House File 651 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 651 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO HF 560) (SUCCESSOR TO HF 199) (As Amended and Passed by the House May 5, 2015 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to expenditures of moneys from the E911 1 emergency communications fund, other duties of the 2 department of homeland security and emergency management, 3 and other properly related matters. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 651 (3) 86 ad/rj/md

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- HF 651 (3) 86 ad/rj/md 1/ 4

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- HF 651 (3) 86 ad/rj/md 2/ 4

H.F. 651 manager shall allocate thirteen ten percent of the total amount 1 of surcharge generated to wireless carriers to recover their 2 costs to deliver E911 phase 1 services. If the allocation 3 in this paragraph is insufficient to reimburse all wireless 4 carriers for such carrier’s eligible expenses, the program 5 manager shall allocate a prorated amount to each wireless 6 carrier equal to the percentage of such carrier’s eligible 7 expenses as compared to the total of all eligible expenses for 8 all wireless carriers for the calendar quarter during which 9 such expenses were submitted. When prorated expenses are paid, 10 the remaining unpaid expenses shall no longer be eligible for 11 payment under 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- HF 651 (3) 86 ad/rj/md 3/ 4