SSB 3066 (LSB 5134XC (4) 85)

SENATE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DANIELSON)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the local location and provision of public safety answering point services within enhanced 911 service areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  34A.5A  Public safety answering points —— location —— local service.
   1.  a.  Each public safety answering point shall be located within an enhanced 911 service area in this state and operated or maintained by dispatch personnel who are physically present at the public safety answering point.
   b.  A public safety answering point shall provide enhanced 911 service within the enhanced 911 service area within which it is located, and may provide enhanced 911 service to one or more other enhanced 911 service areas either temporarily under emergency conditions, or permanently pursuant to agreement between one or more joint E911 service boards. 
   2.  A joint E911 service board maintaining a public safety answering point located outside of any enhanced 911 service area in this state or operated or maintained by dispatch personnel who are not physically present at the public safety answering point shall be subject to a reduced allocation of emergency communications service surcharge revenue in an amount and for a duration as determined by the director by rule.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the location and manner in which enhanced 911 services are provided by public safety answering points.
   The bill requires each public safety answering point to be located within an enhanced 911 service area in this state and operated or maintained by dispatch personnel who are physically present at the public safety answering point. The bill further requires that public safety answering points shall provide enhanced 911 service with the enhanced 911 service areas within which they are located, and may provide enhanced 911 service to one or more other enhanced 911 service areas either temporarily under emergency conditions, or permanently pursuant to agreement between one or more joint E911 service boards.
   The bill provides that a joint E911 service board maintaining a public safety answering point located outside of any enhanced 911 service area in this state or operated or maintained by dispatch personnel who are not physically present at the public safety answering point shall be subject to a reduced allocation of emergency communications service surcharge revenue in an amount and for a duration as determined by the director of the department of homeland security and emergency management by rule.