SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BRUNS (Sponsor), JONES (117), ROORDA, SANDER, WALSH, RUZICKA AND WILDBERGER (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time March 6, 2008 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article IV of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section relating to emergency telephone services.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2008, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article IV of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Article IV, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding one new section, to be known as section 48(a), to read as follows:
Section 48(a). 1. For the purpose of funding wireless enhanced 911 service, beginning January 1, 2009, a fee is hereby imposed on every wireless telephone number from any wireless device capable of accessing the 911 system. For calendar years 2009 and 2010, the fee shall be seventy-five cents per month per wireless telephone number, and for calendar year 2011 and every calendar year thereafter, the fee shall be fifty cents per month per wireless telephone number. All such fees shall be collected by the director of the department of revenue, who shall remit such payments to the state treasurer for deposit in the "Wireless Service Provider Enhanced 911 Service Fund", which is hereby established in the state treasury. Distribution of moneys in the fund shall be made by the department of public safety, and moneys in the fund shall only be used for 911 equipment, personnel, training, and related services. For calendar years 2009 and 2010, one-third of the payments received shall be distributed to counties and areas within counties which do not have 911 wireless service providers, and for all calendar years, the remaining payments shall be distributed to counties based on the ratio of wireless telephone devices in each county to the total number of wireless telephone devices in the state.
2. An oversight committee is hereby established to advise the department of public safety on distribution of the moneys collected under subsection 1 of this section. The oversight committee shall be composed of nine members: one member of the house of representatives from the majority party and one member of the house of representatives from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; one member of the senate from the majority party and one member of the senate from the minority party, appointed by the president pro tem of the senate; the director of the department of public safety; two members representing the wireless service provider industry, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; and two members representing fire, police, or emergency medical service or other public safety entities, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
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