78R2681 DRH-F
By: Geren H.B. No. 802
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the number and location information requirements
provided by business phones in certain 9-1-1 emergency
communication districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 772.218, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e), (f),
(g), and (h) to read as follows:
(d) A business service user that owns or leases a publicly
or privately owned telephone switch used to provide telephone
services to nonaffiliated businesses shall provide to those
business end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a service
supplier is required to provide under Subsection (a) to other
business end users in the district.
(e) A business service user that owns or leases a publicly
or privately owned telephone switch used to consolidate telephone
services at two or more physical addresses shall provide a level of
9-1-1 service that identifies an accurate physical address and
telephone number for each 9-1-1 call. For purposes of this section,
each floor of a multitenant building is a different physical
address.
(f) A hotel, motel, or similar lodging facility that does
not operate with a 24 hour, seven day on-site telephone operator
must use a system that furnishes the telephone number and location
of the individual unit from which a 9-1-1 call is placed.
(g) A service supplier, [or] business service user, or
lodging facility who implements the network and database
enhancements necessary to provide a service described in [under]
Subsection (b), (d), (e), or (f), including a supplier, user, or
facility who is not required to provide the service, is not liable
to a person who uses a 9-1-1 system created under this subchapter
for the release to the district of the information specified in this
section [Subsections (a) and (b)].
(h) Subsections (d) and (e) do not apply to a
telecommunication system installed by a public school district
before September 1, 2005.
SECTION 2. A business service user or lodging facility is
not required to comply with Section 772.218, Health and Safety
Code, as amended by this Act, before September 1, 2005.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.