H.F. 651 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 29C.23 Statewide land mobile radio 1 communications system. 2 1. The department, in coordination with the department 3 of public safety and the department of transportation, 4 shall reimburse the provider, as defined in section 34A.2, 5 on a calendar quarterly basis, for actual annual lease 6 costs associated with the operation of a statewide land 7 mobile radio communications system that interfaces with the 8 Iowa interoperability radio platform. The department of 9 administrative services shall select the provider in accordance 10 with section 8A.311. 11 2. All public safety answering points may access the 12 statewide land mobile radio communications system without any 13 additional charge to the individual public safety answering 14 point. 15 3. The Iowa radio interoperability platform shall be under 16 the joint purview of the department of public safety and the 17 department of transportation. The departments shall jointly 18 submit a biannual report to the Iowa statewide interoperable 19 communications system board beginning July 1, 2016. 20 Sec. 2. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended 21 by adding the following new paragraphs: 22 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0b. (1) The program manager shall allocate 23 to each joint E911 service board and to the department of 24 public safety a minimum of one thousand dollars per calendar 25 quarter for each public safety answering point within the 26 service area of the department of public safety or joint E911 27 service board that has submitted an annual written request to 28 the program manager in a form approved by the program manager 29 by May 15 of each year. 30 (2) The amount allocated under this paragraph “0b” shall be 31 fifty-three percent of the total amount of surcharge generated 32 per calendar quarter allocated as follows: 33 (a) Sixty-five percent of the total dollars available for 34 allocation shall be allocated in proportion to the square miles 35 -1- LSB 1928HZ (2) 86 ad/rj 1/ 5

H.F. 651 of the service area to the total square miles in this state. 1 (b) Thirty-five percent of the total dollars available for 2 allocation shall be allocated in proportion to the wireless 3 E911 calls taken at the public safety answering point in 4 the service area to the total number of wireless E911 calls 5 originating in this state. 6 (c) Notwithstanding subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), the 7 minimum amount allocated to each joint E911 service board and 8 to the department of public safety shall be no less than one 9 thousand dollars for each public safety answering point within 10 the service area of the department of public safety or joint 11 E911 service board. 12 (3) The funds allocated in this paragraph “0b” shall be 13 used for communication equipment utilized for the receipt and 14 disposition of 911 calls. 15 NEW PARAGRAPH . 00b. The program manager shall allocate 16 moneys pursuant to this paragraph each calendar quarter 17 to joint E911 service boards with public safety answering 18 points within the boards’ E911 service areas that enter into 19 agreements to consolidate and to the department of public 20 safety for such public safety answering points. A public 21 safety answering point subject to such an agreement to 22 consolidate shall receive the allocation that the public safety 23 answering point would have received individually pursuant to 24 paragraph “0b” and an additional twenty-five percent of the 25 amount the public safety answering point would have received 26 pursuant to paragraph “0b” . A public safety answering point 27 subject to such an agreement to consolidate shall receive 28 moneys pursuant to the allocation in this paragraph at 29 the beginning of the fiscal year following the date of the 30 agreement for a period of three years. 31 Sec. 3. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 32 2015, is amended to read as follows: 33 b. For the three-year period beginning From July 1, 2013, 34 and ending June 30, 2016 until June 30, 2026 , the program 35 -2- LSB 1928HZ (2) 86 ad/rj 2/ 5

H.F. 651 manager shall allocate thirteen percent of the total amount of 1 surcharge generated to wireless carriers to recover their costs 2 to deliver E911 phase 1 services. If the allocation in this 3 paragraph is insufficient to reimburse all wireless carriers 4 for such carrier’s eligible expenses, the program manager 5 shall allocate a prorated amount to each wireless carrier 6 equal to the percentage of such carrier’s eligible expenses as 7 compared to the total of all eligible expenses for all wireless 8 carriers for the calendar quarter during which such expenses 9 were submitted. When prorated expenses are paid, the remaining 10 unpaid expenses shall no longer be eligible for payment under 11 this paragraph. 12 Sec. 4. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 13 2015, is amended by striking the paragraph. 14 Sec. 5. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code 15 2015, is amended to read as follows: 16 f. If moneys remain in the fund after fully paying all 17 obligations under paragraphs “a” , “0b” , “00b” , “b” , “c” , and 18 “d” , and “e” , the remainder may be accumulated in the fund 19 as a carryover operating surplus. This The program manager, 20 in consultation with the E911 communications council, shall 21 allocate an amount, not to exceed one hundred thousand 22 dollars per fiscal year, for development of public awareness 23 and educational programs related to the use of 911 by the 24 public, educational programs for personnel responsible for the 25 maintenance, operation, and upgrading of local E911 systems, 26 and the expenses of members of the E911 communications council 27 for travel, monthly meetings, and training. The remaining 28 surplus shall be used to fund future network and public safety 29 answering point improvements for the receipt and disposition 30 of 911 calls , including hardware and software for an internet 31 protocol-enabled next generation network, and wireless 32 carriers’ transport costs related to wireless E911 services, if 33 those costs are not otherwise recovered by wireless carriers 34 through customer billing or other sources and approved by the 35 -3- LSB 1928HZ (2) 86 ad/rj 3/ 5

H.F. 651 program manager in consultation with the E911 communications 1 council. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , any moneys remaining 2 in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to 3 the general fund of the state but shall remain available for 4 the purposes of the fund. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 This bill relates to the expenditure of moneys in the 9 E911 emergency communications fund and other duties of the 10 department of homeland security and emergency management. The 11 bill requires the department of homeland security and emergency 12 management to reimburse the provider, meaning a vendor selected 13 by the department of administrative services who provides 14 E911 equipment, installation, maintenance, or exchange access 15 services, on a calendar quarterly basis, for the actual annual 16 lease costs associated with the operation of a statewide land 17 mobile radio communications system that interfaces with the 18 Iowa interoperability radio platform. The bill provides that 19 all public safety answering points may use the system at no 20 additional charge. The Iowa radio interoperability platform 21 is under the joint purview of the department of public safety 22 and the department of transportation. The bill requires the 23 departments to jointly submit a biannual report to the Iowa 24 statewide interoperable communications system board beginning 25 July 1, 2016. 26 The bill reprioritizes the expenditures from the E911 27 emergency communications fund by moving the allocations to the 28 joint E911 service board and to the department of public safety 29 from fifth in the list of priority to second in the list of 30 priority after the amount appropriated to the director of the 31 department of homeland security and emergency management and 32 program manager for implementation, support, and maintenance 33 of the functions of the director and the program manager. The 34 bill also increases the percentage allocated from the total 35 -4- LSB 1928HZ (2) 86 ad/rj 4/ 5

H.F. 651 amount of surcharge generated per calendar quarter from 46 1 percent to 53 percent. 2 The bill then requires the program manager to allocate money 3 from the E911 emergency communications fund each calendar 4 quarter to joint E911 service boards with public safety 5 answering points within the boards’ E911 service areas that 6 enter into agreements to consolidate and to the department of 7 public safety for such public safety answering points. The 8 bill provides that the public safety answering point subject 9 to a consolidation agreement shall receive 125 percent of the 10 allocation that the public safety answering point would have 11 received individually without the consolidation agreement for a 12 period of three years starting at the beginning of the fiscal 13 year following the date of the consolidation agreement. 14 Currently, Code section 34A.7A provides that wireless 15 carriers receive a 13 percent allocation of the total amount of 16 surcharges generated to recover the cost of delivery of E911 17 phase 1 services from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2016. 18 The bill extends this time frame an additional 10 years. The 19 wireless carriers will receive the allocation from July 1, 20 2013, until June 30, 2026. 21 The bill adds that from any surplus in the E911 emergency 22 communications fund remaining after payment of the priorities, 23 the E911 program manager, in consultation with the E911 24 communications council, shall allocate an amount not to exceed 25 $100,000 per fiscal year for development of public awareness 26 and educational programs for the public, for educational 27 programs for personnel responsible for maintenance, operation, 28 and upgrading of E911 systems, and for the expenses of members 29 of the E911 communications council for travel, monthly 30 meetings, and training. The bill further requires that the 31 remaining surplus be used to fund future network and public 32 safety answering point improvements that are for the receipt 33 and disposition of 911 calls. 34 -5- LSB 1928HZ (2) 86 ad/rj 5/ 5