By: Hegar S.B. No. 1848
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the distribution of the emergency service fee for
wireless telecommunications connections and the prepaid 9-1-1
emergency service fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 771.056(d), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) If the commission approves the plan, it shall allocate
to the region from the money collected under Sections 771.071,
771.0711, and 771.072 and appropriated to the commission the amount
that the commission considers appropriate to operate 9-1-1 service
in the region according to the plan and contracts executed under
Section 771.078.
SECTION 2. Sections 771.0711(c) and (g), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) Money collected under Subsection (b) may be used only
for services related to 9-1-1 services, including automatic number
identification and automatic location information services. Not
later than the 15th day after the end of the month in which the money
is collected, the commission shall distribute to each emergency
communication district that does not participate in the state
system and regional planning commission a portion of the money that
bears the same proportion to the total amount collected that the
population of the area served by the district or regional planning
commission bears to the population of the state. The remaining
money collected under Subsection (b) shall be deposited to the
9-1-1 services fee account.
(g) On receipt of an invoice from a wireless service
provider for reasonable expenses for network facilities, including
equipment, installation, maintenance, and associated
implementation costs, the commission or an emergency services
district of a home-rule municipality or an emergency communication
district created under Chapter 772 or regional planning commission
shall reimburse the wireless service provider in accordance with
state law for all expenses related to 9-1-1 service.
SECTION 3. Sections 771.077(d) and (e), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(d) The comptroller shall:
(1) remit to the commission money collected under this
section for fees provided by Sections 771.0711 and 771.0712, and
associated late penalties;
(2) deposit to the 9-1-1 services fee account any
money collected under this section for fees provided by Section
771.071 and associated late penalties; and
(3) deposit to the account as authorized by Section
771.072 any money collected under this section for fees provided by
Section 771.072 and associated late penalties.
(e) The commission shall:
(1) deposit or distribute the money remitted under
Subsection (d)(1) as Section 771.0711 provides for fees received
under that section and Section 771.0712; and
(2) distribute the money remitted under Subsection
(d)(2) and appropriated to the commission under contracts as
provided by Section 771.078(b)(1) 771.078(b).
SECTION 4. Section 771.078(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) In making contracts under this section, the commission
shall ensure that each regional planning commission receives money
for 9-1-1 service in two separately computed amounts as provided by
this subsection. The commission must provide each regional
planning commission with:
(1) an amount of money equal to the total of the
revenue from the emergency service fees collected under Section
771.071 that is deposited in the treasury and appropriated to the
commission multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
amount of those fees collected from the region and the denominator
of which is the total amount of those fees collected in this state;
and.
(2) an amount of money equal to the total of the
revenue from the emergency service fee for wireless
telecommunications connections under Section 771.0711 that is
deposited in the treasury and appropriated to the commission
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the population
of the region and the denominator of which is the population of this
state.
SECTION 5. Section 771.079(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The account consists of:
(1) fees deposited in the fund as provided by Sections
771.071 and 771.0711; and
(2) notwithstanding Section 404.071, Government Code,
all interest attributable to money held in the account.
SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
fees collected after September 1, 2011.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2011.