HB 1156 -- Emergency Service Response

Sponsor:  Bruns

This bill establishes the Enhanced 911 Communications Provider
Advisory Board within the Department of Public Safety replacing
the Wireless Service Provider Enhanced 911 Advisory Board which
is abolished.  The board, to be appointed by the Governor, is
given specified powers and duties and must submit an annual
report by September 30 to the Governor, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and President Pro Tem of the Senate containing
the immediately preceding fiscal year's quarterly and annual
receipts and disbursements with the purpose for the
disbursements, the total number and the annual reduction in the
number of public safety answering points in the state, the
availability and status of implementation of 911 service in the
state, and call volumes provided by landline providers, wireless
telephones, voice over Internet protocol services, and other
alternative services.

The Enhanced 911 Communications Fund is created to replace the
Wireless Service Provider Enhanced 911 Service Fund which is
abolished to distribute enhanced 911 communications fees so that
60% of the revenues will be remitted to the jurisdiction from
which the fees were collected and 40% will be used for a grant
program administered by the board to allow public safety
answering points to establish or upgrade 911 systems.  Currently,
fees collected by wireless service providers are not to exceed 50
cents per wireless telephone number per month.  Upon voter
approval, the bill changes this fee to a 25-cent per access to a
public safety answering point per month fee.  If the ballot
measure fails, the fee amount will remain at the existing level.

All public safety answering points must develop and submit to the
board a plan to network and consolidate public safety answering
points together to create the most effective, efficient, and
streamlined public safety answering point use within each county.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:26 am