New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB137 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 137
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46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Michael Padilla
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS; RENAMING THE ENHANCED 911 ACT AS
50	50	THE 911 ACT; RENAMING THE ENHANCED 911 FUND AS THE 911
51	51	EMERGENCY SERVICE FUND; RENAMING THE ENHANCED 911 BOND ACT AS
52	52	THE 911 BOND ACT; UPDATING DEFINITIONS; INCREASING THE 911
53	53	SURCHARGE; UPDATING THE USES OF THE 911 SURCHARGE; EXPANDING
54	54	GRANT FUNDING.
55	55	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
56	56	SECTION 1. Section 63-9D-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
57	57	Chapter 25, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
58	58	"63-9D-1. SHORT TITLE.--Sections 63-9D-1 through
59	59	63-9D-11.1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "[Enhanced ] 911 Act"."
60	60	SECTION 2. Section 63-9D-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
61	61	Chapter 25, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
62	62	"63-9D-2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.--
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90	90	A. The legislature finds that:
91	91	(1) isolated people, the elderly, the young
92	92	and victims of crime are often at risk and without help;
93	93	(2) children, elderly persons and victims of
94	94	crime are frequently unable to explain directions to the
95	95	location of an emergency situation;
96	96	(3) life-threatening accidents, fires, crimes
97	97	and natural disasters occur in the state each year;
98	98	(4) [an enhanced] a 911 telephone emergency
99	99	system provides:
100	100	(a) expansion of the benefits of the
101	101	basic 911 emergency telephone number;
102	102	(b) faster response time, which
103	103	minimizes the loss of life and property;
104	104	(c) automatic routing to the appropriate
105	105	emergency response unit;
106	106	(d) immediate visual display of the
107	107	location and telephone number of the caller; [and ]
108	108	(e) curtailment of abuses of the
109	109	emergency system by documenting callers; and
110	110	(f) enhanced capabilities through next
111	111	generation 911, including: 1) the ability to process emergency
112	112	communications through voice, text, video and data, increasing
113	113	accessibility for all residents; 2) improved accuracy and
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143	143	system capabilities and internet-protocol-based technologies;
144	144	and 3) greater system resilience and redundancy to ensure
145	145	continuous operation during emergencies; and
146	146	(5) New Mexico communities could make
147	147	efficient use of the [enhanced ] 911 telephone emergency system
148	148	if the communities had adequate funding available.
149	149	B. It is the purpose of the [Enhanced ] 911 Act to
150	150	further the public interest and protect the safety, health and
151	151	welfare of the people of New Mexico by enabling the
152	152	development, installation and operation of [enhanced ] 911
153	153	emergency reporting systems, including next generation 911 and
154	154	advancing 911 technologies , to be operated under shared state
155	155	and local governmental management and control."
156	156	SECTION 3. Section 63-9D-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
157	157	Chapter 25, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
158	158	"63-9D-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the [Enhanced ] 911
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160	160	A. "911 call" means any real-time communication,
161	161	message, signal or transmission between a person needing
162	162	assistance and a public safety answering point call-taker by
163	163	dialing 9-1-1 or its equivalent;
164	164	B. "911 equipment" means the public safety
165	165	answering point equipment directly related to the operation of
166	166	a 911 system, including automatic number identification or
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196	196	units, printers, logging recorders and software associated with
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198	198	latitude and longitude base station or cell site location data,
199	199	next generation 911 core services and components, such as the
200	200	emergency services internet protocol network, location
201	201	information servers, policy routing functions, border control
202	202	functions and other cybersecurity functions and geographic
203	203	information system equipment necessary to obtain and process
204	204	locational map and emergency service zone data for a 911 call;
205	205	[B.] C. "911 service area" means the area
206	206	designated by the fiscal agent, local governing body or the
207	207	division to receive [enhanced ] 911 service;
208	208	D. "911 surcharge" means the monthly charge and
209	209	prepaid wireless surcharge assessed on each access line in the
210	210	state, on each active number for a commercial mobile radio
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212	212	protocol lines for which the voice-over-internet protocol
213	213	service provider enables the capacity for simultaneous calls,
214	214	regardless of actual usage, to be connected to the public
215	215	switched telephone network during the period for which the
216	216	fixed charge is imposed for a voice-over-internet protocol
217	217	service subscriber in New Mexico and the charge assessed on any
218	218	other consumer purchase of communication service provided by a
219	219	communications service provider that enables communication
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249	249	answering point call-taker by dialing 9-1-1 or its equivalent;
250	250	provided that a 911 surcharge shall not be assessed on the
251	251	provision of broadband internet access service;
252	252	E. "911 system" means an integrated system or
253	253	database that manages emergency calls and dispatches resources,
254	254	including technological and procedural components involved in
255	255	receiving, processing and responding to 911 calls and
256	256	coordinating field responders;
257	257	[C.] F. "access line" means a telecommunications
258	258	company's line that has the capability to reach local public
259	259	safety agencies by dialing 911, but does not include a line
260	260	used for the provision of interexchange services or commercial
261	261	mobile radio service;
262	262	[D.] G. "commercial mobile radio service" means
263	263	service provided by a wireless real-time two-way voice
264	264	communication device, including:
265	265	(1) radio-telephone communications used in
266	266	cellular telephone service;
267	267	(2) the functional or competitive equivalent
268	268	of radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone
269	269	service;
270	270	(3) a personal communications service; or
271	271	(4) a network radio access line;
272	272	[E.] H. "commercial mobile radio service provider"
273	273	means a person who provides commercial mobile radio services,
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302	302	including a person who purchases commercial mobile radio
303	303	service from a provider and resells that service;
304	304	[F.] I. "commission" means the public regulation
305	305	commission;
306	306	[G.] J. "communication service" means [any ] a
307	307	service that:
308	308	(1) is capable of and required by law to
309	309	access, connect with or interface with the [enhanced ] 911
310	310	system by directly dialing, initializing or otherwise
311	311	activating the [enhanced ] 911 system regardless of the
312	312	transmission medium or technology employed; and
313	313	(2) provides or enables real-time or
314	314	interactive communication;
315	315	[H.] K. "communications service provider" means any
316	316	entity that provides communication services;
317	317	[I.] L. "database" means information that is
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319	319	the functioning of the [enhanced ] 911 system, including
320	320	geographic information system [(GIS) ] addressing and digital
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322	322	[J.] M. "department" means the taxation and revenue
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355	355	uniform charge assessed on each access line in the state, on
356	356	each active number for a commercial mobile radio service
357	357	subscriber and on the number of VoIP lines for which the VoIP
358	358	service provider enables the capacity for simultaneous calls,
359	359	regardless of actual usage, to be connected to the public
360	360	switched telephone network during the period for which the
361	361	fixed charge is imposed for a VoIP service subscriber in New
362	362	Mexico and the charge assessed on any other consumer purchase
363	363	of communication service provided by a communications service
364	364	provider that enables communication between a person needing
365	365	assistance and a public safety answering point call-taker by
366	366	dialing 9-1-1 or its equivalent; provided that an enhanced 911
367	367	surcharge shall not be assessed on the provision of broadband
368	368	internet access service;
369	369	M. "enhanced 911 system" means regardless of the
370	370	technology used, a landline, wireless, NG-911 or ESInet system
371	371	consisting of network switching equipment, database, mapping
372	372	and on-premises equipment, or the functional equivalent
373	373	thereof, that uses the single three-digit number 911 for
374	374	reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations,
375	375	thereby enabling a caller to reach a public safety answering
376	376	point to report emergencies by dialing 911, and includes the
377	377	capability to:
378	378	(1) selectively route incoming 911 calls to
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408	408	911 service area;
409	409	(2) automatically display the name, address
410	410	and telephone number of an incoming 911 call on a video monitor
411	411	at the appropriate public safety answering point;
412	412	(3) provide one or more access paths for
413	413	communications between users at different geographic locations
414	414	through a network system that may be designed for voice, text
415	415	or data, or any combination of these, and may feature limited
416	416	or open access and may employ appropriate analog, digital
417	417	switching or transmission technologies;
418	418	(4) relay to a designated public safety
419	419	answering point a 911 caller's number and base station or cell
420	420	site location and the latitude and longitude of the 911
421	421	caller's location in relation to the designated public safety
422	422	answering point; and
423	423	(5) manage or administer the functions listed
424	424	in Paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection;
425	425	N. "enhanced 911 equipment" means the public safety
426	426	answering point equipment directly related to the operation of
427	427	an enhanced 911 system, including automatic number
428	428	identification or automatic location identification controllers
429	429	and display units, printers, logging recorders and software
430	430	associated with call detail recording, call center work
431	431	stations, training, latitude and longitude base station or cell
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461	461	process locational map and emergency service zone data for
462	462	landline and wireless callers; ]
463	463	O. "emergency services internet protocol network"
464	464	means an internet-protocol-based, multipurpose inter-network
465	465	supporting local, regional, state and national public safety
466	466	communications services in addition to 911;
467	467	[O.] P. "equipment supplier" means a person who
468	468	provides or offers to provide communications equipment
469	469	necessary [for the establishment of enhanced ] to establish 911
470	470	services;
471	471	[P. "ESInet" means "emergency services internet
472	472	protocol network", an internet-protocol-based, multipurpose
473	473	inter-network supporting local, regional, state and national
474	474	public safety communications services in addition to 911; ]
475	475	Q. "fiscal agent" means the local governing body
476	476	that administers grants from the fund for a given locality or
477	477	region by agreement;
478	478	R. "fund" means the [enhanced ] 911 emergency
479	479	service fund;
480	480	S. "local governing body" means the board of county
481	481	commissioners of a county or the governing body of a
482	482	municipality [as defined in the Municipal Code ];
483	483	T. ["NG-911"] "next generation 911" means a ["next
484	484	generation 911"] system consisting of network, hardware,
485	485	software, data and operational policies and procedures that:
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514	514	(1) provides standardized interfaces from call
515	515	and message services;
516	516	(2) processes all types of emergency calls,
517	517	including non-voice (multimedia) messages;
518	518	(3) acquires and integrates additional data
519	519	useful to call routing and handling;
520	520	(4) delivers the calls, messages and data to
521	521	appropriate public safety answering points and other
522	522	appropriate emergency entities;
523	523	(5) supports data and communications needs for
524	524	coordinated incident response and management; and
525	525	(6) provides a secure environment for
526	526	emergency communications;
527	527	U. "proprietary information" means customer lists,
528	528	customer counts, technology descriptions or trade secrets,
529	529	including the actual or development costs of individual
530	530	components of [an enhanced ] a 911 system, [provided that such ]
531	531	if the information is designated as proprietary by the
532	532	communications service provider. [and provided further that ]
533	533	"Proprietary information" does not include individual payments
534	534	made by the division or any list of names and identifying
535	535	information of subscribers who have not paid the surcharge;
536	536	V. "public safety answering point" means a twenty-
537	537	four-hour local communications facility that receives 911
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567	567	response services or that relays communications to the
568	568	appropriate public or private safety agency;
569	569	W. "secondary public safety answering point" means
570	570	a facility that receives 911 calls from the primary public
571	571	safety answering point of which the facility is not the initial
572	572	point of contact for 911 calls but provides additional services
573	573	or information in support of the primary public safety
574	574	answering point and includes facilities within Indian nations,
575	575	tribes and pueblos located wholly within the state;
576	576	[W.] X. "subscriber" means a person who purchases
577	577	communication services at retail from a communications service
578	578	provider that are capable of originating a 911 communication;
579	579	[X.] Y. "surcharge" means the 911 emergency
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581	581	[Y.] Z. "surcharge collected" means the amount of
582	582	enhanced 911 surcharge billed or received or deemed to have
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584	584	seller's or provider's method of accounting, including accrual
585	585	or cash;
586	586	[Z.] AA. "telecommunications company" means a
587	587	person [who] that provides [wire] telecommunications services
588	588	that are capable of originating a 911 communication;
589	589	[AA.] BB. "vendor" means a person that provides 911
590	590	equipment, service or network support;
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620	620	internet protocol service" [as defined in the Code of Federal
621	621	Regulations, Title 47, Part 9, Section 9.3, as amended; and ]
622	622	means a service that:
623	623	(1) enables real-time, two-way voice
624	624	communications;
625	625	(2) requires a broadband connection from the
626	626	user's location;
627	627	(3) requires internet protocol-compatible
628	628	customer premises equipment; and
629	629	(4) allows users generally to receive calls
630	630	that originate on the public switched telephone network and to
631	631	terminate calls to the public switched telephone network; and
632	632	[CC. "VoIP service provider" or interconnected ] DD.
633	633	"voice-over-internet protocol service provider" means an entity
634	634	that provides interconnected voice-over-internet protocol
635	635	service to end users."
636	636	SECTION 4. Section 63-9D-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
637	637	Chapter 25, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
638	638	"63-9D-4. PROVISION FOR [ENHANCED ] 911 SERVICES BY LOCAL
639	639	GOVERNING BODIES--[ENHANCED ] 911 SYSTEM COSTS--PAYMENT OF
640	640	COSTS--JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS--AID OUTSIDE JURISDICTIONAL
641	641	BOUNDARIES.--
642	642	A. A local governing body, [or ] a consortium of
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644	644	answering point may incur costs for the purchase, lease,
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673	673	installation or maintenance of [enhanced ] 911 equipment and
674	674	training necessary for the establishment of [an enhanced ] a 911
675	675	system and may pay such costs through disbursements from the
676	676	fund; provided that the local governing body, primary or
677	677	secondary public safety answering point has employed properly
678	678	trained staff in its public safety answering point pursuant to
679	679	the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act.
680	680	B. If the [enhanced] 911 system is to be provided
681	681	for territory that is included in whole or in part in the
682	682	jurisdiction of the local governing bodies of two or more
683	683	public agencies that are the primary providers of emergency
684	684	firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, emergency medical or
685	685	other emergency services, the agreement for the procurement of
686	686	the [enhanced] 911 system shall be entered into by the fiscal
687	687	agent designated by the local governing bodies. A local
688	688	governing body may expressly exclude itself from the agreement.
689	689	Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent two or
690	690	more local governing bodies from entering into a joint powers
691	691	agreement pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act to
692	692	establish a separate legal entity that can enter into an
693	693	agreement as the [enhanced ] 911 system customer.
694	694	C. A public agency in [an enhanced ] a 911 emergency
695	695	service area shall provide that once an emergency unit is
696	696	dispatched in response to a request for aid through the
697	697	[enhanced] 911 system, the emergency unit shall render services
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726	726	to the requester without regard to whether the emergency unit
727	727	is operating outside its normal jurisdictional boundaries.
728	728	D. A local governing body in [an enhanced ] a 911
729	729	emergency service area shall provide [GIS ] geographic
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731	731	public safety answering point that provides the [enhanced ] 911
732	732	service to the local governing body."
733	733	SECTION 5. Section 63-9D-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
734	734	Chapter 25, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
735	735	"63-9D-5. IMPOSITION OF SURCHARGE.--
736	736	A. [There is imposed ] A 911 emergency surcharge is
737	737	imposed in the amount of [fifty-one cents ($.51) ] one dollar
738	738	fifty cents ($1.50) to be billed to each subscriber access line
739	739	by a communications service provider, on each active number for
740	740	a commercial mobile radio service subscriber and on the number
741	741	of [VoIP] voice-over-internet protocol lines for which the
742	742	[VoIP] voice-over-internet protocol service provider enables
743	743	the capacity for simultaneous calls, regardless of actual
744	744	usage, to be connected to the public switched telephone network
745	745	during the period for which the fixed charge is imposed. The
746	746	surcharge is imposed on all subscribers whose place of primary
747	747	use, as defined in the federal Mobile Telecommunications
748	748	Sourcing Act, is in New Mexico; provided, however, that the
749	749	surcharge shall not be imposed upon subscribers receiving
750	750	reduced rates pursuant to the Low Income Telephone Service
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779	779	Assistance Act; and provided further that the surcharge shall
780	780	not apply to prepaid wireless communication service; and
781	781	provided further that a 911 emergency surcharge shall not be
782	782	assessed on the provision of broadband internet access service.
783	783	B. [All] A communications service [providers ]
784	784	provider shall [be required to ] bill and collect the surcharge
785	785	from [their] subscribers whose places of primary use, as
786	786	defined in the federal Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act,
787	787	are in New Mexico. The surcharge required to be collected by
788	788	the communications service provider shall be added to and
789	789	stated clearly and separately in the billings to the
790	790	subscriber. The surcharge collected by the communications
791	791	service provider shall not be considered revenue of the
792	792	communications service provider.
793	793	C. A billed subscriber is liable for payment of the
794	794	911 emergency surcharge until it has been paid to the
795	795	communications service provider.
796	796	D. A communications service provider has no
797	797	obligation to take legal action to enforce the collection of
798	798	the surcharge; an action may be brought by or on behalf of the
799	799	department. A communications service provider, upon request
800	800	and not more than once a year, shall provide to the department
801	801	a list of the surcharge amounts uncollected, along with the
802	802	names and addresses of subscribers who carry a balance that can
803	803	be determined by the communications service provider to be
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832	832	nonpayment of the surcharge. The communications service
833	833	provider shall not be held liable for uncollected surcharge
834	834	amounts."
835	835	SECTION 6. Section 63-9D-5.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2017,
836	836	Chapter 122, Section 10) is amended to read:
837	837	"63-9D-5.1. PREPAID WIRELESS [ENHANCED ] 911 SURCHARGE--
838	838	COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SURCHARGE--LIABILITY OF
839	839	SELLERS--EXCLUSIVITY OF SURCHARGE.--
840	840	A. As used in this section:
841	841	(1) "consumer" means a person who purchases
842	842	prepaid wireless communication service in a retail transaction;
843	843	(2) "prepaid wireless communication service"
844	844	means a wireless communication service that allows [a caller ]
845	845	the user to [dial] make 911 [to access the 911 system ] calls;
846	846	[which service must be ] is paid for in advance; [and ] is sold
847	847	in predetermined units of time or dollars [of which the number
848	848	declines with use in a known amount ] that decline with use in a
849	849	known amount or provides unlimited use of the service for a
850	850	fixed amount of time; and allows a user to access 911 emergency
851	851	service;
852	852	(3) "prepaid wireless [enhanced ] 911
853	853	surcharge" means the charge that is required to be collected by
854	854	a seller from a consumer in the amount established [under ]
855	855	pursuant to Subsection B of this section;
856	856	(4) "provider" means a person that provides
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885	885	prepaid wireless communication service pursuant to a license
886	886	issued by the federal communications commission;
887	887	(5) "retail transaction" means the purchase of
888	888	prepaid wireless communication service from a seller for any
889	889	purpose other than resale;
890	890	(6) "seller" means a person who sells prepaid
891	891	wireless communication service to another person; and
892	892	(7) "wireless communication service" means
893	893	[commercial mobile radio service as defined by Section 20.3 of
894	894	Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended ] a
895	895	mobile service that is:
896	896	(a) provided with the intent of
897	897	receiving compensation or monetary gain;
898	898	(b) an interconnected service; and
899	899	(c) available to the public .
900	900	B. A prepaid wireless [enhanced ] 911 surcharge of
901	901	one and thirty-eight hundredths percent is imposed on the gross
902	902	value of each retail transaction. The prepaid wireless
903	903	[enhanced] 911 surcharge shall be collected by the seller from
904	904	the consumer with respect to each retail transaction occurring
905	905	in [this] the state. The amount of the prepaid wireless
906	906	[enhanced] 911 surcharge shall be either separately stated on
907	907	an invoice, receipt or other similar document that is provided
908	908	to the consumer by the seller, or otherwise disclosed to the
909	909	consumer.
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938	938	C. For purposes of Subsection B of this section, a
939	939	retail transaction that is effected in person by a consumer at
940	940	a business location of the seller shall be treated as occurring
941	941	in this state if that business location is in this state, and
942	942	any other retail transaction shall be treated as occurring in
943	943	this state if the retail transaction is treated as occurring in
944	944	this state for purposes of the Gross Receipts and Compensating
945	945	Tax Act.
946	946	D. The prepaid wireless [enhanced ] 911 surcharge is
947	947	the liability of the consumer and not of the seller or of any
948	948	provider, except that the seller shall be liable to remit all
949	949	prepaid wireless [enhanced ] 911 surcharges that the seller
950	950	collects from consumers as provided in this section, including
951	951	all such surcharges that the seller is deemed to collect where
952	952	the amount of the surcharge has not been separately stated on
953	953	an invoice, receipt or other similar document provided to the
954	954	consumer by the seller.
955	955	E. The amount of the prepaid wireless [enhanced ]
956	956	911 surcharge that is collected by a seller from a consumer, if
957	957	such amount is separately stated on an invoice, receipt or
958	958	other similar document provided to the consumer by the seller,
959	959	shall not be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee,
960	960	surcharge or other charge that is imposed by this state, any
961	961	political subdivision of this state or any intergovernmental
962	962	agency.
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991	991	F. When prepaid wireless communication service is
992	992	sold with one or more other products or services for a single,
993	993	non-itemized price, the percentage specified in Subsection B of
994	994	this section shall apply to the entire non-itemized price
995	995	unless the seller elects to apply such percentage to:
996	996	(1) if the amount of the prepaid wireless
997	997	communication service is disclosed to the consumer as a dollar
998	998	amount, such dollar amount; or
999	999	(2) if the seller can identify the portion of
1000	1000	the price that is attributable to the prepaid wireless
1001	1001	communication service by reasonable and verifiable standards
1002	1002	from its books and records that are kept in the regular course
1003	1003	of business for other purposes, including non-tax purposes,
1004	1004	such portion.
1005	1005	G. However, if a minimal amount of prepaid wireless
1006	1006	communication service is sold with a prepaid wireless device
1007	1007	for a single, non-itemized price, the seller may elect not to
1008	1008	apply the percentage specified in Subsection B of this section
1009	1009	to such transaction. For purposes of this subsection, an
1010	1010	amount of service denominated as ten minutes or less, or five
1011	1011	dollars ($5.00) or less, is minimal.
1012	1012	H. Prepaid wireless [enhanced ] 911 surcharges
1013	1013	collected by sellers shall be remitted to the department at the
1014	1014	times and in the manner provided with respect to the Gross
1015	1015	Receipts and Compensating Tax Act. The department shall
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1044	1044	establish registration and payment procedures that
1045	1045	substantially coincide with the registration and payment
1046	1046	procedures that apply to the Gross Receipts and Compensating
1047	1047	Tax Act. A seller [shall be permitted to ] may deduct and
1048	1048	retain three percent of prepaid wireless [enhanced ] 911
1049	1049	surcharges that are collected by the seller from the consumer.
1050	1050	I. The audit and appeal procedures applicable to
1051	1051	the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act shall apply to
1052	1052	prepaid wireless [enhanced ] 911 surcharges.
1053	1053	J. The department shall establish procedures by
1054	1054	which a seller of prepaid wireless communication services may
1055	1055	document that a sale is not a retail transaction, which
1056	1056	procedures shall substantially coincide with the procedures for
1057	1057	documenting sale for resale transactions for the Gross Receipts
1058	1058	and Compensating Tax Act.
1059	1059	K. No provider or seller of prepaid wireless
1060	1060	communication services shall be liable for damages to any
1061	1061	person resulting from or incurred in connection with the
1062	1062	provision of or failure to provide 911 or [enhanced 911
1063	1063	service] next generation 911 services or for identifying or
1064	1064	failing to identify the telephone number, address, location or
1065	1065	name associated with any person or device that is accessing or
1066	1066	attempting to access 911 or [enhanced 911 service ] next
1067	1067	generation 911 services .
1068	1068	L. No provider or seller of prepaid wireless
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1097	1097	communication services shall be liable for damages to [any ] a
1098	1098	person resulting from or incurred in connection with the
1099	1099	provision of [any] assistance to [any] an investigative or law
1100	1100	enforcement officer of the United States, this or [any other ]
1101	1101	another state, or any political subdivision of this or [any
1102	1102	other] another state, in connection with [any ] an investigation
1103	1103	or other law enforcement activity by such law enforcement
1104	1104	officer.
1105	1105	M. In addition to the protection from liability
1106	1106	provided by Subsections K and L of this section, each provider
1107	1107	and seller [shall be] is entitled to the further protection
1108	1108	from liability as provided pursuant to Section 63-9D-10 NMSA
1109	1109	1978.
1110	1110	N. The prepaid wireless [enhanced ] 911 surcharge
1111	1111	applies to retail transactions occurring on or after July 1,
1112	1112	2017."
1113	1113	SECTION 7. Section 63-9D-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
1114	1114	Chapter 25, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
1115	1115	"63-9D-7. REMITTANCE OF CHARGES--ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.--
1116	1116	A. The surcharge collected shall be remitted
1117	1117	monthly to the department, which shall administer and enforce
1118	1118	collection of the surcharge in accordance with the Tax
1119	1119	Administration Act. The surcharge shall be remitted to the
1120	1120	department no later than the twenty-fifth day of the month
1121	1121	following the month in which the surcharge was imposed. At
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1150	1150	that time, a return for the preceding month shall be filed with
1151	1151	the department in such form as the department and
1152	1152	communications service provider shall agree upon. A
1153	1153	communications service provider required to file a return shall
1154	1154	deliver the return together with a remittance of the amount of
1155	1155	the surcharge payable to the department. The communications
1156	1156	service provider shall maintain a record of the amount of each
1157	1157	surcharge collected pursuant to the [Enhanced ] 911 Act. The
1158	1158	record shall be maintained for a period of three years after
1159	1159	the time the surcharges were collected.
1160	1160	B. From a remittance to the department made on or
1161	1161	before the date it becomes due, a telecommunications company or
1162	1162	commercial mobile radio service provider required to make a
1163	1163	remittance shall be entitled to deduct and retain one percent
1164	1164	of the collected amount or fifty dollars ($50.00), whichever is
1165	1165	greater, as the administrative cost for collecting the
1166	1166	surcharge."
1167	1167	SECTION 8. Section 63-9D-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
1168	1168	Chapter 25, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
1169	1169	"63-9D-8. [ENHANCED] 911 EMERGENCY SERVICE FUND--
1170	1170	CREATION--ADMINISTRATION--DISBURSEMENT--REPORTS TO
1171	1171	LEGISLATURE.--
1172	1172	A. [There] The "911 emergency service fund" is
1173	1173	created in the state treasury [a fund that shall be known as
1174	1174	the "enhanced 911 fund" ]. The fund shall be administered by
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1204	1204	B. All surcharges collected and remitted to the
1205	1205	department shall be deposited in the fund.
1206	1206	C. Money deposited in the fund and income earned by
1207	1207	investment of the fund are appropriated for expenditure in
1208	1208	accordance with the [Enhanced ] 911 Act and shall not revert to
1209	1209	the general fund.
1210	1210	D. Payments shall be made from the fund to, or on
1211	1211	behalf of, participating local governing bodies, primary or
1212	1212	secondary public safety answering points or their fiscal agents
1213	1213	upon vouchers signed by the director of the division solely for
1214	1214	the purpose of reimbursing local governing bodies, primary or
1215	1215	secondary public safety answering points or their fiscal agents
1216	1216	and communications service providers for their costs of
1217	1217	providing [enhanced] 911 [service] emergency services,
1218	1218	including next generation 911 equipment and infrastructure . A
1219	1219	person who purchases communication services from a
1220	1220	communications service provider [for the purpose of reselling
1221	1221	that service] to resell is not eligible for reimbursement from
1222	1222	the fund. Money in the fund may be used for the payment of
1223	1223	bonds issued pursuant to the [Enhanced ] 911 Bond Act.
1224	1224	E. Annually, the division may expend no more than
1225	1225	five percent of all money deposited annually in the fund for
1226	1226	administering and coordinating activities associated with
1227	1227	implementation of the [Enhanced ] 911 Act, including next
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1256	1256	generation 911 transition and support .
1257	1257	F. Money in the fund may be awarded as grant
1258	1258	assistance to provide [enhanced ] 911 [service] services and
1259	1259	equipment upon application of local governing bodies, primary
1260	1260	or secondary public safety answering points or their fiscal
1261	1261	agents to the division and upon approval by the state board of
1262	1262	finance. If it is anticipated that the [funds ] money available
1263	1263	to pay all requests for grants will be insufficient, the state
1264	1264	board of finance may reduce the percentage of assistance to be
1265	1265	awarded. In the event of such reduction, the state board of
1266	1266	finance may award supplemental grants to local governing bodies
1267	1267	that demonstrate financial hardship.
1268	1268	G. After requesting [enhanced ] 911 [service]
1269	1269	services from a communications service provider, a local
1270	1270	governing body may, by ordinance or resolution, recover from
1271	1271	the fund an amount necessary to recover the costs of providing
1272	1272	the [enhanced] 911 system in its designated 911 service area.
1273	1273	The division, on behalf of local governing bodies, shall
1274	1274	directly pay or reimburse communications service providers for
1275	1275	their costs of providing [enhanced ] 911 [service] services. If
1276	1276	a communications service provider does not receive payment or
1277	1277	reimbursement for the costs of providing [enhanced ] 911
1278	1278	[service] services, the provider is not obligated to provide
1279	1279	[that service] those services.
1280	1280	H. The division shall report to the legislature
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1309	1309	each session the status of the fund and whether the current
1310	1310	level of the 911 emergency surcharge is sufficient, excessive
1311	1311	or insufficient to fund the anticipated needs for the next
1312	1312	year."
1313	1313	SECTION 9. Section 63-9D-8.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1314	1314	Chapter 87, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
1315	1315	"63-9D-8.1. DIVISION POWERS.--
1316	1316	A. The division may adopt reasonable rules
1317	1317	necessary to carry out the provisions of the [Enhanced ] 911
1318	1318	Act.
1319	1319	B. The division may fund [enhanced ] 911 systems
1320	1320	pursuant to the provisions of the [Enhanced ] 911 Act.
1321	1321	C. Division powers are limited and do not include
1322	1322	power to intervene between two vendors or restrict marketing
1323	1323	efforts of vendors.
1324	1324	D. The division and the local governing body may
1325	1325	establish 911 service areas.
1326	1326	E. Unless otherwise provided by law, no rule
1327	1327	affecting any person, agency, local governing body or
1328	1328	communications service provider shall be adopted, amended or
1329	1329	repealed without a public hearing on the proposed action
1330	1330	[before the director of the division or a hearing officer
1331	1331	designated by the director. The public hearing shall be held
1332	1332	in Santa Fe unless otherwise permitted by statute. Notice of
1333	1333	the subject matter of the rule, the action proposed to be
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1362	1362	taken, the time and place of the hearing, the manner in which
1363	1363	interested persons may present their views and the method by
1364	1364	which copies of the proposed rule or proposed amendment or
1365	1365	repeal of an existing rule may be obtained shall be published
1366	1366	once at least thirty days prior to the hearing in a newspaper
1367	1367	of general circulation and mailed at least thirty days prior to
1368	1368	the hearing date to all persons or agencies who have made a
1369	1369	written request for advance notice of the hearing and to all
1370	1370	local governing bodies and communications service providers ] as
1371	1371	provided in the State Rules Act, with the additional
1372	1372	requirements that notice of the public hearing shall be
1373	1373	published in a newspaper of general circulation and mailed at
1374	1374	least thirty days prior to the hearing date to all persons or
1375	1375	agencies who have made a written request for advance notice of
1376	1376	the hearing and to all local governing bodies and
1377	1377	communications service providers .
1378	1378	F. All rules shall be filed in accordance with the
1379	1379	State Rules Act."
1380	1380	SECTION 10. Section 63-9D-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
1381	1381	Chapter 25, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:
1382	1382	"63-9D-10. IMMUNITY.--[Enhanced ] 911 systems are within
1383	1383	the governmental powers and authorities of the local governing
1384	1384	body or state agency in the provision of services for the
1385	1385	public health, welfare and safety. In contracting for such
1386	1386	services or the provisioning of [an enhanced ] a 911 system,
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1415	1415	except for intentional acts, the local governing body, public
1416	1416	agency, equipment supplier, communications service provider and
1417	1417	their officers, directors, vendors, employees and agents are
1418	1418	not liable for damages resulting from installing, maintaining
1419	1419	or providing [enhanced ] 911 systems or transmitting 911 calls."
1420	1420	SECTION 11. Section 63-9D-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
1421	1421	Chapter 25, Section 11, as amended) is amended to read:
1422	1422	"63-9D-11. PRIVATE LISTING SUBSCRIBERS AND 911 SERVICE.--
1423	1423	A. Private listing subscribers waive the privacy
1424	1424	afforded by nonlisted or nonpublished numbers only to the
1425	1425	extent that the name and address associated with the telephone
1426	1426	number may be furnished to the [enhanced ] 911 system for call
1427	1427	routing or for automatic retrieval of location information in
1428	1428	response to a call initiated to 911.
1429	1429	B. Information regarding the identity of private
1430	1430	listing subscribers provided by a communications service
1431	1431	provider, including names, addresses, telephone numbers or
1432	1432	other identifying information, is not a public record and is
1433	1433	not available for inspection.
1434	1434	C. Proprietary information provided by a
1435	1435	communications service provider is not public information and
1436	1436	may not be released to any person without the express
1437	1437	permission of the submitting provider except that information
1438	1438	may be released or published as aggregated data that does not
1439	1439	identify the number of subscribers or identify [enhanced ] 911
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1468	1468	system costs attributable to an individual communications
1469	1469	service provider."
1470	1470	SECTION 12. Section 63-9D-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1471	1471	Chapter 61, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
1472	1472	"63-9D-12. SHORT TITLE.--Sections 63-9D-12 through
1473	1473	63-9D-20 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "[Enhanced ] 911 Bond
1474	1474	Act"."
1475	1475	SECTION 13. Section 63-9D-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1476	1476	Chapter 61, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
1477	1477	"63-9D-13. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the [Enhanced ] 911
1478	1478	Bond Act:
1479	1479	A. "911 bonds" means the bonds authorized in the
1480	1480	911 Bond Act;
1481	1481	B. "911 project" means actions authorized pursuant
1482	1482	to Section 63-9D-14 NMSA 1978 that pertain to a specific
1483	1483	component of the 911 system;
1484	1484	C. "911 revenue" means the revenue to and income of
1485	1485	the 911 emergency service fund that are pledged to the payment
1486	1486	of 911 bonds pursuant to the 911 Bond Act;
1487	1487	[A.] D. "board" means the state board of finance;
1488	1488	and
1489	1489	[B.] E. "division" means the local government
1490	1490	division of the department of finance and administration.
1491	1491	[C. "enhanced 911 bonds" means the bonds authorized
1492	1492	in the Enhanced 911 Bond Act;
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1521	1521	D. "enhanced 911 project" means actions authorized
1522	1522	under Section 63-9D-14 NMSA 1978 that pertain to a specific
1523	1523	component of the enhanced 911 system; and
1524	1524	E. "enhanced 911 revenue" means the revenue to and
1525	1525	the income of the enhanced 911 fund that are pledged to the
1526	1526	payment of enhanced 911 bonds under the Enhanced 911 Bond Act ]"
1527	1527	SECTION 14. Section 63-9D-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1528	1528	Chapter 61, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
1529	1529	"63-9D-14. [ENHANCED ] 911 BONDS--AUTHORITY TO ISSUE--
1530	1530	PLEDGE OF REVENUES--LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE.--
1531	1531	A. In addition to any other law authorizing the
1532	1532	board to issue revenue bonds, the board may issue [enhanced ]
1533	1533	911 bonds pursuant to the [Enhanced ] 911 Bond Act for the
1534	1534	purposes specified in this section.
1535	1535	B. [Enhanced] 911 bonds may be issued for:
1536	1536	(1) acquiring, extending, enlarging,
1537	1537	bettering, repairing, improving, constructing, purchasing,
1538	1538	furnishing, equipping or rehabilitating the [enhanced ] 911
1539	1539	system, the payment of which shall be secured by [enhanced ] 911
1540	1540	revenues;
1541	1541	(2) reimbursing a communications service
1542	1542	provider for its reasonable costs of providing [enhanced ] 911
1543	1543	service, the payment of which shall be secured by [enhanced ]
1544	1544	911 revenues; or
1545	1545	(3) reimbursing a local governing body or its
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1574	1574	fiscal agent for [its ] the reasonable costs of providing the
1575	1575	[enhanced] 911 system, the payment of which shall be secured by
1576	1576	[enhanced] 911 revenues.
1577	1577	C. The board may pledge irrevocably [enhanced ] 911
1578	1578	revenues in the manner set forth in Subsection B of this
1579	1579	section to the payment of the interest on and principal of
1580	1580	[enhanced] 911 bonds. Any general determination by the board
1581	1581	that expenditures are reasonably related to and constitute a
1582	1582	part of a specified [enhanced ] 911 project shall be conclusive
1583	1583	if set forth in the proceedings authorizing the [enhanced ] 911
1584	1584	bonds."
1585	1585	SECTION 15. Section 63-9D-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1586	1586	Chapter 61, Section 4) is amended to read:
1587	1587	"63-9D-15. USE OF PROCEEDS OF BOND ISSUE.--It is unlawful
1588	1588	to divert, use or expend any money received from the issuance
1589	1589	of [enhanced] 911 bonds for any purpose other than the purposes
1590	1590	for which the bonds were issued."
1591	1591	SECTION 16. Section 63-9D-16 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1592	1592	Chapter 61, Section 5) is amended to read:
1593	1593	"63-9D-16. [ENHANCED ] 911 BONDS--TERMS.--[Enhanced ] 911
1594	1594	bonds:
1595	1595	A. shall bear interest at a coupon rate or coupon
1596	1596	rates not exceeding the maximum coupon rate [which ] that is
1597	1597	permitted by the Public Securities Act; provided that interest
1598	1598	shall be payable annually or semiannually and may or may not be
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1627	1627	evidenced by coupons; and provided further that the first
1628	1628	interest payment date may be for interest accruing for any
1629	1629	period not exceeding one year;
1630	1630	B. may be subject to a prior redemption at the
1631	1631	board's option at such time or times and upon such terms and
1632	1632	conditions, with or without the payment of such premium or
1633	1633	premiums, as may be provided by action of the board;
1634	1634	C. may mature at any time or times not exceeding
1635	1635	twenty years after the date of issuance;
1636	1636	D. may be serial in form and maturity or may
1637	1637	consist of one bond payable at one time or in installments;
1638	1638	E. shall be sold for cash at, above or below par
1639	1639	and at a price [which ] that results in a net effective interest
1640	1640	rate [which] that does not exceed the maximum permitted by the
1641	1641	Public Securities Act; and
1642	1642	F. may be sold at public or private sale."
1643	1643	SECTION 17. Section 63-9D-17 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1644	1644	Chapter 61, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
1645	1645	"63-9D-17. BOND AUTHORIZATION.--The board may issue and
1646	1646	sell [enhanced] 911 bonds in compliance with the [Enhanced ] 911
1647	1647	Bond Act. The board shall schedule the issuance and sale of
1648	1648	the bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner upon a
1649	1649	finding by the board that the division has certified that the
1650	1650	need exists for the issuance of bonds and upon an action by the
1651	1651	board designating the [enhanced ] 911 emergency service fund to
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1680	1680	be the source of pledged revenues."
1681	1681	SECTION 18. Section 63-9D-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1682	1682	Chapter 61, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
1683	1683	"63-9D-18. AUTHORITY TO REFUND BONDS.--The board may
1684	1684	issue and sell at public or private sale [enhanced ] 911 bonds
1685	1685	to refund outstanding [enhanced ] 911 bonds and other bonds
1686	1686	payable from the [enhanced ] 911 emergency service fund by
1687	1687	exchange, immediate or prospective redemption, cancellation or
1688	1688	escrow, including the escrow of debt service funds accumulated
1689	1689	for payment of outstanding bonds or any combination [thereof ],
1690	1690	when, in its opinion, such action will be beneficial to the
1691	1691	state."
1692	1692	SECTION 19. Section 63-9D-19 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
1693	1693	Chapter 61, Section 8) is amended to read:
1694	1694	"63-9D-19. [ENHANCED ] 911 BONDS NOT GENERAL OBLIGATIONS--
1695	1695	AUTHENTICATION.--
1696	1696	A. [Enhanced] 911 bonds or refunding bonds issued
1697	1697	as authorized by the [Enhanced ] 911 Bond Act are:
1698	1698	(1) not general obligations of the state; and
1699	1699	(2) collectible only from the proper pledged
1700	1700	revenues, and each bond shall state that it is payable solely
1701	1701	from the pledged revenues and that the bondholders may not look
1702	1702	to any other state fund for the payment of the interest and
1703	1703	principal of the bonds.
1704	1704	B. The bonds and coupons shall be signed and sealed
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1733	1733	as provided by the resolution of the board issuing the bond,
1734	1734	and the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act
1735	1735	shall be applicable."
1736	1736	SECTION 20. Section 63-9D-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1992,
1737	1737	Chapter 102, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
1738	1738	"63-9D-20. AMOUNT OF SURCHARGE--SECURITY FOR BONDS.--
1739	1739	A. The legislature shall provide for the continued
1740	1740	imposition, collection and deposit of the 911 [emergency ]
1741	1741	surcharge into the [enhanced ] 911 emergency service fund in
1742	1742	amounts that, together with other amounts deposited into the
1743	1743	fund, [will be] is sufficient to produce an amount necessary to
1744	1744	meet annual debt service charges on all respective outstanding
1745	1745	[enhanced] 911 bonds.
1746	1746	B. The legislature shall not repeal, amend or
1747	1747	otherwise modify any law that affects the 911 [emergency ]
1748	1748	surcharge in a manner that impairs any outstanding [enhanced ]
1749	1749	911 bonds secured by a pledge of the 911 [emergency ] surcharge
1750	1750	unless:
1751	1751	(1) the outstanding [enhanced ] 911 bonds to
1752	1752	which the revenues from the surcharge are pledged have been
1753	1753	discharged in full; or
1754	1754	(2) provision has been made to discharge fully
1755	1755	the outstanding [enhanced ] 911 bonds to which the revenues from
1756	1756	the surcharge are pledged.
1757	1757	C. Nothing in this section shall require any
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1787	1787	SECTION 21. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
1788	1788	provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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