By:  Carriker                                         S.B. No. 1194
       73R2953 MLR-F
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to providing 9-1-1 emergency service to certain
    1-3  residential facilities; providing criminal penalties.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 771, Health and Safety
    1-6  Code, is amended by adding Section 771.060 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 771.060.  BUSINESS PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE
    1-8  SWITCHES.  (a)  A business service user that provides residential
    1-9  facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
   1-10  provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to
   1-11  those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a
   1-12  service supplier is required to provide under Section 771.051(2)(A)
   1-13  to other residential end users in the area participating in the
   1-14  regional plan.
   1-15        (b)  A business service user that fails to provide the level
   1-16  of 9-1-1 service required by this section is strictly liable for
   1-17  damages for an injury sustained if the injured person demonstrates
   1-18  that the business service user failed to provide the required
   1-19  service and that the person attempted to use the 9-1-1 service in
   1-20  connection with the injury sustained by that person.  A sworn
   1-21  affidavit from the entity that administers the 9-1-1 service
   1-22  stating that the required level of 9-1-1 service was not provided
   1-23  on the date of the injury is prima facie evidence that the business
   1-24  user failed to provide the required level of 9-1-1 service.
    2-1        (c)  A business service user that fails to provide the level
    2-2  of 9-1-1 service required by this section commits an offense.  An
    2-3  offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
    2-4        SECTION 2.  Section 771.071(a), Health and Safety Code, is
    2-5  amended to read as follows:
    2-6        (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the
    2-7  advisory commission may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on
    2-8  each local exchange access line or equivalent local exchange access
    2-9  line, including lines of customers in an area served by an
   2-10  emergency communication district participating in the applicable
   2-11  regional plan.  If a business service user provides residential
   2-12  facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit, and
   2-13  that is a communication link equivalent to a residential local
   2-14  exchange access line, shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service
   2-15  fee.  The fee may not be imposed on a line to coin-operated public
   2-16  telephone equipment or to public telephone equipment operated by
   2-17  coin or by card reader.  For purposes of this section, the advisory
   2-18  commission shall determine what constitutes an equivalent local
   2-19  exchange access line.
   2-20        SECTION 3.  Sections 771.073(b), (c), and (d), Health and
   2-21  Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
   2-22        (b)  A business service user that provides residential
   2-23  facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
   2-24  provide telephone service to facility residents shall collect the
   2-25  9-1-1 emergency service fee and transmit the fees monthly to the
   2-26  regional planning commission or other entity designated by the
   2-27  commission to collect the fee.  A business service user that does
    3-1  not collect and remit the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required
    3-2  is subject to a civil cause of action and is liable for triple
    3-3  damages.  A court may award court costs, attorney's fees, and
    3-4  interest on the amount delinquent at an annual rate of 12 percent,
    3-5  to be paid by the nonpaying business service user.  A sworn
    3-6  affidavit by the entity that administers the 9-1-1 service
    3-7  specifying the unremitted fees is prima facie evidence that the
    3-8  fees were not remitted and of the amount of the unremitted fees.
    3-9        (c)  The regional planning commission or a public agency
   3-10  designated by the regional planning commission may establish
   3-11  collection procedures and recover the cost of collection from the
   3-12  customer liable for the fee or surcharge.  The regional planning
   3-13  commission or designated public agency may institute legal
   3-14  proceedings to collect a fee or surcharge and in those proceedings
   3-15  is entitled to recover from the customer court costs, attorney's
   3-16  fees, and an interest on the amount delinquent.  The interest is
   3-17  computed at an annual rate of 12 percent beginning on the date the
   3-18  fee or surcharge becomes due.
   3-19        (d) <(c)>  A service provider may not disconnect services for
   3-20  nonpayment of a fee or surcharge imposed under this subchapter.
   3-21        (e) <(d)>  A service provider collecting fees or surcharges
   3-22  under this subchapter may retain as an administrative fee an amount
   3-23  equal to two percent of the total amount collected.
   3-24        SECTION 4.  Section 771.075, Health and Safety Code, is
   3-25  amended to read as follows:
   3-26        Sec. 771.075.  Use of Revenue.  Except as provided by Section
   3-27  771.072(e) or 771.073(e) <771.073(d)>, fees and surcharges
    4-1  collected under this subchapter may be used only for planning,
    4-2  development, and provision of 9-1-1 service as approved by the
    4-3  advisory commission.
    4-4        SECTION 5.  Section 772.001(17), Health and Safety Code, is
    4-5  amended to read as follows:
    4-6              (17)  "Service user" means a person that is provided
    4-7  local exchange access lines, or their equivalent, in an emergency
    4-8  communication district.
    4-9        SECTION 6.  Section 772.114(b), Health and Safety Code, is
   4-10  amended to read as follows:
   4-11        (b)  The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or
   4-12  its equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone
   4-13  equipment.  The fee may not be imposed on more than 100 local
   4-14  exchange access lines or their equivalent for a single business
   4-15  entity at a single location, unless the lines are used by residents
   4-16  of the location.  If a business service user provides residential
   4-17  facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit and
   4-18  that is a communication link equivalent to a residential local
   4-19  exchange access line, shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service
   4-20  fee.  The fee must have uniform application and must be imposed in
   4-21  each participating jurisdiction.
   4-22        SECTION 7.  Section 772.115, Health and Safety Code, is
   4-23  amended to read as follows:
   4-24        Sec. 772.115.  Collection of Fee.  (a)  Each billed service
   4-25  user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.114 until the
   4-26  fee is paid to the service supplier.  The fee must be added to and
   4-27  stated separately in the service user's bill from the service
    5-1  supplier.  The service supplier shall collect the fee at the same
    5-2  time as the service charge to the service user in accordance with
    5-3  the regular billing practice of the service supplier.  A business
    5-4  service user that provides residential facilities and owns or
    5-5  leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone service
    5-6  to facility residents shall collect the 9-1-1 emergency service fee
    5-7  and transmit the fees monthly to the district.
    5-8        (b)  The amount collected by a service supplier from the fee
    5-9  is due quarterly.  The service supplier shall remit the amount
   5-10  collected in a calendar quarter to the district not later than the
   5-11  60th day after the last day of the calendar quarter.  With each
   5-12  payment the service supplier shall file a return in a form
   5-13  prescribed by the board.
   5-14        (c)  Both a <A> service supplier and a business service user
   5-15  under Subsection (a) shall maintain records of the amount of fees
   5-16  it collects for at least two years after the date of collection.
   5-17  The board may require at the board's expense an annual audit of a
   5-18  service supplier's books and records or the books and records of a
   5-19  business service user described by Subsection (a) with respect to
   5-20  the collection and remittance of the fees.
   5-21        (d)  A business service user that does not collect and remit
   5-22  the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required is subject to a civil
   5-23  cause of action under Subsection (g) and is liable for triple
   5-24  damages.  A sworn affidavit by the district specifying the
   5-25  unremitted fees is prima facie evidence that the fees were not
   5-26  remitted and of the amount of the unremitted fees.
   5-27        (e)  A service supplier is entitled to retain an
    6-1  administrative fee from the amount of fees it collects.  The amount
    6-2  of the administrative fee is two percent of the amount of fees it
    6-3  collects under this section.
    6-4        (f) <(e)>  A service supplier is not required to take any
    6-5  legal action to enforce the collection of the 9-1-1 emergency
    6-6  service fee.  However, the service supplier shall provide the
    6-7  district with an annual certificate of delinquency that includes
    6-8  the amount of all delinquent fees and the name and address of each
    6-9  nonpaying service user.  The certificate of delinquency is prima
   6-10  facie evidence that a fee included in the certificate is
   6-11  delinquent.  A service user account is considered delinquent if the
   6-12  fee is not paid to the service supplier before the 31st day after
   6-13  the payment due date stated on the user's bill from the service
   6-14  supplier.
   6-15        (g) <(f)>  The district may institute legal proceedings to
   6-16  collect fees not paid and may establish internal collection
   6-17  procedures and recover the cost of collection from the nonpaying
   6-18  service user.  If legal proceedings are established, the court may
   6-19  award the district court costs, attorney's fees, and interest to be
   6-20  paid by the nonpaying service user.  A delinquent fee accrues
   6-21  interest at an annual rate of 12 percent beginning on the date the
   6-22  payment becomes due.
   6-23        SECTION 8.  Section 772.118, Health and Safety Code, is
   6-24  amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections
   6-25  (d) and (e) to read as follows:
   6-26        (b)  A business service user that provides residential
   6-27  facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
    7-1  provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to
    7-2  those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a
    7-3  service supplier is required to provide under Subsection (a) to
    7-4  other residential end users in the district.  A business service
    7-5  user that fails to provide the level of 9-1-1 service required by
    7-6  this subsection is strictly liable for damages for an injury
    7-7  sustained if the person injured demonstrates that the business
    7-8  service user failed to provide the required service and that the
    7-9  person attempted to use the 9-1-1 service in connection with the
   7-10  injury sustained by that person.  A sworn affidavit from the
   7-11  district stating that the required level of 9-1-1 service was not
   7-12  provided on the date of the injury is prima facie evidence that the
   7-13  business user failed to provide the required service.
   7-14        (c)  Information furnished under this section is confidential
   7-15  and is not available for public inspection.
   7-16        (d) <(c)>  A service supplier or a business service user
   7-17  under Subsection (b) <provider> is not liable to a <any> person who
   7-18  uses a 9-1-1 system created under this subchapter for the release
   7-19  to the district of the information specified in Subsections
   7-20  <Subsection> (a) and (b).
   7-21        (e)  A business service user that fails to provide the level
   7-22  of 9-1-1 service required by this section commits an offense.  An
   7-23  offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
   7-24        SECTION 9.  Section 772.214(b), Health and Safety Code, is
   7-25  amended to read as follows:
   7-26        (b)  The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or
   7-27  its equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone
    8-1  equipment.  The fee may not be imposed on more than 100 local
    8-2  exchange access lines or their equivalent for a single business
    8-3  entity at a single location, unless the lines are used by residents
    8-4  of the location.  If a business service user provides residential
    8-5  facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit and
    8-6  that is a communication link equivalent to a residential local
    8-7  exchange access line shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service
    8-8  fee.  The fee must have uniform application and must be imposed in
    8-9  each participating jurisdiction.
   8-10        SECTION 10.  Section 772.215, Health and Safety Code, is
   8-11  amended to read as follows:
   8-12        Sec. 772.215.  COLLECTION OF FEE.  (a)  Each billed service
   8-13  user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.214 until the
   8-14  fee is paid to the service supplier.  The fee must be added to and
   8-15  stated separately in the service user's bill from the service
   8-16  supplier.  The service supplier shall collect the fee at the same
   8-17  time as the service charge to the service user in accordance with
   8-18  the regular billing practice of the service supplier.  A business
   8-19  service user that provides residential facilities and owns or
   8-20  leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone service
   8-21  to facility residents shall collect the 9-1-1 emergency service fee
   8-22  and transmit the fees monthly to the district.
   8-23        (b)  The amount collected by a service supplier from the fee
   8-24  is due monthly.  The service supplier shall remit the amount
   8-25  collected in a calendar month to the district not later than the
   8-26  60th day after the last day of the calendar month.  With each
   8-27  payment the service supplier shall file a return in a form
    9-1  prescribed by the board.
    9-2        (c)  Both a <A> service supplier and a business service user
    9-3  under Subsection (a) shall maintain records of the amount of fees
    9-4  it collects for at least two years after the date of collection.
    9-5  The board may require at the board's expense an annual audit of a
    9-6  service supplier's books and records or the books and records of a
    9-7  business service user described by Subsection (a) with respect to
    9-8  the collection and remittance of the fees.
    9-9        (d)  A business service user that does not collect and remit
   9-10  the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required is subject to a civil
   9-11  cause of action under Subsection (g) and is liable for triple
   9-12  damages.  A sworn affidavit by the district specifying the
   9-13  unremitted fees is prima facie evidence that the fees were not
   9-14  remitted and of the amount of the unremitted fees.
   9-15        (e)  A service supplier is entitled to retain an
   9-16  administrative fee from the amount of fees it collects.  The amount
   9-17  of the administrative fee is two percent of the amount of fees it
   9-18  collects under this section.
   9-19        (f) <(e)>  A service supplier is not required to take any
   9-20  legal action to enforce the collection of the 9-1-1 emergency
   9-21  service fee.  However, the service supplier shall provide the
   9-22  district with an annual certificate of delinquency that includes
   9-23  the amount of all delinquent fees and the name and address of each
   9-24  nonpaying service user.  The certificate of delinquency is prima
   9-25  facie evidence that a fee included in the certificate is
   9-26  delinquent.  A service user account is considered delinquent if the
   9-27  fee is not paid to the service supplier before the 31st day after
   10-1  the payment due date stated on the user's bill from the service
   10-2  supplier.
   10-3        (g) <(f)>  The district may institute legal proceedings to
   10-4  collect fees not paid and may establish internal collection
   10-5  procedures and recover the cost of collection from the nonpaying
   10-6  service user.  If the district prevails in legal proceedings
   10-7  instituted to collect a fee, the court may award the district court
   10-8  costs, attorney's fees, and interest in addition to other amounts
   10-9  recovered.  A delinquent fee accrues interest at an annual rate of
  10-10  12 percent beginning on the date the payment becomes due.
  10-11        SECTION 11.  Section 772.218, Health and Safety Code, is
  10-12  amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections
  10-13  (d) and (e) to read as follows:
  10-14        (b)  A business service user that provides residential
  10-15  facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
  10-16  provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to
  10-17  those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a
  10-18  service supplier is required to provide under Subsection (a) to
  10-19  other residential end users in the district.  A business service
  10-20  user that fails to provide the level of 9-1-1 service required by
  10-21  this subsection is strictly liable for damages for an injury
  10-22  sustained if the person injured demonstrates that the business
  10-23  service user failed to provide the required service and that the
  10-24  person attempted to use the 9-1-1 service in connection with the
  10-25  injury sustained by that person.  A sworn affidavit from the
  10-26  district stating that the required level of 9-1-1 service was not
  10-27  provided on the date of the injury is prima facie evidence that the
   11-1  business user failed to provide the required service.
   11-2        (c)  Information furnished under this section is confidential
   11-3  and is not available for public inspection.
   11-4        (d) <(c)>  A service supplier or business service user under
   11-5  Subsection (b) <provider> is not liable to a <any> person who uses
   11-6  a 9-1-1 system created under this subchapter for the release to the
   11-7  district of the information specified in Subsections <Subsection>
   11-8  (a) and (b).
   11-9        (e)  A business service user that fails to provide the level
  11-10  of 9-1-1 service required by this section commits an offense.  An
  11-11  offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
  11-12        SECTION 12.  Section 772.314(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  11-13  amended to read as follows:
  11-14        (b)  The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or
  11-15  its equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone
  11-16  equipment.  The fee may not be imposed on more than 100 local
  11-17  exchange access lines or their equivalent for a single business
  11-18  entity at a single location, unless the lines are used by residents
  11-19  of the location.  If a business service user provides residential
  11-20  facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit and
  11-21  that is a communication link equivalent to a residential local
  11-22  exchange access line shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service
  11-23  fee.  The fee must have uniform application and must be imposed in
  11-24  each participating jurisdiction.
  11-25        SECTION 13.  Section 772.315, Health and Safety Code, is
  11-26  amended to read as follows:
  11-27        Sec. 772.315.  COLLECTION OF FEE.  (a)  Each billed service
   12-1  user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.314 until the
   12-2  fee is paid to the service supplier.  The fee must be added to and
   12-3  stated separately in the service user's bill from the service
   12-4  supplier.  The service supplier shall collect the fee at the same
   12-5  time as the service charge to the service user in accordance with
   12-6  the regular billing practice of the service supplier.  A business
   12-7  service user that provides residential facilities and owns or
   12-8  leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone service
   12-9  to facility residents shall collect the 9-1-1 emergency service fee
  12-10  and transmit the fees monthly to the district.
  12-11        (b)  The amount collected by a service supplier from the fee
  12-12  is due monthly.  The service supplier shall remit the amount
  12-13  collected in a calendar month to the district not later than the
  12-14  60th day after the last day of the calendar month.  With each
  12-15  payment the service supplier shall file a return in a form
  12-16  prescribed by the board.
  12-17        (c)  Both a <A> service supplier and a business service user
  12-18  under Subsection (a) shall maintain records of the amount of fees
  12-19  it collects for at least two years after the date of collection.
  12-20  The board may require at the board's expense an annual audit of a
  12-21  service supplier's books and records or the books and records of a
  12-22  business service user described by Subsection (a) with respect to
  12-23  the collection and remittance of the fees.
  12-24        (d)  A business service user that does not collect and remit
  12-25  the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required is subject to a civil
  12-26  cause of action under Subsection (g) and is liable for triple
  12-27  damages.  A sworn affidavit by the district specifying the
   13-1  unremitted fees is prima facie evidence that the fees were not
   13-2  remitted and of the amount of the unremitted fees.
   13-3        (e)  A service supplier is entitled to retain an
   13-4  administrative fee from the amount of fees it collects.  The amount
   13-5  of the administrative fee is two percent of the amount of fees it
   13-6  collects under this section.
   13-7        (f) <(e)>  A service supplier is not required to take any
   13-8  legal action to enforce the collection of the 9-1-1 emergency
   13-9  service fee.  However, the service supplier shall provide the
  13-10  district with an annual certificate of delinquency that includes
  13-11  the amount of all delinquent fees and the name and address of each
  13-12  nonpaying service user.  The certificate of delinquency is prima
  13-13  facie evidence that a fee included in the certificate is
  13-14  delinquent.  A service user account is considered delinquent if the
  13-15  fee is not paid to the service supplier before the 31st day after
  13-16  the payment due date stated on the user's bill from the service
  13-17  supplier.
  13-18        (g) <(f)>  The district may institute legal proceedings to
  13-19  collect fees not paid and may establish internal collection
  13-20  procedures and recover the cost of collection from the nonpaying
  13-21  service user.  If the district prevails in legal proceedings
  13-22  instituted to collect a fee, the court may award the district court
  13-23  costs, attorney's fees, and interest in addition to other amounts
  13-24  recovered.  A delinquent fee accrues interest at an annual rate of
  13-25  12 percent beginning on the date the payment becomes due.
  13-26        SECTION 14.  Section 772.318, Health and Safety Code, is
  13-27  amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections
   14-1  (d) and (e) to read as follows:
   14-2        (b)  A business service user that provides residential
   14-3  facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
   14-4  provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to
   14-5  those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a
   14-6  service supplier is required to provide under Subsection (a) to
   14-7  other residential end users in the district.  A business service
   14-8  user that fails to provide the level of 9-1-1 service required by
   14-9  this subsection is strictly liable for damages for an injury
  14-10  sustained if the person injured demonstrates that the business
  14-11  service user failed to provide the required service and that the
  14-12  person attempted to use the 9-1-1 service in connection with the
  14-13  injury sustained by that person.  A sworn affidavit from the
  14-14  district stating that the required level of 9-1-1 service was not
  14-15  provided on the date of the injury is prima facie evidence that the
  14-16  business user failed to provide the required service.
  14-17        (c)  Information furnished under this section is confidential
  14-18  and is not available for public inspection.
  14-19        (d) <(c)>  A service supplier or business service user under
  14-20  Subsection (b) <provider> is not liable to a <any> person who uses
  14-21  a 9-1-1 system created under this subchapter for the release to the
  14-22  district of the information specified in Subsections <Subsection>
  14-23  (a) and (b).
  14-24        (e)  A business service user that fails to provide the level
  14-25  of 9-1-1 service required by this section commits an offense.  An
  14-26  offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
  14-27        SECTION 15.  Section 772.403(a), Health and Safety Code, is
   15-1  amended to read as follows:
   15-2        (a)  A county to which this subchapter applies may implement
   15-3  a system for providing 9-1-1 service in the unincorporated areas of
   15-4  the county and may impose a service fee on local exchange telephone
   15-5  service customers in the area served.  If a business service user
   15-6  provides residential facilities, each line that terminates at a
   15-7  residential unit and that is a communication link equivalent to a
   15-8  residential local exchange access line shall be charged the 9-1-1
   15-9  emergency service fee.
  15-10        SECTION 16.  Section 772.404, Health and Safety Code, is
  15-11  amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and
  15-12  (e) to read as follows:
  15-13        (c)  A business service user that provides residential
  15-14  facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
  15-15  provide telephone service to facility residents shall collect the
  15-16  9-1-1 emergency service fee and transmit the fees monthly to the
  15-17  county.
  15-18        (d)  A business service user that does not collect and remit
  15-19  the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required is subject to a civil
  15-20  cause of action and is liable for triple damages.  A court may
  15-21  award court costs, attorney's fees, and interest on the amount
  15-22  delinquent at an annual rate of 12 percent to be paid by the
  15-23  nonpaying business service user.  A sworn affidavit by the county
  15-24  specifying the unremitted fees is prima facie evidence that the
  15-25  fees were not remitted and of the amount of the unremitted fees.
  15-26        (e)  A local exchange service provider collecting fees under
  15-27  this subchapter may retain as an administrative fee an amount equal
   16-1  to two percent of the total amount of the fees it collects.
   16-2        SECTION 17.  Subchapter E, Chapter 772, Health and Safety
   16-3  Code, is amended by adding Section 772.406 to read as follows:
   16-4        Sec. 772.406.  NUMBER AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION.  (a)  A
   16-5  business service user that provides residential facilities and owns
   16-6  or leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone
   16-7  service to facility residents shall provide to those residential
   16-8  end users the same level of 9-1-1 service relating to number and
   16-9  location identification that a service supplier provides to other
  16-10  residential end users in the county.
  16-11        (b)  A business service user that fails to provide the level
  16-12  of 9-1-1 service required by this section is strictly liable for
  16-13  damages for an injury sustained if the person injured demonstrates
  16-14  that the business service user failed to provide the required
  16-15  service and that the person attempted to use the 9-1-1 service in
  16-16  connection with the injury sustained by that person.  A sworn
  16-17  affidavit from the county stating that the required level of 9-1-1
  16-18  service was not provided on the date of the injury is prima facie
  16-19  evidence that the business user failed to provide the required
  16-20  level of 9-1-1 service.
  16-21        (c)  A business service user that fails to provide the level
  16-22  of 9-1-1 service required by this section commits an offense.  An
  16-23  offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
  16-24        SECTION 18.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993,
  16-25  except that Sections 771.060(c), 772.118(e), 772.218(e),
  16-26  772.318(e), and 772.406(c), Health and Safety Code, as added by
  16-27  this Act, take effect September 1, 1994.
   17-1        (b)  A business service user shall provide the level of 9-1-1
   17-2  service required by this Act not later than September 1, 1994.
   17-3        SECTION 19.  The importance of this legislation and the
   17-4  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   17-5  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   17-6  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   17-7  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.