Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB788 Introduced / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            March 30, 2015      TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:SB788 by Eltife (Relating to requiring direct access to 9-1-1 service from certain telephone systems and Internet Protocol services.), As Introduced    No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to require certain users who have telephone systems that provide outbound dialing capacity to allow a person initiating a 9-1-1 call on their system to access 9-1-1 service by dialing the digits 9-1-1 without an additional code.  The Commission on State Emergency Communications anticipates any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources.  The bill would take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds majority vote in each house.  Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2015. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.    Source Agencies:477 Commission on State Emergency Communications   LBB Staff:  UP, CL, EP, KPe, KVe    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 30, 2015





  TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:SB788 by Eltife (Relating to requiring direct access to 9-1-1 service from certain telephone systems and Internet Protocol services.), As Introduced  

TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB788 by Eltife (Relating to requiring direct access to 9-1-1 service from certain telephone systems and Internet Protocol services.), As Introduced

 Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce 

 Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce 

 Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board

 Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board

SB788 by Eltife (Relating to requiring direct access to 9-1-1 service from certain telephone systems and Internet Protocol services.), As Introduced

SB788 by Eltife (Relating to requiring direct access to 9-1-1 service from certain telephone systems and Internet Protocol services.), As Introduced



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.



The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to require certain users who have telephone systems that provide outbound dialing capacity to allow a person initiating a 9-1-1 call on their system to access 9-1-1 service by dialing the digits 9-1-1 without an additional code.  The Commission on State Emergency Communications anticipates any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources.  The bill would take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds majority vote in each house.  Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2015.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies: 477 Commission on State Emergency Communications

477 Commission on State Emergency Communications

LBB Staff: UP, CL, EP, KPe, KVe

 UP, CL, EP, KPe, KVe