, network equipment, software 911 call
processing equipment, internet and telephone access , database,
addressing, training, and other capital 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 911
call processing equipment, internet and telephone access ,
equipment, and database management, and maintenance, including
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 a 911 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
receipt and disposition of the 911 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 911 service
within the 911 service area.
g. e. A schedule for implementation of the plan throughout
the 911 service area. The schedule may provide for phased
implementation.
h. f. The number of telephone access lines and voice over
internet protocol service connections capable of access to 911
in the 911 service area.
i. g. The total property valuation in the 911 service area.
j. h. A plan to migrate to a next generation 911 network.
13. “Next generation 911 network” means an internet
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protocol-enabled system that enables the public to transmit
digital information to public safety answering points and is
responsible for the delivery of all 911 messages within the
state. “Next generation 911 network” replaces enhanced 911 ,
and that includes but is not limited to 911 voice and nonvoice
messages generated by originating service providers, ESInet,
GIS, cybersecurity, and other system components.
Sec. 3. Section 34A.2, subsection 20, paragraph a, Code
2018, is amended to read as follows:
a. The service provides real-time two-way voice
communications transmitted using internet protocol , and or a
successor protocol.
Sec. 4. Section 34A.7, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2018,
is amended to read as follows:
a. The surcharge shall be collected as part of the access
line service provider’s periodic billing to a subscriber. In
compensation for the costs of billing and collection, the local
exchange service provider may retain one percent of the gross
surcharges collected. If the compensation is insufficient to
fully recover a local exchange service provider’s costs for
billing and collection of the surcharge, the deficiency shall
be included in the local exchange service provider’s costs
for ratemaking purposes to the extent it is reasonable and
just under section 476.6 . The surcharge shall be remitted to
the 911 service operating authority joint 911 service board
for deposit into the 911 service fund quarterly by the local
exchange service provider. The total amount for multiple
exchanges may be combined.
Sec. 5. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph b,
subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(1) The program manager shall allocate to each joint
911 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 911 service board that has
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submitted an annual written request to the program manager in a
form approved by the program manager by May 15 of each year .
Sec. 6. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
2018, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 7. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
2018, is amended to read as follows:
e. (1) The program manager shall reimburse wire-line
carriers next generation 911 network service providers,
911 call processing equipment providers, 911 call
transport providers, and third-party 911 automatic location
identification database providers on a calendar quarterly
basis for the costs of maintaining and upgrading the next
generation 911 components and functionalities beyond the input
to the 911 selective router, including the 911 selective router
network functionality, 911 call processing equipment, 911 call
transport from the next generation 911 network to public safety
answering points and from the wireless originating service
provider network to the next generation 911 network, and the
automatic location identification database.
(2) The program manager may also provide grants to joint
911 service boards and the department of public safety for
the purpose of developing and maintaining GIS data to be used
in support of the next generation 911 network. The program
manager shall provide guidelines, application forms, and notice
of the availability of such grants on the department’s internet
site.
Sec. 8. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph g,
subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended
to read as follows:
If moneys remain in the fund after fully paying all
obligations under paragraphs “a” , “b” , “c” , “d” , and “e” ,
and “f” , an amount of up to seven million dollars shall, for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30,
2018, remaining funds shall be expended and distributed in the
following priority order:
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Sec. 9. Section 34A.8, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
34A.8 Local exchange service information —— penalty.
1. A local exchange service provider shall furnish to the
next generation 911 network service provider, designated by
the joint 911 service board department , all names, addresses,
and telephone number information concerning its subscribers
which will be served by the next generation 911 system network
and shall periodically update the local exchange service
information. The 911 service provider shall furnish the
addresses and telephone number information received from the
local exchange service provider to the director for use in the
mass notification and emergency messaging system as defined
in section 29C.2 . The local exchange service provider shall
receive as compensation for the provision of local exchange
service information charges according to its tariffs on file
with and approved by the Iowa utilities board. The tariff
charges shall be the same whether or not the local exchange
service provider is designated as the next generation 911
network service provider by the joint 911 service board
department .
2. a. Subscriber information remains the property of the
local exchange service provider.
b. The director, program manager, joint 911 service board,
local emergency management commission established pursuant
to section 29C.9 , the designated next generation 911 network
service provider, and the public safety answering point, their
agents, employees, and assigns shall use local exchange service
information provided by the local exchange service provider
solely for the purposes of providing 911 emergency telephone
service or providing related mass notification and emergency
messaging services as described in section 29C.17A utilizing
only the subscriber’s information, and it shall otherwise be
kept confidential. A person who violates this section is
guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
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c. This chapter does not require a local exchange service
provider to sell or provide its subscriber names, addresses,
or telephone number information to any person other than
the designated next generation 911 network service provider
designated by the joint 911 service board .
Sec. 10. CONSOLIDATION OF NEXT GENERATION 911 NETWORK. The
department of homeland security and emergency management
shall implement its plan to consolidate the wire-line 911
network with the next generation 911 network. During the
consolidation, joint 911 service boards shall continue to
pay the costs of providing wire-line 911 service. When the
department notifies a joint 911 service board that wire-line
911 service is being delivered to public safety answering
points within the 911 service area of the joint 911 service
board via the next generation 911 network, the joint 911
service board shall no longer be responsible for any associated
functions or costs for providing wire-line 911 service and such
costs shall be addressed by the department pursuant to section
34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph “e”.
Sec. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
1. The section of this Act amending section 34A.7A,
subsection 2, paragraph g, subparagraph (1), unnumbered
paragraph 1, takes effect July 1, 2018.
2. The remaining sections of this Act, being deemed of
immediate importance, take effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This bill modifies several provisions in Code chapter 34A
that relate to 911 emergency telephone communication systems.
The bill defines “911 call processing equipment” as
equipment owned by the department of homeland security and
emergency management (HSEMD) that functions in a host remote
environment, provides 911 call processing functionality
to public safety answering points, and utilizes the next
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generation 911 network, including but not limited to computer
aided dispatch, voice logging recorders, mapping, and emergency
medical dispatch. The bill defines “911 call processing
equipment provider” as a vendor or vendors selected by HSEMD
to provide call processing equipment. The bill defines “911
call transport provider” as a vendor or vendors selected by
HSEMD to deliver aggregated wire-line 911 call traffic to the
next generation 911 network and from the next generation 911
network to public safety answering points. The bill defines
“next generation 911 network service provider” as a vendor
or vendors selected by HSEMD to provide next generation 911
network functionality.
The bill removes the identification of the agency
responsible for the 911 emergency communication system and
equipment operated by local exchange service providers from
the information required in the definition of “911 service
plan”. The bill also includes 911 call processing equipment
and internet and telephone access in the statement of estimated
costs required, as defined in “911 service plan”. The bill
amends the definition of “next generation 911 network” by
specifying that it is responsible for the delivery of all 911
messages within the state and that it includes 911 voice and
nonvoice messages generated by originating service providers.
The bill amends the definition of “voice over internet protocol
service” by specifying that the service must provide real-time
two-way voice communications transmitted using internet
protocol or a successor protocol.
The bill requires the wire-line service surcharge collected
pursuant to Code section 34A.7 to be remitted to the joint 911
service board instead of the 911 service operating authority.
The bill modifies several provisions in Code section 34A.7A,
which relates to the distribution and permissible expenditures
of the 911 emergency communications service surcharge. The
bill removes the requirement for public safety answering points
to submit written requests to the program manager to receive
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specified funding. The bill removes the requirement for the
program manager to reimburse originating service providers
for expenses related to the delivery of wireless E911 phase
1 services and the integration of the next generation 911
network. The bill places the ability of the program manager to
provide grants to joint 911 service boards and the department
of public safety for developing and maintaining GIS data in
a lower priority on the order of permissible expenditures.
The bill requires the program manager to reimburse next
generation 911 network service providers, 911 call processing
equipment providers, 911 call transport providers, and
third-party 911 automatic location identification database
providers for the costs of maintaining the next generation
911 network functionality, 911 call processing equipment, 911
call transport, and the automatic location identification
database. The bill removes the allocation of up to $7 million
for distribution to the obligations listed in Code section
34A.7A(2)(g) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
provides that remaining funds shall be distributed to such
obligations.
The bill requires local exchange service providers to
furnish certain information specified in Code section 34A.8 to
the next generation 911 network service provider designated by
HSEMD instead of the 911 service provider designated by the
joint 911 service board.
The bill requires HSEMD to implement its plan to consolidate
the wire-line 911 network with the next generation 911 network.
Joint 911 service boards shall continue to pay the costs of
providing wire-line 911 service during the consolidation.
When HSEMD notifies a joint 911 service board that wire-line
911 service is being delivered to public safety answering
points within its 911 service area via the next generation
911 network, the joint 911 service board shall no longer be
responsible for any associated functions or costs for providing
wire-line 911 service and such costs shall be addressed
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pursuant to Code section 34.7A(2)(e).
The section of the bill removing the allocation of up to
$7 million for distribution to the obligations listed in Code
section 34A.7A(2)(g) for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2017, and providing that remaining funds shall be distributed
to such obligations, takes effect July 1, 2018. All other
sections of the bill take effect upon enactment.
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