HB 675-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 675-FN
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill modifies the provisions relating to eligibility for enhanced 911 reimbursements by commercial mobile radio service providers.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0656
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to enhanced 911 reimbursements to commercial mobile radio service providers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Enhanced 911 System; Coordination by Provider of Telephone Service. Amend RSA 106-H:8 to read as follows:
106-H:8 Coordination by Provider of Telephone Service. Every telephone utility authorized to do business in the state pursuant to RSA 374:22, I and every entity which provides commercial mobile radio service, as defined in 47 C.F.R. 20.3, and required by the Federal Communications Commission to provide 911 service, shall make available the universal emergency telephone number 911 for use by the public in seeking assistance from fire, police, and other related safety agencies through a single public safety answering point. Each telephone service provider shall assure that all requests for police, fire, medical, or other emergency services received by the provider or the provider's operator services shall be transferred to the public safety answering point. Such transfer shall include the calling party's telephone number in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) in a format recommended for data exchange by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). For purposes of implementing this chapter, any provider of commercial mobile radio service [shall be entitled to] may seek reimbursement from the bureau of [the] any reasonable expenses incurred to accomplish the provision of enhanced 911 service to the extent [authorized] required by the Federal Communications Commission and approved by the enhanced 911 commission. The bureau may utilize the services of any other state agency or a consultant to assist in reviewing the requested reimbursement to insure that it is reasonable and may seek recovery of the expense of that review from the provider.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
03-0656
Revised 2/28/03
HB 675 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to enhanced 911 reimbursements to commercial mobile radio service providers.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Bureau of Emergency Communications states this bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Bureau states this bill modifies the provisions relating to eligibility for enhanced 911 reimbursements by commercial mobile radio service providers, and intends to prevent unreasonable requests for reimbursement for cellular carriers infrastructure costs. This bill will have no fiscal impact since both the current and proposed version of RSA 106-H:8 do not automatically entitle providers to reimbursements, and require the Enhanced 911 Commission to approve any such reimbursement requests.