Bill Text: MN SF559 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public safety radio communication systems financial assistance availability provision
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Independent 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-18 - Referred to Finance [SF559 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF559-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public safety; modifying provisions relating to 911 funds to make
1.3them available for statewide public safety radio communications;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.11, subdivision 1; proposing coding for
1.5new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 403.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. Emergency telecommunications service fee; account. (a) Each
1.9customer of a wireless or wire-line switched or packet-based telecommunications
1.10service provider connected to the public switched telephone network that furnishes
1.11service capable of originating a 911 emergency telephone call is assessed a fee based
1.12upon the number of wired or wireless telephone lines, or their equivalent, to cover
1.13the costs of ongoing maintenance and related improvements for trunking and central
1.14office switching equipment for 911 emergency telecommunications service, to offset
1.15administrative and staffing costs of the commissioner related to managing the 911
1.16emergency telecommunications service program, to make distributions provided for in
1.17section sections 403.112 and
403.113 , and to offset the costs, including administrative and
1.18staffing costs, incurred by the State Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety in
1.19handling 911 emergency calls made from wireless phones.
1.20 (b) Money remaining in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account
1.21after all other obligations are paid must not cancel and is carried forward to subsequent
1.22years and may be appropriated from time to time to the commissioner to provide financial
1.23assistance to counties for the improvement of local emergency telecommunications
1.24services. The improvements may include providing access to 911 service for
1.25telecommunications service subscribers currently without access and upgrading existing
2.1911 service to include automatic number identification, local location identification,
2.2automatic location identification, and other improvements specified in revised county
2.3911 plans approved by the commissioner.
2.4 (c) The fee may not be less than eight cents nor more than 65 cents a month until
2.5June 30, 2008, not less than eight cents nor more than 75 cents a month until June 30, 2009,
2.6not less than eight cents nor more than 85 cents a month until June 30, 2010, and not less
2.7than eight cents nor more than 95 cents a month on or after July 1, 2010, for each customer
2.8access line or other basic access service, including trunk equivalents as designated by
2.9the Public Utilities Commission for access charge purposes and including wireless
2.10telecommunications services. With the approval of the commissioner of management and
2.11budget, the commissioner of public safety shall establish the amount of the fee within the
2.12limits specified and inform the companies and carriers of the amount to be collected. When
2.13the revenue bonds authorized under section403.27, subdivision 1 , have been fully paid or
2.14defeased, the commissioner shall reduce the fee to reflect that debt service on the bonds is
2.15no longer needed. The commissioner shall provide companies and carriers a minimum of
2.1645 days' notice of each fee change. The fee must be the same for all customers.
2.17 (d) The fee must be collected by each wireless or wire-line telecommunications
2.18service provider subject to the fee. Fees are payable to and must be submitted to the
2.19commissioner monthly before the 25th of each month following the month of collection,
2.20except that fees may be submitted quarterly if less than $250 a month is due, or annually if
2.21less than $25 a month is due. Receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited
2.22to a 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue fund. The
2.23money in the account may only be used for 911 telecommunications services.
2.24 (e) This subdivision does not apply to customers of interexchange carriers.
2.25 (f) The installation and recurring charges for integrating wireless 911 calls into
2.26enhanced 911 systems are eligible for payment by the commissioner if the 911 service
2.27provider is included in the statewide design plan and the charges are made pursuant to
2.28contract.
2.29 (g) Competitive local exchanges carriers holding certificates of authority from the
2.30Public Utilities Commission are eligible to receive payment for recurring 911 services.
2.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases
2.32made after December 31, 2010.
2.33 Sec. 2. [403.112] PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO EQUIPMENT; FINANCIAL
2.34ASSISTANCE.
3.1 Subdivision 1. Fee. A portion of the fee collected under section 403.11 must be
3.2used to fund the implementation and expansion of the regionwide public safety radio
3.3communication system established under sections 403.21 to 403.40, in accordance with
3.4the provisions of subdivision 2.
3.5 Subd. 2. Eligible recipients. (a) Any county, or group of counties, that has
3.6incurred costs for the implementation of the Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response
3.7(ARMER) program is eligible to receive financial assistance equal to the amount the
3.8county, or groups of counties, paid in sales tax for any products and services, including,
3.9but not limited to, end user equipment used for construction, ownership, operation,
3.10maintenance, and enhancement of the backbone system of the regionwide public safety
3.11radio communication system established under sections 403.21 to 403.40.
3.12(b) A county, or group of counties, is not eligible for financial assistance for products
3.13and services purchased if those purchases were exempt from sales tax under section
3.14297A.70, subdivision 8.
3.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases
3.16made after December 31, 2010.
1.3them available for statewide public safety radio communications;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.11, subdivision 1; proposing coding for
1.5new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 403.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. Emergency telecommunications service fee; account. (a) Each
1.9customer of a wireless or wire-line switched or packet-based telecommunications
1.10service provider connected to the public switched telephone network that furnishes
1.11service capable of originating a 911 emergency telephone call is assessed a fee based
1.12upon the number of wired or wireless telephone lines, or their equivalent, to cover
1.13the costs of ongoing maintenance and related improvements for trunking and central
1.14office switching equipment for 911 emergency telecommunications service, to offset
1.15administrative and staffing costs of the commissioner related to managing the 911
1.16emergency telecommunications service program, to make distributions provided for in
1.17
1.18staffing costs, incurred by the State Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety in
1.19handling 911 emergency calls made from wireless phones.
1.20 (b) Money remaining in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account
1.21after all other obligations are paid must not cancel and is carried forward to subsequent
1.22years and may be appropriated from time to time to the commissioner to provide financial
1.23assistance to counties for the improvement of local emergency telecommunications
1.24services. The improvements may include providing access to 911 service for
1.25telecommunications service subscribers currently without access and upgrading existing
2.1911 service to include automatic number identification, local location identification,
2.2automatic location identification, and other improvements specified in revised county
2.3911 plans approved by the commissioner.
2.4 (c) The fee may not be less than eight cents nor more than 65 cents a month until
2.5June 30, 2008, not less than eight cents nor more than 75 cents a month until June 30, 2009,
2.6not less than eight cents nor more than 85 cents a month until June 30, 2010, and not less
2.7than eight cents nor more than 95 cents a month on or after July 1, 2010, for each customer
2.8access line or other basic access service, including trunk equivalents as designated by
2.9the Public Utilities Commission for access charge purposes and including wireless
2.10telecommunications services. With the approval of the commissioner of management and
2.11budget, the commissioner of public safety shall establish the amount of the fee within the
2.12limits specified and inform the companies and carriers of the amount to be collected. When
2.13the revenue bonds authorized under section
2.14defeased, the commissioner shall reduce the fee to reflect that debt service on the bonds is
2.15no longer needed. The commissioner shall provide companies and carriers a minimum of
2.1645 days' notice of each fee change. The fee must be the same for all customers.
2.17 (d) The fee must be collected by each wireless or wire-line telecommunications
2.18service provider subject to the fee. Fees are payable to and must be submitted to the
2.19commissioner monthly before the 25th of each month following the month of collection,
2.20except that fees may be submitted quarterly if less than $250 a month is due, or annually if
2.21less than $25 a month is due. Receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited
2.22to a 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue fund. The
2.23money in the account may only be used for 911 telecommunications services.
2.24 (e) This subdivision does not apply to customers of interexchange carriers.
2.25 (f) The installation and recurring charges for integrating wireless 911 calls into
2.26enhanced 911 systems are eligible for payment by the commissioner if the 911 service
2.27provider is included in the statewide design plan and the charges are made pursuant to
2.28contract.
2.29 (g) Competitive local exchanges carriers holding certificates of authority from the
2.30Public Utilities Commission are eligible to receive payment for recurring 911 services.
2.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases
2.32made after December 31, 2010.
2.33 Sec. 2. [403.112] PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO EQUIPMENT; FINANCIAL
2.34ASSISTANCE.
3.1 Subdivision 1. Fee. A portion of the fee collected under section 403.11 must be
3.2used to fund the implementation and expansion of the regionwide public safety radio
3.3communication system established under sections 403.21 to 403.40, in accordance with
3.4the provisions of subdivision 2.
3.5 Subd. 2. Eligible recipients. (a) Any county, or group of counties, that has
3.6incurred costs for the implementation of the Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response
3.7(ARMER) program is eligible to receive financial assistance equal to the amount the
3.8county, or groups of counties, paid in sales tax for any products and services, including,
3.9but not limited to, end user equipment used for construction, ownership, operation,
3.10maintenance, and enhancement of the backbone system of the regionwide public safety
3.11radio communication system established under sections 403.21 to 403.40.
3.12(b) A county, or group of counties, is not eligible for financial assistance for products
3.13and services purchased if those purchases were exempt from sales tax under section
3.14297A.70, subdivision 8.
3.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases
3.16made after December 31, 2010.
