1997 Minnesota Statutes

     403.08 Plans submitted; changes; waivers. 

    Subdivision 1.    Tentative plans.  (a) Before December 
 15, 1978, each county shall submit tentative plans for the 
 establishment of a 911 system to the public utility or utilities 
 providing public telephone service within the county, to the 
 department of administration and to the public utilities 
 commission. 

    (b) The department of administration shall review the plan 
 for consistency with the standards adopted pursuant to section 
 403.07 and report its findings to the county within six months 
 of receipt of the plan. 

    (c) The public utilities commission shall review the plan 
 and comment to the county within six months of the receipt of 
 the plan. 

    (d) Each public utility providing telephone service within 
 the county shall review the plan and transmit to the county good 
 faith estimates of local system implementation expenses within 
 six months of the receipt of the plan. 

    Subd. 2.    Final plans.  (a) Before December 15, 1979, 
 each county shall submit final plans for the establishment of a 
 911 system to the public utility or utilities providing public 
 telephone service within the county, to the department of 
 administration and to the public utilities commission.  The 
 final plan shall include a description of all capital and 
 recurring costs for the proposed 911 system. 

    (b) The department of administration shall review the final 
 plan for consistency with the standards adopted pursuant to 
 section 403.07 and approve or disapprove the plan within six 
 months of receipt. 

    (c) The public utilities commission shall review the final 
 plan and determine that portion of plan implementation capital 
 costs which may be applied to the utility company rate base and 
 report findings to the county within six months of receipt of 
 the plan. 

    Subd. 3.    Implementation contracts.  After department 
 of administration approval of design and public utilities 
 commission report of findings, each county, together with the 
 department of administration and the local governmental units or 
 public agencies operating public safety answering points, shall 
 contract with the appropriate public utility or utilities for 
 the implementation of the approved 911 system plan. 

    Subd. 4.    Exception.  Each county implementing a 911 
 system before December 15, 1978, shall submit to the department 
 of administration and the public utilities commission in lieu of 
 the required plan a report describing the system and stating its 
 operational date. 

    Subd. 5.    System changes after December 14, 1978.  Any 
 subsequent changes to 911 systems described in subdivision 4 
 shall conform to standards established by the department of 
 administration pursuant to section 403.07. 

    Subd. 6.    Waivers.  After adoption of final 911 system 
 plans, any county or utility may petition the department of 
 administration for a waiver of all or portions of the 
 requirements or time limits of sections 403.01 to 403.08.  
 Waivers shall be granted upon a demonstration by petitioner that 
 the requirement is economically infeasible in the sense that 
 federal or state funding for the initial capital investment 
 required of the county to implement a 911 system is not 
 available. 

    Subd. 7.    Cellular and other nonwire providers.  (a) 
 Each cellular and other wireless access service provider shall 
 cooperate in planning and implementing integration with enhanced 
 911 systems operating in their service territories to meet 
 Federal Communications Commission-enhanced 911 standards.  By 
 August 1, 1997, each 911 emergency telephone service provider 
 operating enhanced 911 systems, in cooperation with each 
 involved cellular or other wireless access service provider, 
 shall develop and provide to the commissioner good-faith 
 estimates of installation and recurring expenses to integrate 
 cellular 911 service into the enhanced 911 networks to meet 
 Federal Communications Commission phase one wireless enhanced 
 911 standards.  The commissioner shall coordinate with counties 
 and affected public safety agency representatives in developing 
 a statewide design and plan for implementation.  

    (b) Planning shall be completed by October 1, 1997, for the 
 metropolitan area and shall be completed by December 1, 1997, 
 for the areas outside of the metropolitan area.  

    (c) Planning considerations must include cost, degree of 
 integration into existing 911 systems, the retention of existing 
 911 infrastructure, and the potential implications of phase 2 of 
 the Federal Communications Commission wireless enhanced 911 
 standards.  

    (d) Counties shall incorporate the statewide design when 
 modifying county 911 plans to provide for integrating wireless 
 911 service into existing county 911 systems.  The commissioner 
 shall contract with the involved wireless service providers and 
 911 service providers to integrate cellular and other wireless 
 services into existing 911 systems where feasible. 

    HIST: 1977 c 311 s 8; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1997 c 202 art 3 s 20