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.
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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:
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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.
AB779,17,1515 2. Conduct a statewide 911 telecommunications system assessment.
AB779,17,1616 3. Develop a statewide plan for 911 telecommunications services.
AB779,17,1817 4. Develop recommendations for service standards for public safety answering
18points.
AB779,17,2119 5. Establish criteria for eligibility for state 911 grants and advise the
20commission as to the standards the commission develops under sub. (3j). The criteria
21for eligibility shall include basic training standards and service standards.
AB779,17,2422 6. Promote, facilitate, and coordinate interoperability across all state public
23safety answering points with respect to telecommunications services and data
24systems, including geographic information systems.
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17. Promote, facilitate, and coordinate consolidation of public safety answering
2point functions where consolidation would provide improved service, increased
3efficiency, or cost savings.
AB779,18,64 8. Seek funding from sources, including federal sources, for 911
5telecommunications system enhancements, studies, and other purposes consistent
6with the duties of the council.
AB779,18,97 9. Direct the commission under sub. (3) (cm) as to the amount of the fee required
8under sub. (3) (bm) that is necessary to provide full-cost recovery for statewide 911
9telecommunications service under sub. (3f) and for grants under sub. (3j) (a).
AB779,18,1110 10. Undertake all of its duties in a manner that is competitively and
11technologically neutral to all service providers.
AB779,18,1212 11. Coordinate with the interoperability council under s. 15.107 (18).
AB779,18,1413 12. Assist the commission in identifying and obtaining funding to implement
14a statewide 911 telecommunications system.
AB779,18,1615 13. Advise the commission on allocating any funds obtained under subd. 12. for
16the purpose of achieving the goals under this paragraph.
AB779,18,2117 14. By January 1 of each odd-numbered year, submit a report to the joint
18committee on finance identifying the number of grants provided to public safety
19answering points under sub. (3j) in each of the previous 2 years, identifying the total
20amount of money provided in grants for each of those years, and describing how the
21public safety answering points utilized the grants.
AB779,42 22Section 42. 256.35 (3j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,19,523 256.35 (3j) State 911 grants. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (3)
24(k), the commission shall, under the direction of the state 911 council, provide grants
25to public safety answering points for the improvement of 911 services in the state.

1Only one public safety answering point in a county is eligible for grants under this
2paragraph and the commission may provide grants to a public safety answering
3point only if the county in which the public safety answering point is located has
4passed a resolution specifying that the public safety answering point is eligible for
5the grants.
AB779,19,66 (b) The commission shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:
AB779,19,127 1. Using the purposes specified by the state 911 council under sub. (3h), specify
8the purposes of the grants under par. (a), which may include advanced training of
9telecommunicators, equipment or software expenses, and incentives to consolidate
10some or all of the functions of 2 or more public safety answering points. Grant
11purposes may not include general public safety answering point overhead or staffing
12costs, or costs for providing emergency services or emergency services equipment.
AB779,19,1613 2. Using the criteria developed by the state 911 council under sub. (3h) (b) 5.,
14specify the criteria and procedures for use in selecting grantees and administering
15the grant program under par. (a), including basic training and service standards that
16must be met for a public safety answering point to be eligible for a grant.
AB779,19,1717 3. Measures to ensure the accountability of grant recipients under par. (a).
AB779,19,2518 (c) By February 28 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall submit
19a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the
20appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding receipts and
21expenditures made by the state 911 council and under the grant program under par.
22(a); the status of 911 services in this state; and any recommendations to modify
23liability exemptions under s. 256.35 (7), including those for public safety answering
24points that divert nuisance or harassing calls and for multiline telephone system
25owners or operators.
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1Section 43. 256.35 (3m) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB779,44 2Section 44. 256.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB779,20,63 256.35 (4) Departmental advisory Advisory authority. The department of
4administration
may provide information to public agencies, public safety agencies
5and telecommunications utilities relating to the development and operation of
6emergency number systems.
AB779,45 7Section 45. 256.35 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
AB779,20,108 256.35 (12) Provider information. (a) Definition. In this subsection,
9"proprietary information" means information that would aid a competitor of a
10communications provider in competition with the communications provider.
AB779,20,1811 (b) Proprietary information. Any information submitted by a communications
12provider to the commission that the communications provider designates as
13proprietary information, and that the commission determines is proprietary
14information, is confidential and not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35,
15except with the written consent of the communications provider. Information
16collected by the commission may be released or published only in a manner that does
17not identify or enable identification of the number of subscribers or revenues
18attributable to an individual communications provider.
AB779,21,219 (c) Subscriber records and information. Subscriber records that a
20communications provider discloses to a public safety answering point for public
21safety purposes remain the property of the communications provider. A public safety
22answering point may access a subscriber record only when a call is placed to "911"
23from the subscriber's telephone. Any connection information of a subscriber,
24including identification of a subscriber's communications provider, that is obtained

1from the communications provider by a public safety answering point is not subject
2to inspection or copying under s. 19.35.
AB779,21,53 (d) Automatic location identification database and master street address guide
4updates.
1. In this paragraph, "service" means communications service that is
5associated with a particular geographic location.
AB779,21,116 2. No later than 2 business days after a communications provider installs or
7relocates service for a new or existing customer or after a customer notifies a
8communications provider of the initial location or relocation of the customer's
9service, the communications provider shall submit an update for the automatic
10location identification database for that location to the 911 service provider that
11manages the automatic location identification database for that location.
AB779,21,1512 3. If the need for an update to the master street address guide is required for
13a 911 service provider to process an update received by the 911 service provider under
14subd. 2., the 911 service provider shall do one of the following within 2 business days
15after the 911 service provider receives the update:
AB779,21,1616 a. Update the master street address guide for that location.
AB779,21,1917 b. Identify additional information necessary to update the master street
18address guide for that location and request that information from the relevant public
19safety answering point.
AB779,21,2220 4. No later than 2 business days after a public safety answering point receives
21a request for information regarding a location from a communications provider
22under subd. 3. b., the public safety answering point shall do one of the following:
AB779,21,2323 a. Provide the requested information to the 911 service provider.
AB779,21,2524 b. Update the master street address guide for that location and notify the 911
25service provider of the update.
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15. No later than 2 business days after a 911 service provider receives
2information regarding a location that is provided by a public safety answering point
3under subd. 4. a., the 911 service provider shall update the master street address
4guide for that location.
AB779,46 5Section 46 . Nonstatutory provisions.
AB779,22,10 6(1) Initial terms of council members. Notwithstanding section 15.797 (2) of
7the statutes, as created by this act, of the initial members appointed to the state 911
8council, the terms of 5 of the members expire on July 1, 2014, and the terms of 5 of
9the members expire on July 1, 2015. The terms of all of the other initial members
10expire on July 1, 2016.
AB779,22,11 11(2) Transition to statewide 911 telecommunications service.
AB779,22,12 12(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
AB779,22,14 131. "911 contracts" means the contracts required under section 256.35 (3f) (b) of
14the statutes, as created by this act.
AB779,22,15 152. "Commission" means the public service commission.
AB779,22,18 163. "Existing contract" means a contract described in section 256.35 (3) (b) 3.,
172011 stats., between a county and service provider that is in effect immediately
18before the effective date of this subdivision.
AB779,22,20 194. "Service supplier" has the meaning given in section 256.35 (3) (a) 3., 2011
20stats.
AB779,22,21 215. "Service user" has the meaning given in section 256.35 (3) (a) 4., 2011 stats.
AB779,23,3 22(b) Existing duties. If a county and service supplier have entered into an
23existing contact, the service supplier shall continue to perform the duties specified
24in the existing contract. The requirement to perform those duties shall terminate
25on the date, as determined by the commission, that a statewide 911

1telecommunications system is established in the county pursuant to the applicable
2911 contracts. The commission shall specify the termination date in a written notice
3that the commission shall provide to the service supplier and the county.
AB779,23,8 4(c) Reimbursement for existing duties. From the appropriation under section
520.155 (3) (h) of the statutes, as created by this act, the commission shall reimburse
6a service supplier for performing the duties required under paragraph (b). The
7amount of the reimbursement may not exceed the charges levied on the service
8supplier's service users under section 256.35 (3) (b), 2011 stats.
AB779,23,15 9(d) Other reimbursement. From the appropriation under section 20.155 (3) (h)
10of the statutes, as created by this act, the commission shall reimburse a service
11supplier for any nonrecurring services described in section 256.35 (3) (b) 3. a., 2011
12stats., that are provided under an existing contract, that the service supplier has not
13recovered in rates pursuant to section 256.35 (3) (d), 2011 stats., and for which the
14service supplier is not otherwise reimbursed under paragraph (c), all contracts, or
15section 256.35 (3f) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act.
AB779,47 16Section 47. Effective dates. This act takes effect on July 1, 2014, or on the
17day after publication, whichever is later, except as follows:
AB779,23,1918 (1) The amendment of section 196.025 (6) (b) of the statutes takes effect on the
19day after publication.
AB779,23,2020 (End)
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