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1		-	H.B. No. 2911
	1	+	By: White, Stephenson (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2911
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
	3	+	May 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
	4	+	Commerce; May 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2911 By: Hancock
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to next generation 9-1-1 service and the establishment of
6	14		a next generation 9-1-1 service fund.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Section 771.001, Health and Safety Code, is
9	17		amended by adding Subdivisions (5-a) and (5-b) and amending
10	18		Subdivision (6) to read as follows:
11	19		(5-a) "Next generation 9-1-1 service" has the meaning
12	20		assigned by 47 U.S.C. Section 942.
13	21		(5-b) "Next generation 9-1-1 service fund" means the
14	22		next generation 9-1-1 service fund established under Section
15	23		771.0713.
16	24		(6) "9-1-1 service" means a communications service
17	25		that connects users to a public safety answering point through a
18	26		9-1-1 system. The term includes next generation 9-1-1 service.
19	27		SECTION 2. Section 771.059, Health and Safety Code, is
20	28		amended to read as follows:
21	29		Sec. 771.059. TARGET DATE [DEADLINE] FOR STATEWIDE NEXT
22	30		GENERATION 9-1-1 SERVICE. Before September 1, 2025 [1995], all
23	31		parts of the state must be covered by next generation 9-1-1 service.
24	32		SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 771, Health and Safety
25	33		Code, is amended by adding Section 771.0713 to read as follows:
26	34		Sec. 771.0713. NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1 SERVICE FUND. (a) The
27	35		next generation 9-1-1 service fund is created as a fund in the state
28	36		treasury outside the general revenue fund.
29	37		(b) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by
30	38		federal law, the comptroller shall transfer to the credit of the
31	39		next generation 9-1-1 service fund any amount available from
32	40		federal money provided to this state from the Coronavirus State and
33	41		Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under Section 9901 of the American
34	42		Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) or from any other
35	43		federal governmental source for purposes of this chapter. The
36	44		comptroller shall transfer the money as soon as practicable
37	45		following the receipt by this state of a sufficient amount of
38	46		federal money for the transfer.
39	47		(c) Money deposited to the credit of the next generation
40	48		9-1-1 service fund may be used only for the purpose of supporting
41	49		the deployment and reliable operation of next generation 9-1-1
42	50		service, including the costs of equipment, operations, and
43	51		administration. Money in the fund may be distributed to only the
44	52		commission and emergency communication districts and must be used
45	53		in a manner that complies with federal law.
46	54		(d) Interest earned on money deposited to the credit of the
47	55		next generation 9-1-1 service fund is exempt from Section 404.071,
48	56		Government Code. Interest on money in the fund shall be retained in
49	57		the fund.
50	58		(e) The comptroller may issue guidelines for use by the
51	59		commission and emergency communication districts in implementing
52	60		this section.
53	61		(f) All money in the fund shall be distributed in accordance
54	62		with this section not later than December 31, 2022, and all money
55	63		distributed under this section shall be spent not later than
56	64		December 31, 2024, for the deployment and reliable operation of
57	65		next generation 9-1-1 service.
58	66		(g) This section expires September 1, 2025.
59	67		SECTION 4. Sections 771.0711(g) and (j), Health and Safety
60	68		Code, are repealed.
61	69		SECTION 5. Not later than December 1, 2021, the comptroller
62	70		of public accounts shall adopt rules necessary to establish and
63	71		administer the next generation 9-1-1 service fund established under
64	72		Section 771.0713, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
65	73		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
66		-	______________________________ ______________________________
67		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
68		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2911 was passed by the House on May 7,
69		-	2021, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 40, 1 present, not
70		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
71		-	No. 2911 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 30,
72		-	1 present, not voting.
73		-	______________________________
74		-	Chief Clerk of the House
75		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2911 was passed by the Senate, with
76		-	amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
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78		-	______________________________
79		-	Secretary of the Senate
80		-	APPROVED: __________________
81		-	Date
82		-	__________________
83		-	Governor
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