Senate File 2372 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2372 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3237) A BILL FOR An Act relating to enhanced 911 emergency telephone systems 1 and information required for inclusion in an enhanced 911 2 service plan. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6240SV (2) 83 rn/sc

S.F. 2372 Section 1. Section 34A.2, subsection 7, paragraph e, 1 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2009, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 (b) Recurring costs, including , but not limited to , network 4 access fees and other telephone charges, software, equipment, 5 and database management, and maintenance, including the 6 purchase or lease of subscriber names, addresses, a reverse 7 mass notification system, and telephone information from the 8 local exchange service provider. Recurring costs shall not 9 include personnel costs for a public safety answering point. 10 Sec. 2. Section 34A.2, Code 2009, is amended by adding the 11 following new subsection: 12 NEW SUBSECTION . 13A. “Reverse mass notification” means 13 the use of computer technology to deliver recorded emergency 14 messages to large numbers of people in a specified geographic 15 area in a short period of time. 16 EXPLANATION 17 This bill relates to enhanced 911 emergency telephone 18 systems. 19 The bill modifies information which is required to be 20 included in an enhanced 911 service plan for providing enhanced 21 911 emergency communications in a specified enhanced 911 22 service area. Currently, one of these requirements includes an 23 estimate of recurring costs. The bill adds costs for a reverse 24 mass notification system for inclusion as a recurring cost. 25 The bill defines a reverse mass notification to mean 26 utilizing computerized technology to deliver recorded emergency 27 messages to large numbers of people in a specified geographic 28 area in a short period of time. 29 -1- LSB 6240SV (2) 83 rn/sc 1/ 1