Amendment SSA2-AB61

AB61-SSA2,8,20 1g. If an application under par. (c) includes an estimate of costs identified in par. (c) 1. d. incurred during the reimbursement period or between January 1, 1999, and the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], the commission may approve the application only if the commission determines that the local government's collection of land information, as defined in s. 16.967 (1) (b), and development of a land information system, as defined in s. 16.967 (1) (c), that is related to that purpose are consistent with the applicable county land records modernization plans developed under s. 59.72 (3) (b), conform to the standards on which such plans are based, and do not duplicate land information collection and other efforts funded through the land information program under s. 16.967 (7). The commission shall obtain the advice of the land information board in making determinations under this subdivision.

AB61-SSA2,8,23 1r. If the commission does not approve an application under subd. 1., the commission shall provide the applicant or applicants with the commission's reasons and give the applicant or applicants an opportunity to resubmit the application.

AB61-SSA2,9,6 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (3) (q), the commission shall make grants to reimburse wireless providers and local governments for costs approved under subd. 1. that are actually incurred by the wireless providers and local governments, except that no wireless provider or local government may receive a total amount in grants that exceeds the estimated amount approved by the commission under subd. 1. for that wireless provider or local government. For applications for the joint operation of a wireless public safety answering point, the commission shall apportion the grants in the manner specified under par. (c) 2.

AB61-SSA2,9,8 3. No grant to a local government under subd. 2. may be used to reimburse costs for any of the following:

AB61-SSA2,9,11 a. Emergency service dispatch, including personnel, training, equipment, software, records management, radio communications, and mobile data network systems.

AB61-SSA2,9,12 b. Vehicles and equipment in vehicles.

AB61-SSA2,9,14 c. Communications equipment and software used to communicate with vehicles.

AB61-SSA2,9,16 d. Real estate and improvements to real estate, other than improvements necessary to maintain the security of a wireless public safety answering point.

AB61-SSA2,9,17 e. Salaries and benefits of operators of a wireless public safety answering point.

AB61-SSA2,9,25 4. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing requirements and procedures for making grants under this paragraph, including criteria for approving estimated costs under subd. 1. The rules shall require the commission to make the grants during the 3-year period beginning on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of the rules promulgated under par. (f) 1. The rules shall include record-keeping requirements to ensure that the grants are used to reimburse estimated costs approved by the commission. The rules shall allow the commission to make the grants in installments. The rules shall also include requirements for wireless providers specified in par. (b) 2. to apply for grants. The rules shall specify the conditions under which a wireless provider or local government may revise an application approved under subd. 1.

AB61-SSA2,10,16 5. To the greatest extent practicable, a local government that receives a grant under this paragraph shall make all purchases, leases, and service contracts under the grant through the program under s. 22.07 (3m). If a local government makes a purchase, lease, or service contract outside the program under s. 22.07 (3m) when a practicable option for that purchase, lease, or service contract is available at a lower price under the program under s. 22.07 (3m), the commission shall reduce the amount of the local government's grant that is related to that purchase, lease, or service contract to reflect the lower price. If a local government has made a purchase, lease, or service contract outside the program under s. 22.07 (3m) when a practicable option for that purchase, lease, or service contract subsequently becomes available at a lower price under the program under s. 22.07 (3m), the commission shall reduce the amount of the local government's grant that is related to that purchase, lease, or service contract to reflect the lower price.

AB61-SSA2,10,20 6. If the commission approves an application under subd. 1., the wireless provider or a local government that submitted the application may, before the commission makes a grant award to the wireless provider or local government, revise the application pursuant to the rules promulgated under subd. 4.

AB61-SSA2,11,2 (e) Supplemental grants. The commission shall promulgate rules for making supplemental grants from the appropriation under s. 20.155 (3) (q) to counties that submit joint applications required under par. (c) 4. The rules shall establish the supplemental grants in amounts that provide an incentive for counties to submit joint applications. The rules may not impose any limits on the use of a supplemental grant and shall allow the commission to make the grants in installments.

AB61-SSA2,11,13 (f) Wireless surcharge. 1. The commission shall promulgate rules requiring each wireless provider to impose the same monthly surcharge for each telephone number of a customer that has a billable address in this state, except that the rules shall adjust the amount of the surcharge that is imposed on customers who prepay for service to ensure that such customers pay an amount that is comparable to the monthly amount paid by other customers. The rules shall require the surcharge to be imposed during the 3-year period beginning on the first day of the 2nd month beginning after the effective date of the rules. The amount of the surcharge shall be sufficient for the commission to administer and make the grants under par. (d) and the supplemental grants under par. (e). The rules shall require wireless providers to pay the surcharge to the commission for deposit in the wireless 911 fund.

AB61-SSA2,11,16 2. The commission may promulgate rules that increase or decrease the surcharge, except that the commission may not increase the surcharge more than once per year and any increase must be uniform statewide.

AB61-SSA2,11,18 3. A wireless provider shall identify the surcharge on a customer's bill on a separate line that consists of the words "federal wireless 911 mandate fee."

AB61-SSA2,11,21 4. The commission may bring an action to collect a surcharge that is not paid by a customer and the customer's wireless provider is not liable for the unpaid surcharge.

AB61-SSA2,11,24 (g) Confidentiality of information. The commission shall withhold from public inspection any information received under this subsection that would aid a competitor of a wireless provider in competition with the wireless provider.

AB61-SSA2,12,3 (h) Other charges prohibited. No local government or state agency, as defined in s. 16.375 (1), except the commission, may require a wireless provider to collect or pay a surcharge or fee related to wireless emergency telephone service.

AB61-SSA2,12,5 (i) Commission authority. Nothing in this section affects the exemption from commission authority for commercial mobile radio service providers in s. 196.202.

AB61-SSA2,12,7 (j) Sunset. This subsection does not apply after the first day of the 42nd month beginning after the effective date of the rules promulgated under par. (f) 1.

AB61-SSA2, s. 8 Section 8. 146.70 (3m) (d) 1g. of the statutes, as created by 2003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB61-SSA2,12,18 146.70 (3m) (d) 1g. If an application under par. (c) includes an estimate of costs for the purpose described in par. (c) 1. d., the commission may approve the application only if the commission determines that the local government's collection of land information, as defined in s. 16.967 (1) (b), 2001 stats., and development of a land information system, as defined in s. 16.967 (1) (c), 2001 stats., that is related to that purpose are consistent with the applicable county land records modernization plans developed under s. 59.72 (3) (b), 2001 stats., conform to the standards on which such plans are based, and do not duplicate land information collection and other efforts funded through the land information program under s. 16.967 (7), 2001 stats.

AB61-SSA2, s. 9 Section 9. 146.70 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB61-SSA2,12,25 146.70 (7) Telecommunications utility not liable Liability exemption. A telecommunications utility, wireless provider, as defined in sub. (3m) (a) 6., or local government, as defined in sub. (3m) (a) 4., shall not be liable to any person who uses an emergency number system created under this section or makes an emergency telephone call initially routed to a wireless public safety answering point, as defined in sub. (3m) (a) 7.

AB61-SSA2, s. 10 Section 10. 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9456 (3m) is renumbered 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9456 (3m) (a) and amended to read:

AB61-SSA2,13,10 [1997 Wisconsin Act 27] Section 9456 (3m) (a) The treatment of sections 15.07 (1) (b) 16., 15.105 (16), 16.968 (by Section 142am), 20.505 (1) (title) (by Section 666h), section 20.505 (1) (ka) (by Section 669am), 23.27 (3) (a) (by Section 769ad), 23.325 (1) (a), 36.09 (1) (e), 36.25 (12m) (intro.), 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. and (e), 59.72 (1) (a) and (b), (3) (intro.), (a) and (b) and (5) and 92.10 (4) (a) of the statutes, and the repeal of sections 16.966 (1), and (2) and (4), 16.967, 20.505 (1) (ie), (ig), (ij) and (ks), 23.32 (2) (d), 59.43 (1) (u) and 59.72 (1) (am), (3) (c) and (4) of the statutes and Section 9101 (1) of this act take effect on September 1, 2003.

AB61-SSA2, s. 11 Section 11. 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9456 (3m) (b) is created to read:

AB61-SSA2,13,18 [1997 Wisconsin Act 27] Section 9456 (3m) (b) The treatment of sections 15.07 (1) (b) 16., 15.105 (16), 16.968 (by Section 142am), 20.505 (1) (title) (by Section 666h), 23.27 (3) (a) (by Section 769ad), 23.325 (1) (a), 36.09 (1) (e), 36.25 (12m) (intro.), 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. and (e), 59.72 (1) (a) and (b), (3) (intro.), (a), and (b) and (5) and 92.10 (4) (a) of the statutes, the repeal of sections 16.966 (4), 16.967, 20.505 (1) (ie), (ig), and (ij), 23.32 (2) (d), 59.43 (1) (u), and 59.72 (1) (am), (3) (c), and (4) of the statutes and Section 9101 (1) of this act take effect on July 1, 2005.

AB61-SSA2, s. 12 Section 12 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB61-SSA2,13,20 (1) Proposed rules.

AB61-SSA2,14,2 (a) Wireless 911 surcharge rules. The public service commission shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 146.70 (3m) (f) 1. of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the 1st day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 146.70 (3m) (d) 4. of the statutes, as created by this act.

AB61-SSA2,14,7 (b) Wireless 911 grant rules. The public service commission shall submit in proposed form the rules required under section 146.70 (3m) (d) 4. and (e) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.

AB61-SSA2, s. 13 Section 13. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB61-SSA2,14,11 (1) Sunset of land information board. The repeal and recreation of section 146.70 (3m) (d) 1g. of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2005.

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