AB779,6,1616 (h) An individual who represents a competitive local exchange carrier.
AB779,6,1717 (i) An individual who represents a voice over Internet protocol provider.
AB779,6,1818 (j) A police chief recommended by an association of Wisconsin police chiefs.
AB779,6,1919 (k) A fire chief recommended by an association of Wisconsin fire chiefs.
AB779,6,2120 (L) An individual recommended by a Wisconsin association that promotes
21emergency management.
AB779,6,2322 (m) An individual who represents a video service provider, as defined in s.
23196.01 (12r).
AB779,6,2524 (n) An individual recommended by a Wisconsin association of emergency
25medical service providers.
AB779,4
1Section 4. 16.9645 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,7,22 16.9645 (2) (g) Coordinate with the state 911 council.
AB779,5 3Section 5. 20.155 (3) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,7,124 20.155 (3) (h) Statewide 911 telecommunications. All moneys received under
5s. 256.35 (3) (dm) for contracts required under s. 256.35 (3f) (b), reimbursements
6required under s. 256.35 (3f) (c) and 2013 Wisconsin .... (this act), section 46 (2) (c )
7and (d), and administration of the contracts and reimbursements, except that no
8more than 1 percent of the moneys appropriated under this paragraph for the
9contracts and reimbursements may be used for administration of the contracts and
10reimbursements. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance of
11this appropriation on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation
12under par. (k).
AB779,6 13Section 6. 20.155 (3) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,7,1914 20.155 (3) (k) State 911 grant program. All moneys transferred from the
15appropriation account under par. (h), to provide grants under s. 256.35 (3j), to
16administer that grant program, and to provide administrative support to the state
17911 council, except that not more than 1 percent of the moneys received under this
18paragraph may be used to administer the program and to provide administrative
19support.
AB779,7 20Section 7. 20.155 (3) (t) of the statutes is repealed.
AB779,8 21Section 8. 20.835 (1) (db) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,7,2422 20.835 (1) (db) County and municipal aid account. A sum sufficient to make
23payments to counties, towns, villages, and cities under s. 79.035, less the amount
24paid from the appropriation under par. (r)
.
AB779,9 25Section 9. 20.835 (1) (r) of the statutes is repealed.
AB779,10
1Section 10. 25.17 (1) (ku) of the statutes is repealed.
AB779,11 2Section 11. 25.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,8,93 25.50 (3) (b) On the dates specified and to the extent to which they are
4available, subject to s. 16.53 (10), funds payable to local governments under ss.
579.035, 79.04, 79.05, 79.08, and 79.10 shall be considered local funds and, pursuant
6to the instructions of local officials, may be paid into the separate accounts of all local
7governments established in the local government pooled-investment fund and,
8pursuant to the instructions of local officials, to the extent to which they are
9available, be disbursed or invested.
AB779,12 10Section 12. 25.99 of the statutes is repealed.
AB779,13 11Section 13. 77.54 (55) of the statutes is repealed.
AB779,14 12Section 14. 79.035 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,8,1513 79.035 (1) Each county and municipality shall receive a payment from the
14county and municipal aid account and from the appropriation account under s.
1520.835 (1) (r)
in an amount determined under this section.
AB779,15 16Section 15. 196.025 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,9,917 196.025 (6) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a communications provider
18shall impose a monthly fee of $0.75 on each communications service connection with
19an assigned telephone number, including a communication service provided via a
20voice over Internet protocol connection. If a communications provider provides
21multiple communications service connections to a subscriber, the communications
22provider shall impose a separate fee under this subdivision on each of the first 10
23connections and one additional fee for each 10 additional connections per billed
24account. A communications provider may list the fee separately from other charges
25on a subscriber's bill, and if a communications provider does so, the communications

1provider shall identify the fee as "police and fire protection fee," or, if the
2communications provider combines the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3),
3the communications provider shall identify the combined fee and charge as "charge
4for funding countywide 911 systems plus police and fire protection fee." A
5communications provider may also indicate on a subscriber's bill that the police and
6fire protection fee will not be collected after June 30, 2014, or the date of publication
7of 2013 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), whichever is later .... [LRB inserts later date].

8Any partial payment of a fee by a subscriber shall first be applied to any amount the
9subscriber owes the communications provider for communications service.
AB779,9,1910 2. A communications provider that offers a prepaid wireless
11telecommunications plan, or a retailer that offers such a plan on behalf of a
12communications provider, shall impose a fee equal to $0.38 on each retail transaction
13for such a plan that occurs in this state. A communications provider or retailer may
14state the amount of the fee separately on a bill for the retail transaction, and if a
15communications provider or retailer does so, the communications provider or retailer
16shall identify the fee as "police and fire protection fee." A communications provider
17or retailer may also indicate on the bill that the police and fire protection fee will not
18be collected after June 30, 2014, or the date of publication of 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
19(this act), whichever is later .... [LRB inserts later date].
AB779,16 20Section 16. 196.025 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
21(this act), is repealed.
AB779,17 22Section 17. 196.202 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,9,2523 196.202 (2) Scope of regulation. A commercial mobile radio service provider
24is not subject to this chapter, except as provided in sub. (5), and except that a
25commercial mobile radio service provider is subject to ss. 196.025 (6), 196.218 (3), and

1196.859, and shall respond, subject to the protection of the commercial mobile radio
2service provider's competitive information, to all reasonable requests for information
3about its operations in this state from the commission necessary to administer ss.
4196.025 (6), 196.218 (3), and 196.859.
AB779,18 5Section 18. 196.203 (1g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,10,76 196.203 (1g) (a) An alternative telecommunications utility is subject to ss.
7196.01, 196.016, 196.025 (6), 196.191, 196.206, and 196.212.
AB779,19 8Section 19. 196.206 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,10,139 196.206 (1) Exemptions. An interconnected voice over Internet protocol service
10is not subject to this chapter, except as provided in this section, and except that an
11interconnected voice over Internet protocol service is subject to ss. 196.01, 196.016,
12196.025 (6), 196.199, 196.218 (3), 196.858, and 196.859, and except as required for
13the commission to administer and enforce this section.
AB779,20 14Section 20. 196.499 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,10,1715 196.499 (1) Scope. (intro.) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
16chapter, a telecommunications carrier is not subject to regulation under this chapter,
17except for s. 196.025 (6), and except under each of the following provisions:
AB779,21 18Section 21. 196.50 (2) (j) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,11,2019 196.50 (2) (j) 1. b. Provide notice to the commission to recertify the
20telecommunications utility under this subsection and impose on the
21telecommunications utility only those provisions of this chapter specified in this
22subd. 1. b. No later than 30 days after receiving notice under this subd. 1. b., the
23commission shall issue an order that grants recertification under this subsection and
24that imposes on the telecommunications utility only those provisions of this chapter
25specified in this subd. 1. b. The telecommunications utility shall be exempt from all

1provisions of this chapter, except ss. 196.01, 196.016, 196.025 (6), 196.191, 196.206,
2196.212, 196.219 (2r), and 196.503; and except those provisions in s. 196.203 (4m) (a)
3that are imposed on all alternative telecommunications utilities under s. 196.203 (3);
4and except, with respect to its wholesale telecommunications services only, ss. 196.03
5(1) and (6), 196.219 (4), 196.28, and 196.37. If required by the public interest, the
6commission may, with respect only to intrastate switched access services, impose on
7the telecommunications utility s. 196.03 (1) and (6) and 196.37, except that the
8commission may not impose s. 196.03 (1) or (6) without also imposing s. 196.37 on the
9telecommunications utility. The granting of the recertification shall operate to
10terminate the telecommunications utility's prior certification. All regulatory
11requirements related to the prior certification that are inconsistent with the
12requirements of or regulation allowed under this subd. 1. b., including all such
13requirements imposed by the certification, and all such requirements imposed by the
14commission, whether by statute or commission rule or order, on the
15telecommunications utility are terminated on the effective date of the order unless
16the telecommunications utility, in its notice to the commission seeking recertification
17under this subd. 1. b., requests to remain subject to one or more requirements of its
18prior certification that do not violate the telecommunications utility's requirements
19or obligations under this chapter and the commission does not deny the request in
20its recertification order.
AB779,22 21Section 22. 256.35 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 256.35 (1) (as).
AB779,23 22Section 23. 256.35 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,12,223 256.35 (1) (am) "911 service provider" means an entity that contracts with the
24commission to provide selective routing services, manage updates to the automatic
25location identification database, manage updates to the master street address guide

1for a particular geographic area, or provide other services related to the state 911
2telecommunications system.
AB779,24 3Section 24. 256.35 (1) (ct) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,12,54 256.35 (1) (ct) "Communications provider" means a person that provides
5communications service.
AB779,25 6Section 25. 256.35 (1) (cw) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,12,87 256.35 (1) (cw) "Communications service" means active voice or nonvoice
8communications service that is capable of accessing a public safety answering point.
AB779,26 9Section 26. 256.35 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB779,27 10Section 27. 256.35 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,12,1411 256.35 (1) (em) "Master street address guide" means a database of street names
12and address number ranges used to determine the proper public safety answering
13point to which to route a call to "911" and the appropriate police, fire, ambulance,
14rescue, and medical services agencies to dispatch.
AB779,28 15Section 28. 256.35 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,12,1616 256.35 (3) (title) Funding for countywide systems state 911 system.
AB779,29 17Section 29. 256.35 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 256.35 (1) (cp).
AB779,30 18Section 30. 256.35 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 256.35 (3f) (a) and
19amended to read:
AB779,13,220 256.35 (3f) (a) "Costs" In this subsection, "costs" means the costs incurred by
21a service supplier communications provider or 911 service provider after
22August 1, 1987 the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], in
23installing and maintaining the trunking and central office equipment used only to
24operate a basic or sophisticated system and the database databases used only to
25operate a sophisticated system; the costs incurred for the provision of 911

1telecommunications service between selective routers and public safety answering
2points; and all other costs associated with providing 911 telecommunications service
.
AB779,31 3Section 31. 256.35 (3) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,13,44 256.35 (3) (a) 2m. "Department" means the department of revenue.
AB779,32 5Section 32. 256.35 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB779,33 6Section 33. 256.35 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,13,97 256.35 (3) (a) 4. "Service user" means any person who is provided telephone
8communications service by a service supplier which includes access to a basic or
9sophisticated system
communications provider.
AB779,34 10Section 34. 256.35 (3) (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) and (j) of the statutes are
11repealed.
AB779,35 12Section 35. 256.35 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,13,2513 256.35 (3) (bm) Fee imposed. 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a
14communications provider shall impose a monthly fee of $0.40, subject to any
15adjustment under par. (cm), on each communications service connection, including
16a communications service provided via a voice over Internet protocol connection. If
17a communications provider provides multiple communications service connections
18to a service user, the communications provider shall impose a separate fee under this
19subdivision on each of the first 10 connections and one additional fee for each 10
20additional connections per billed account. A communications provider may list the
21fee separately from other charges on a service user's bill, and if a communications
22provider does so, the communications provider shall identify the fee as "state 911
23fee." Any partial payment of a fee by a service user shall first be applied to any
24amount the service user owes the communications provider for communications
25service.
AB779,14,8
12. A communications provider that offers a prepaid wireless
2telecommunications plan, or a retailer that offers such a plan on behalf of a
3communications provider, shall impose a fee equal to $0.20, subject to any
4adjustment under par. (cm), on each retail transaction for such a plan that occurs in
5this state. A communications provider or retailer may state the amount of the fee
6separately on a bill for the retail transaction, and if a communications provider or
7retailer does so, the communications provider or retailer shall identify the fee as
8"state 911 fee."
AB779,36 9Section 36. 256.35 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,14,1410 256.35 (3) (cm) Fee adjustments. 1. The commission may annually issue an
11order decreasing or increasing the amount of the fee required under par. (bm), but
12only as specified in subd. 2., and only if directed by the state 911 council under sub.
13(3h) (b) 9. and approved by the governor, and only if an order increasing the amount
14is approved by the joint committee on finance under subd. 3.
AB779,14,1615 2. a. An order under subd. 1. may not decrease the fee below the amount
16necessary to generate sufficient revenue for the appropriation under s. 20.155 (3) (h).
AB779,14,2017 b. An order under subd. 1. may increase the fee to reflect adjustments to the
18U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined
19by the federal department of labor. The commission shall advise the state 911 council
20on the increases that are allowed under this subd. 2. b.
AB779,14,2521 c. For the fee required under par. (bm) 1., an order under subd. 1. may increase
22the fee to no more than $0.40 per month with an adjustment described in subd. 2. b.,
23and except that, for the fee required under par. (bm) 2., an order under subd. 1. may
24increase the fee to no more than $0.20 per retail transaction with an adjustment
25described in subd. 2. b.
AB779,15,11
13. Before the commission issues an order under subd. 1. that increases the
2amount of the fee required under par. (bm), the commission shall submit the order
3to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on
4finance do not notify the commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting for
5the purpose of reviewing the order within 14 working days after the date of the
6commission's submittal, the joint committee on finance is considered to have
7approved the order for purposes of subd. 1. If, within 14 working days after the date
8of the commission's submittal, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance
9notify the commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose
10of reviewing the order, the commission may not issue the order unless the joint
11committee on finance approves the order.
AB779,15,1612 4. No later than October 1 of each year, the commission shall notify
13communications providers and sellers who offer prepaid wireless on behalf of
14communications providers of any order issued under subd. 1. for that year and any
15decrease or increase to the fee allowed under par. (bm) that is specified in the order
16shall be effective on January 1 of the following year.
AB779,37 17Section 37. 256.35 (3) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,15,2118 256.35 (3) (dm) Fee remittance. 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., no later than
19the first calendar month following the calendar month in which a communications
20provider or retailer receives from a service user a fee imposed under par. (bm), the
21communications provider or retailer shall remit the fee to the commission.
AB779,15,2422 2. The commission may contract with the department for the collection of fees
23imposed under par. (bm). If the commission and the department enter into such a
24contract, all of the following apply:
AB779,16,4
1a. No later than the first calendar month following the calendar month in which
2a communications provider or retailer receives from a service user a fee that is
3subject to the contract, the communications provider or retailer shall remit the fee
4to the department.
AB779,16,75 b. The department may require communications providers and retailers to
6register with the department and file returns in the manner prescribed by the
7department.
AB779,16,98 c. Section 77.59 (1) to (6), (8), and (8m), as it applies to the taxes imposed under
9subch. III of ch. 77, applies to the fees that are subject to the contract.
AB779,38 10Section 38. 256.35 (3) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,16,1211 256.35 (3) (em) Commission powers. The commission may do any of the
12following:
AB779,16,1313 1. Promulgate rules for administering this subsection.
AB779,16,1514 2. Bring an action to collect any amount that is required to be remitted under
15par. (dm).
AB779,39 16Section 39. 256.35 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,16,1917 256.35 (3) (h) Fee liability. Every service user subject to and billed for a charge
18fee under this subsection is liable for that charge fee until the service user pays the
19charge fee to the service supplier communications provider.
AB779,40 20Section 40. 256.35 (3f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,16,2321 256.35 (3f) Statewide 911 telecommunications. (b) From the appropriation
22under s. 20.155 (3) (h), the commission shall contract with 911 service providers for
23the establishment and maintenance of a statewide 911 telecommunications system.
AB779,17,624 (c) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (3) (h), the commission shall
25reimburse all commercially reasonable costs incurred by a communications provider

1to provide 911 telecommunications service. A communications provider shall file
2with the commission a price schedule that lists the prices of all of the
3communications provider's services associated with installing, maintaining, and
4operating 911 telecommunications service, including nonrecurring and recurring
5costs. The commission shall determine whether a communications provider's price
6schedule is commercially reasonable.
AB779,17,87 (d) The commission may contract with a 3rd party for the administration of this
8subsection.
AB779,41 9Section 41. 256.35 (3h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,17,1110 256.35 (3h) State 911 council. (a) In this subsection, "council" means the state
11911 council.
AB779,17,1212 (b) The council shall do all of the following:
AB779,17,1413 1. Advise the commission on the administration of 911 telecommunications
14services and associated grant programs.
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