House Study Bill 94
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON LYKAM)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the authorized uses of local exchange service
2 information by specified individuals and entities.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1888HC 83
5 rn/nh/14
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 34A.8, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
1 2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 b. The program manager, joint E911 service board, the
1 4 designated E911 service provider, and the public safety
1 5 answering point, their agents, employees, and assigns shall
1 6 use local exchange service information provided by the local
1 7 exchange service provider solely for the purposes of providing
1 8 E911 emergency telephone service or providing related services
1 9 utilizing only the subscriber's information to a subscriber
1 10 who consents to the provision of such services, and it shall
1 11 otherwise be kept confidential. A person who violates this
1 12 section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
1 13 EXPLANATION
1 14 This bill concerns the authorized use of local exchange
1 15 service information provided by a local exchange service
1 16 provider. Current law provides that an E911 program manager,
1 17 joint E911 service board, designated E911 service provider,
1 18 and a public safety answering point, their agents, employees,
1 19 and assigns shall use local exchange service information
1 20 provided by the local exchange service provider solely for the
1 21 purposes of providing E911 emergency telephone service.
1 22 Otherwise, current law provides that such information shall be
1 23 kept confidential.
1 24 The bill modifies this provision to permit local exchange
1 25 service information to be utilized by such individuals or
1 26 entities to provide services related to the provision of E911
1 27 emergency telephone service. The bill provides that the
1 28 related services would be provided to a subscriber utilizing
1 29 only that subscriber's information and with the subscriber's
1 30 consent.
1 31 LSB 1888HC 83
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