Bill Text: MI HB5599 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Communications; telecommunications; distribution of emergency 9-1-1 service enabling funds; modify. Amends sec. 408 of 1986 PA 32 (MCL 484.1408).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-10-13 - Assigned Pa 206'10 With Immediate Effect [HB5599 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5599-Engrossed.html
HB-5599, As Passed House, September 14, 2010
HOUSE BILL No. 5599
November 12, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Cushingberry and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1986 PA 32, entitled
"Emergency 9-1-1 service enabling act,"
by amending section 408 (MCL 484.1408), as amended by 2008 PA 48.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 408. (1) Beginning January 1, 2008, a CMRS supplier or
reseller shall, until July 1, 2008, for each CMRS connection that
has a billing address in this state, continue to collect the
service charge that the CMRS supplier or reseller was authorized to
collect by this section prior to December 21, 2007. Except as
otherwise provided under this act, starting July 1, 2008, a service
supplier shall include a state 9-1-1 service charge per month as
determined under section 401a. The service supplier shall list the
state 9-1-1 service charge authorized under this act as a separate
line item on each bill. The service charge shall be listed on the
bill as the "state 9-1-1 charge".
(2) Each service supplier may retain 2% of the state 9-1-1
charge collected under this act to cover the supplier's costs for
billing and collection.
(3) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2), the
money collected as the state 9-1-1 charge under subsection (1)
shall be deposited in the emergency 9-1-1 fund created in section
407 no later than 30 days after the end of the quarter in which the
state 9-1-1 charge was collected.
(4) Except as otherwise provided under section 401a(5), all
money collected and deposited in the emergency 9-1-1 fund created
in section 407 shall be distributed as follows:
(a) 82.5% shall be disbursed to each county that has a final
9-1-1 plan in place. Forty percent of the 82.5% shall be
distributed quarterly on an equal basis to each county, and 60% of
the 82.5% shall be distributed quarterly based on a population per
capita basis. Money received by a county under this subdivision
shall only be used for 9-1-1 services as allowed under this act.
Money expended under this subdivision for a purpose considered
unnecessary or unreasonable by the committee or the auditor general
shall be repaid to the fund.
(b) 7.75% shall be available to reimburse local exchange
providers for the costs related to wireless emergency service. Any
cost reimbursement allowed under this subdivision shall not include
a cost that is not related to wireless emergency service. A local
exchange provider may submit an invoice to the commission for
reimbursement from the emergency 9-1-1 fund for allowed costs.
Within 45 days after the date an invoice is submitted to the
commission, the commission shall approve, either in whole or in
part, or deny the invoice.
(c) 6.0% shall be available to PSAPs for training personnel
assigned to 9-1-1 centers. A written request for money from the
fund shall be made by a public safety agency or county to the
committee. The committee shall semiannually authorize distribution
of money from the fund to eligible public safety agencies or
counties. A public safety agency or county that receives money
under this subdivision shall create, maintain, and make available
to the committee upon request a detailed record of expenditures
relating to the preparation, administration, and carrying out of
activities of its 9-1-1 training program. Money expended by an
eligible public safety agency or county for a purpose considered
unnecessary or unreasonable by the committee or the auditor general
shall be repaid to the fund. The commission shall consult with and
consider the recommendations of the committee in the promulgation
of rules under section 413 establishing training standards for 9-1-
1 system personnel. Money shall be disbursed on a biannual basis to
an eligible public safety agency or county for training of PSAP
personnel through courses certified by the committee only for
either of the following purposes:
(i) To provide basic 9-1-1 operations training.
(ii) To provide in-service training to employees engaged in 9-
1-1 service.
(d) 1.88% credited to the department of state police to
operate a regional dispatch center that receives and dispatches 9-
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1-1 calls, and 1.87% credited to the department of state police for
costs to administer this act and to maintain the office of the
state 9-1-1 coordinator.
(5) For fiscal year 2007-2008 only, an amount not to exceed
$500,000.00 to the department of state police to study the
feasibility of an IP-based 9-1-1 system in this state.
(6) For fiscal years 2009-2010[ and 2010-2011 ] only,
an amount not to exceed [$7,000,000.00] per fiscal year shall be
distributed to the department of state police to fund a portion of
the department's costs for the Michigan public safety
communications system.
(7) (6)
Money received by a county under
subsection (4)(a)
shall be distributed by the county to the primary PSAPs
geographically located within the 9-1-1 service district by 1 of
the following methods:
(a) As provided in the final 9-1-1 service plan.
(b) If distribution is not provided for in the 9-1-1 service
plan under subdivision (a), then according to any agreement for
distribution between a county and a public agency.
(c) If distribution is not provided for in the 9-1-1 service
plan under subdivision (a) or by agreement between the county and
public agency under subdivision (b), then according to the
population within the geographic area for which the PSAP serves as
primary PSAP.
(d) If a county has multiple emergency 9-1-1 districts, money
for that county shall be distributed as provided in the emergency
9-1-1 districts' final 9-1-1 service plans.
(8) (7)
The commission shall consult with
and consider
recommendations of the committee in the promulgation of rules under
section 413 establishing the standards for the receipt and
expenditures of 9-1-1 funds under this act. Receipt of 9-1-1 funds
under this act is dependent on compliance with the standards
established under this subsection.
