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25   requests, the administrator shall fund requests in an
26   order deemed appropriate by the administrator after
27   considering factors including, but not limited to, all
28   of the following:
29     (a)  Documented volume of wireless E911 calls
30   received by each public safety answering point.
31     (b)  The population served by each public safety
32   answering point.
33     (c)  The number of wireless telephones in the
34   public safety answering point jurisdiction.
35     (d)  The public safety of the citizens of this
36   state.
37     (e)  Any other factor deemed appropriate by the
38   administrator, in consultation with the E911
39   communications council, and adopted by rule.
40     (3)  The administrator shall submit an annual
41   report by January 15 of each year advising the general
42   assembly of the status of E911 implementation and
43   operations, including both land-line and wireless
44   services, and the distribution of surcharge receipts.
45     3.  The amount collected from a wireless service
46   provider and deposited in the fund, pursuant to
47   section 22.7, subsection 6, information provided by a
48   wireless service provider to the administrator
49   consisting of trade secrets, pursuant to section 22.7,
50   subsection 3, and other financial or commercial

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 1   operations information provided by a wireless service
 2   provider to the administrator, shall be kept
 3   confidential as provided under section 22.7.  This
 4   subsection does not prohibit the inclusion of
 5   information in any report providing aggregate amounts
 6   and information which does not identify numbers of
 7   accounts or customers, revenues, or expenses
 8   attributable to an individual wireless communications
 9   service provider.
10     4.  For purposes of this section, "wireless
11   communications service" means commercial mobile radio
12   service, as defined under sections 3(27) and 332(d) of
13   the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C.
14   "/g" 151 et seq.; federal communications commission
15   rules, and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
16   1993.  "Wireless communications service" includes any
17   wireless two-way communications used in cellular
18   telephone service, personal communications service, or
19   the functional or competitive equivalent of a radio-
20   telephone communications line used in cellular
21   telephone service, a personal communications service,
22   or a network access line.  "Wireless communications
23   service" does not include services whose customers do
24   not have access to 911 or a 911-like service, a

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