Senate
File
339
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
339
BY
HANCOCK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
wireless
communications
surcharge
and
1
appropriating
surcharge
revenue
for
the
establishment
of
a
2
bandwidth
frequency
compliance
grant
program.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
34A.7A,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
1
Code
2011,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Notwithstanding
section
34A.6
,
the
administrator
shall
3
adopt
by
rule
a
monthly
surcharge
of
up
to
sixty-five
cents
one
4
dollar
to
be
imposed
on
each
wireless
communications
service
5
number
provided
in
this
state.
The
surcharge
shall
be
imposed
6
uniformly
on
a
statewide
basis
and
simultaneously
on
all
7
wireless
communications
service
numbers
as
provided
by
rule
of
8
the
administrator.
9
b.
The
program
manager
shall
provide
no
less
than
one
10
hundred
days’
notice
of
the
surcharge
to
be
imposed
to
each
11
wireless
communications
service
provider.
The
program
manager,
12
subject
to
the
sixty-five
cent
one
dollar
limit
in
paragraph
13
“a”
,
may
adjust
the
amount
of
the
surcharge
as
necessary,
but
no
14
more
than
once
in
any
calendar
year.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
34A.7A,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
16
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
17
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0g.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
18
or
allocation
of
wireless
communications
surcharge
revenue
19
otherwise
applicable
pursuant
to
this
subsection,
the
revenue
20
collected
pursuant
to
this
section
which
is
attributable
to
the
21
wireless
communications
surcharge
rate
in
excess
of
sixty-five
22
cents
shall
be
deposited
in
a
separate
bandwidth
frequency
23
compliance
fund
within
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
24
of
the
program
manager.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
25
and
shall
be
utilized
for
the
establishment
and
administration
26
of
a
grant
program
to
assist
local
police,
fire,
medical
27
rescue,
and
emergency
management
personnel
in
complying
with
28
federal
government
mandates
regarding
bandwidth
frequencies
29
as
contained
in
47
C.F.R.,
pt.
90,
§
209.
The
administrator,
30
in
consultation
with
the
E911
communications
council,
shall
31
establish
grant
program
eligibility
criteria,
and
application
32
and
distribution
procedures,
by
rule.
33
EXPLANATION
34
This
bill
provides
for
an
increase
in
the
wireless
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communications
surcharge
imposed
in
Code
chapter
34A,
and
1
provides
for
the
establishment
of
a
grant
program
funded
by
the
2
resulting
surcharge
revenue.
3
A
monthly
surcharge
is
imposed
on
each
wireless
4
communications
service
number
provided
in
Iowa.
The
surcharge
5
is
imposed
on
a
uniform
statewide
basis
and
is
determined
6
by
the
administrator
of
the
homeland
security
and
emergency
7
management
division
of
the
department
of
public
defense.
The
8
current
surcharge
rate
is
an
amount
up
to
65
cents
per
month.
9
The
bill
increases
the
surcharge
rate
to
up
to
$1
per
month
10
and
provides
that
the
amount
collected
attributable
to
this
11
increase
shall
be
utilized
to
establish
by
rule
a
grant
program
12
to
assist
local
police,
fire,
medical
rescue,
and
emergency
13
management
personnel
in
complying
with
federal
government
14
mandates
regarding
bandwidth
frequencies.
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