HF 3941

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; increasing 911 emergency telecommunications service
fee; providing for completion of statewide public safety radio communication
system; authorizing sale of state 911 revenue bonds; appropriating money;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 403.11, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 403.11, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Emergency telecommunications service fee; account.

(a) Each
customer of a wireless or wire-line switched or packet-based telecommunications service
provider connected to the public switched telephone network that furnishes service
capable of originating a 911 emergency telephone call is assessed a fee based upon the
number of wired or wireless telephone lines, or their equivalent, to cover the costs of
ongoing maintenance and related improvements for trunking and central office switching
equipment for 911 emergency telecommunications service, plus administrative and staffing
costs of the commissioner related to managing the 911 emergency telecommunications
service program. Recurring charges by a wire-line telecommunications service provider
for updating the information required by section 403.07, subdivision 3, must be paid by
the commissioner if the wire-line telecommunications service provider is included in
an approved 911 plan and the charges are made pursuant to contract. The fee assessed
under this section must also be used for the purpose of offsetting the costs, including
administrative and staffing costs, incurred by the State Patrol Division of the Department
of Public Safety in handling 911 emergency calls made from wireless phones.

(b) Money remaining in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account
after all other obligations are paid must not cancel and is carried forward to subsequent
years and may be appropriated from time to time to the commissioner to provide financial
assistance to counties for the improvement of local emergency telecommunications
services. The improvements may include providing access to 911 service for
telecommunications service subscribers currently without access and upgrading existing
911 service to include automatic number identification, local location identification,
automatic location identification, and other improvements specified in revised county
911 plans approved by the commissioner.

(c) The fee may not be less than eight cents nor more than deleted text begin 65 deleted text end new text begin ... new text end cents a month for
each customer access line or other basic access service, including trunk equivalents as
designated by the Public Utilities Commission for access charge purposes and including
wireless telecommunications services. With the approval of the commissioner of finance,
the commissioner of public safety shall establish the amount of the fee within the limits
specified and inform the companies and carriers of the amount to be collected. When the
revenue bonds authorized under section 403.27, subdivision 1, have been fully paid or
defeased, the commissioner shall reduce the fee to reflect that debt service on the bonds is
no longer needed. The commissioner shall provide companies and carriers a minimum of
45 days' notice of each fee change. The fee must be the same for all customers.

(d) The fee must be collected by each wireless or wire-line telecommunications
service provider subject to the fee. Fees are payable to and must be submitted to the
commissioner monthly before the 25th of each month following the month of collection,
except that fees may be submitted quarterly if less than $250 a month is due, or annually if
less than $25 a month is due. Receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited
to a 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue fund. The
money in the account may only be used for 911 telecommunications services.

(e) This subdivision does not apply to customers of interexchange carriers.

(f) The installation and recurring charges for integrating wireless 911 calls into
enhanced 911 systems must be paid by the commissioner if the 911 service provider is
included in the statewide design plan and the charges are made pursuant to contract.

Sec. 2. new text begin 911 REVENUE BOND DEBT SERVICE.
new text end

new text begin $..,...,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, is appropriated to the commissioner
of finance to pay debt service on revenue bonds issued under Minnesota Statutes, section
403.275. Any portion of this appropriation not needed to pay debt service in a fiscal
year may be used by the commissioner of public safety to pay cash for any of the capital
improvements for which bond proceeds are appropriated in section 3.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
CONSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $277,732,000 new text end

new text begin The sums shown in this section are
appropriated from the 911 revenue bond
proceeds account for the purposes indicated,
to be available until the project is completed
or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.642.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Phase 3 Subsystems new text end

new text begin 9,860,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of public safety to
reimburse local units of government for up to
50 percent of the cost of building a subsystem
of the public safety radio and communication
system established under Minnesota Statutes,
section 403.36, in the St. Cloud district of the
State Patrol, outside the counties of Benton,
Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Phase 4 System Backbone new text end

new text begin 59,004,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of transportation
to construct the system backbone in the
fourth phase of the public safety radio and
communication system plan under Minnesota
Statutes, section 403.36.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Phase 4 Subsystems new text end

new text begin 20,275,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of public safety to
reimburse local units of government for up to
50 percent of the cost of building a subsystem
of the public safety radio and communication
system established under Minnesota Statutes,
section 403.36, in the Brainerd and Duluth
districts of the State Patrol.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Phase 5 System Backbone new text end

new text begin 61,614,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of transportation
to construct the system backbone in the
fifth phase of the public safety radio and
communication system plan under Minnesota
Statutes, section 403.36.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Phase 5 Subsystems new text end

new text begin 39,370,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of public safety to
reimburse local units of government for
up to 50 percent of the cost of building a
subsystem of the public safety radio and
communication system established under
Minnesota Statutes, section 403.36, in
the Detroit Lakes, Mankato, and Marshall
districts of the State Patrol.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Phase 6 System Backbone new text end

new text begin 52,953,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of transportation
to construct the system backbone in the
sixth phase of the public safety radio and
communication system plan under Minnesota
Statutes, section 403.36.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Phase 6 Subsystems new text end

new text begin 17,705,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of public safety to
reimburse local units of government for up to
50 percent of the cost of building a subsystem
of the public safety radio and communication
system established under Minnesota Statutes,
section 403.36, in the Thief River Falls and
Virginia districts of the State Patrol.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Bond sale authorization new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this
section, the commissioner of finance shall
sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount
up to $277,732,000 in the manner, upon
the terms, and with the effect prescribed by
Minnesota Statutes, section 403.275.
new text end