[Ccarc] IND senate Bill 359 911

Wed Feb 6 10:14:10 EST 2008

Guys, 
I have enclosed a copy of Indiana SB 359 dealing with changes to 911 systems in Indiana. Basically, if passed, there would be only one 911 PSAP in each county, the 911 surcharge on your phone bill would go to the State rather than the County or Local Government,  the money the State would receive would be handed back to the counties....using some yet to be determined state formula...(expect the  large counties to come out ahead and small counties to be  left with less than they get now). There is also talk of  regionalizing 911 dispatch especially  for smaller less populated counties. (this can be done...just listen to Peru post on your scanner...they have been dispatching for Lafayette post  from midnight till 8am for several months now...(simulcast) and have also be dispatching for Redkey Post during those hours just recently (Tri-mulcast). Hope the Peru Post third shift dispatchers have seen their pay doubled or tripled. Anyway, according to the bill the State would create a 17 member board to oversee 911 state-wide. Funny how the State is working to streamline county government while at the same time adding another level of bureaucracy at the state level. (My editorial comment) Overall, it does not seem the way to go to me. And yes i am motivated because I would like to keep my job as a 911 dispatcher in Fulton County. Thanks for reading this..

Tom KB9WSL

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Senate Bill  0359

2008 Regular Session

Latest Information

       DIGEST OF SB359  (Updated January 29, 2008 10:46 pm - DI 84)    

Enhanced 911 systems. Establishes the 17 member enhanced 911 advisory
board (board). Provides that the treasurer of state serves as the chair
of the board. Requires the board to develop, maintain, and update an
enhanced 911 state plan. Establishes the enhanced 911 system fund
(fund). Provides that the board shall administer the fund. Requires the
board to impose a monthly enhanced 911 fee (fee) on each standard and
prepaid subscriber of voice communications service in Indiana. Provides
that for purposes of the fee, "voice communications service" means the
transmission, conveyance, or routing of real time, two-way voice
communications, regardless of the protocol used. Provides that the
amount of the initial fee is $1. Provides that the board may not raise
or lower the enhanced 911 fee more than two times in a calendar year.
Prohibits a state agency or a political subdivision from imposing any
additional fee relating to the provision of enhanced 911 service.
Requires a voice communications service provider (provider) to collect
the fee: (1) as part of its normal monthly billing process; or (2) at
the point of sale, for new prepaid subscribers. Requires a provider to
remit the fees collected to the board for deposit into the fund not
more than 60 days after the end of the calendar month in which the fees
are collected. Allows providers to keep 2% of the fee collected as an
administrative fee. Requires the board to distribute money from the
fund to counties containing an eligible public safety answering point
(PSAP). Requires the board to adopt rules to establish a distribution
formula that ensures that each eligible county receives a monthly
distribution that is not less than a specified base distribution (based
on wireline and wireless enhanced 911 fees received by the county
during the six month period beginning July 1, 2007, and ending December
31, 2007). Specifies the permissible uses for the funds distributed to
an eligible PSAP. Requires the board to commission an audit of each
eligible PSAP every two years. Allows a county to establish an
emergency telephone notification system (system). Provides that funds
distributed to the county by the board may be used to establish and
operate the system if the expenses of operating an eligible PSAP in an
adequate and efficient manner have been met. Requires a provider to
provide to a PSAP the necessary subscriber data to enable the PSAP to
implement and operate an enhanced 911 system. Provides that proprietary
information submitted to the board or the treasurer of state is
confidential. Provides that after January 1, 2012, a county may not
contain more than one PSAP. Requires each political subdivision or
agency that operates a PSAP in a county containing more than one PSAP
to enter, not later than January 1, 2012, into an interlocal agreement
with every other political subdivision or agency that operates a PSAP
in the same county. Provides that the interlocal agreement must: (1)
provide for the staffing and funding obligations of each county,
political subdivision, or agency participating in the establishment of
a county or regional PSAP; and (2) be approved by the board. Repeals
the statutes concerning: (1) the local monthly enhanced emergency
telephone system fee; (2) the statewide monthly wireless enhanced 911
fee; and (3) emergency telephone notification systems. Provides for the
expiration on January 1, 2012, of provisions that: (1) establish a
public safety communications system and computer facilities district in
a county having a consolidated city; and (2) allow certain other
counties to establish a public safety communications systems district.
Specifies that the funds remaining in the wireless emergency telephone
system fund on July 1, 2008, are transferred to the enhanced 911 system
fund. Allows the board to make grants to the appropriate state agencies
for use in upgrading the state's emergency alert system. Specifies that
funds remaining in: (1) a county wireless emergency telephone system
fund; or (2) a county or municipal wireline emergency 
telephone system fund; on July 1, 2008, are transferred to the county's
new enhanced 911 system fund. Specifies that the funds transferred must
be used first to meet any outstanding obligations incurred by the
county or municipality in connection with its enhanced 911 system.

Current Status:
 Cosponsor: Rep. Neese

Latest Printing  (PDF)

Action List
Introduced Bill
Fiscal Impact Statement(s): 1(PDF), 2(PDF), 3(PDF), 4(PDF)
Roll Call(s): No. 177(PDF), No. 6158(PDF)
Indiana Code Citations Affected
House Committee Reports

House Amendments

Senate Bill

Senate Committee Reports
Filed Committee Reports: 0359-1, 0359-1(PDF)
Passed Committee Reports: 0359-1, 0359-1(PDF)

Senate Amendments
Filed: 0359-1, 0359-1(PDF), 0359-2, 0359-2(PDF), 0359-3, 0359-3(PDF), 0359-4, 0359-4(PDF)
Passed: 0359-3, 0359-3(PDF), 0359-4, 0359-4(PDF)

Conference Committee Reports

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