Senate File 538 - Introduced SENATE FILE 538 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SF 249) A BILL FOR An Act relating to 911 emergency telephone service, including 1 how funds deposited in a 911 service fund may be used, the 2 costs associated with providing 911 service, and access to 3 the next generation 911 network. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1996SV (2) 89 jda/rn

S.F. 538 Section 1. Section 34A.2, subsection 5, paragraph d, 1 subparagraph (2), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 2 (2) Funds deposited in a 911 service fund are appropriated 3 and shall be used for the payment of costs that are limited to 4 nonrecurring and recurring costs directly attributable to the 5 receipt and disposition of the 911 call. Costs do not include 6 expenditures for any other purpose, and specifically exclude 7 costs associated with reimbursement to originating service 8 providers for providing 911 call delivery service, and costs 9 attributable to other emergency services or expenditures for 10 buildings or personnel, except for the costs of personnel for 11 database management and personnel directly associated with 12 addressing. 13 Sec. 2. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 14 2021, is amended by striking the paragraph. 15 Sec. 3. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph f, 16 subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended 17 to read as follows: 18 If moneys remain in the fund after fully paying all 19 obligations under paragraphs “a” , “b” , “c” , “d” , and “e” , 20 remaining funds shall be expended and distributed in the 21 following priority order: 22 Sec. 4. Section 34A.8, Code 2021, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 34A.8 Local exchange service information —— penalty —— 25 recurring costs . 26 1. A local exchange service provider shall furnish to the 27 next generation 911 network service provider, designated by 28 the department, all names, addresses, and telephone number 29 information concerning its subscribers which will be served 30 by the next generation 911 network and shall periodically 31 update the local exchange service information. The 911 service 32 provider shall furnish the addresses and telephone number 33 information received from the local exchange service provider 34 to the director for use in the mass notification and emergency 35 -1- LSB 1996SV (2) 89 jda/rn 1/ 4

S.F. 538 messaging system as defined in section 29C.2 . The local 1 exchange service provider shall receive as compensation for 2 the provision of local exchange service information charges 3 according to its tariffs on file with and approved by the Iowa 4 utilities board. The tariff charges shall be the same whether 5 or not the local exchange service provider is designated as the 6 next generation 911 network service provider by the department. 7 2. a. Subscriber information remains the property of the 8 local exchange service provider. 9 b. The director, program manager, joint 911 service board, 10 local emergency management commission established pursuant 11 to section 29C.9 , the designated next generation 911 network 12 service provider, and the public safety answering point, and 13 their agents, employees, and assigns shall use local exchange 14 service information provided by the local exchange service 15 provider solely for the purposes of providing 911 emergency 16 telephone service or providing related mass notification and 17 emergency messaging services as described in section 29C.17A 18 utilizing only the subscriber’s information, and local exchange 19 service information shall otherwise be kept confidential. 20 A person who violates this section is guilty of a simple 21 misdemeanor. 22 c. This chapter does not require a local exchange service 23 provider to sell or provide its subscriber names, addresses, 24 or telephone number information to any person other than the 25 designated next generation 911 network service provider. 26 3. A local exchange service provider shall pay all costs 27 associated with recurring monthly 911 service. 28 Sec. 5. Section 34A.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 34A.10 Next generation 911 network access. 31 On and after July 1, 2017, only the program manager shall 32 approve access to the next generation 911 network. The program 33 manager shall determine the points of ingress and egress for an 34 originating service provider to access the next generation 911 35 -2- LSB 1996SV (2) 89 jda/rn 2/ 4

S.F. 538 network. An originating service provider shall pay all costs 1 associated with connecting to the points of ingress and egress. 2 EXPLANATION 3 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 4 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 5 This bill relates to 911 emergency telephone service, 6 including how funds deposited in a 911 service fund may be 7 used, the costs associated with providing 911 service, and 8 access to the next generation 911 network. 9 Current law provides that funds deposited in a 911 service 10 fund shall be used for the payment of costs that are limited to 11 nonrecurring and recurring costs that are directly attributable 12 to the receipt and disposition of a 911 call. The bill 13 provides that these costs do not include costs associated with 14 reimbursement to originating service providers for providing 15 911 call delivery service. 16 The bill strikes Code section 34A.7A, subsection 2, 17 paragraph “c”, which provides that from July 1, 2013, until 18 June 30, 2026, the 911 program manager shall allocate a 19 percentage of the total amount of surcharge generated to 20 wireless carriers to recover their costs to deliver E911 phase 21 1 services. The bill makes a conforming change to Code section 22 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph “f”, subparagraph (1). 23 Current law requires a local exchange service provider to 24 furnish to the next generation 911 network service provider 25 certain information related to its subscribers and provides 26 for compensation to the local exchange service provider for 27 providing this information. The bill strikes the provision 28 that requires the local exchange service provider to be 29 compensated for providing this information. 30 The bill provides that a local exchange service provider 31 shall pay all costs associated with recurring monthly 911 32 service. 33 The bill requires the program manager to determine the 34 points of ingress and egress for an originating service 35 -3- LSB 1996SV (2) 89 jda/rn 3/ 4