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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the distribution of the emergency service fee for |
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wireless telecommunications connections and the prepaid 9-1-1 |
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emergency service fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 771.056(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) If the commission approves the plan, it shall allocate |
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to the region from the money collected under Sections 771.071,
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771.0711, and 771.072 and appropriated to the commission the amount |
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that the commission considers appropriate to operate 9-1-1 service |
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in the region according to the plan and contracts executed under |
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Section 771.078. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 771.0711(c) and (g), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Money collected under Subsection (b) may be used only |
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for services related to 9-1-1 services, including automatic number |
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identification and automatic location information services. Not |
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later than the 15th day after the end of the month in which the money |
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is collected, the commission shall distribute to each emergency |
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communication district that does not participate in the state |
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system and regional planning commission a portion of the money that |
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bears the same proportion to the total amount collected that the |
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population of the area served by the district or regional planning |
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commission bears to the population of the state. The remaining
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money collected under Subsection (b) shall be deposited to the
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9-1-1 services fee account.
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(g) On receipt of an invoice from a wireless service |
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provider for reasonable expenses for network facilities, including |
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equipment, installation, maintenance, and associated |
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implementation costs, the commission or an emergency services
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district of a home-rule municipality or an emergency communication |
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district created under Chapter 772 or regional planning commission |
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shall reimburse the wireless service provider in accordance with |
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state law for all expenses related to 9-1-1 service. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 771.077(d) and (e), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The comptroller shall: |
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(1) remit to the commission money collected under this |
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section for fees provided by Sections 771.0711 and 771.0712, and |
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associated late penalties; |
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(2) deposit to the 9-1-1 services fee account any |
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money collected under this section for fees provided by Section |
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771.071 and associated late penalties; and |
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(3) deposit to the account as authorized by Section |
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771.072 any money collected under this section for fees provided by |
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Section 771.072 and associated late penalties. |
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(e) The commission shall: |
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(1) deposit or distribute the money remitted under |
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Subsection (d)(1) as Section 771.0711 provides for fees received |
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under that section and Section 771.0712; and |
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(2) distribute the money remitted under Subsection |
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(d)(2) and appropriated to the commission under contracts as |
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provided by Section 771.078(b)(1) 771.078(b). |
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SECTION 4. Section 771.078(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In making contracts under this section, the commission |
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shall ensure that each regional planning commission receives money
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for 9-1-1 service in two separately computed amounts as provided by
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this subsection. The commission must provide each regional
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planning commission with:
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(1) an amount of money equal to the total of the |
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revenue from the emergency service fees collected under Section |
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771.071 that is deposited in the treasury and appropriated to the |
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commission multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the |
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amount of those fees collected from the region and the denominator |
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of which is the total amount of those fees collected in this state;
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and. |
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(2)
an amount of money equal to the total of the
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revenue from the emergency service fee for wireless
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telecommunications connections under Section 771.0711 that is
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deposited in the treasury and appropriated to the commission
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multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the population
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of the region and the denominator of which is the population of this
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state.
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SECTION 5. Section 771.079(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The account consists of: |
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(1) fees deposited in the fund as provided by Sections |
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771.071 and 771.0711; and |
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(2) notwithstanding Section 404.071, Government Code, |
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all interest attributable to money held in the account. |
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SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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fees collected after September 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2011. |