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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to wireless provider automatic 2
location identification services; creating s. 3
365.1755, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring a 4
wireless provider to provide automatic location 5
identification of an account holder's wireless 6
telephone in certain circumstances; requiring 7
automatic location identification services to be 8
provided through an emergency number created by the 9
wireless provider; requiring ca lls to such number be 10
answered immediately; prohibiting callers of such 11
number from being placed on hold; specifying the 12
format of receipt of automatic location identification 13
information; authorizing certain persons to contact a 14
wireless provider and requ est a block for a specified 15
timeframe on an account holder's ability to access 16
automatic location identification services or 17
information; requiring such requests to be 18
confidential; authorizing a wireless provider of 19
automatic location identification servi ces to charge a 20
specified fee; providing an effective date. 21
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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Section 1. Section 365.1755, Florida Statutes, is created 25
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to read: 26
365.1755 Emergency telephone number; automatic location 27
identification; wireless providers. — 28
(1) As used in this section: 29
(a) "Account holder" means a person who is legally 30
responsible and who enters into an agreement with a wireless 31
telephone service provider for the purchase of a wireless 32
telephone. 33
(b) "Automatic location identification" means the 34
automatic display at the Public Safety Answering Point of the 35
caller's mobile telephone number, the address or location of the 36
wireless telephone, and supplementary emergency services 37
information. 38
(c) "Emergency" means a situation, physical condition, or 39
method of operation which presents imminent danger of death or 40
serious physical or mental harm to a person. 41
(d) "Family or household member" means spouses; former 42
spouses; persons related by blood or marriage; persons who are 43
presently residing together as if a family or who have resided 44
together in the past as if a family; and persons who are parents 45
of a child in common regardless of whether they have been 46
married. Except for persons who have a child in commo n, the 47
family or household members must be currently residing or have 48
in the past resided together in the same single dwelling unit. 49
(e) "Mobile telephone number" means the telephone number 50
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assigned to a wireless telephone at the time of initial 51
activation. 52
(f) "Wireless services provider" means a person who 53
provides services using licensed or unlicensed spectrum, whether 54
at a fixed location or mobile, using wireless facilities. 55
(2) In the event of an actual or perceived emergency, a 56
wireless provider shall, immediately upon the request of an 57
account holder, provide automatic location identification of any 58
of the account holder's wireless telephones on their account. 59
(3) Automatic location identification services shall be 60
provided through a unique an d well-advertised emergency number 61
created by the wireless services provider. There shall be no 62
wait times for persons who call the emergency number and the 63
account holder shall not be placed on hold at any time. 64
(4) Any automatic location identification information 65
provided by the wireless provider shall be verbally provided and 66
graphically transmitted to the account holder's wireless 67
telephone he or she is calling from, regardless of whether the 68
automatic location identification service has been activat ed or 69
deactivated on the wireless telephone, except as provided in 70
section (5). 71
(5) A family or household member of an account holder who 72
uses the account holder's wireless telephone may contact the 73
wireless provider and request a temporary block, not to exceed 74
30 days, on the account holder's ability to be provided with 75
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automatic location identification services or information. The 76
request shall be confidential and may not be provided to the 77
account holder. 78
(6) A wireless provider may charge a fee for automatic 79
location identification services at no more than $5 per request. 80
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 81