DISTRICTS/COMMUNICATIONS: Provides relative to emergency communications service charges

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ACT No. 9472026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 463
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9109(C)(2) and (7)(b) and 9109.2(C)(1) and (2)(b), and to
3 enact R.S. 33:9109.2(C)(2)(e), relative to communications districts; to provide
4 relative to commercial mobile radio services; to provide relative to emergency
5 telephone service charges; to increase the maximum allowable emergency telephone
6 service charge; to provide for an annual report; to provide relative to notice to
7 service suppliers; to provide relative to posting of reports; to provide for
8 requirements to levy a service charge; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide
9 for related matters.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 33:9109(C)(2) and (7)(b) and 9109.2(C)(1) and (2)(b) are hereby
12 amended and reenacted and R.S. 33:9109.2(C)(2)(e) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
13 §9109. Additional service charge on wireless telecommunications service
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15 C. Service charge. The governing authority of any district may levy a
16 CMRS emergency telephone service charge subject to and in accordance with the
17 provisions of this Subsection. Such service charge:
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19 (2)(a) Shall not exceed one dollar and twenty-five cents two dollars per
20 month per wireless CMRS connection or the rate which the district levies or is
21 authorized to levy on CMRS users on August 1, 2016, whichever is higher.
22 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph,
23 the governing authority of the Terrebonne Parish Communications District may levy
24 a CMRS emergency telephone service charge of not more than one dollar and eighty-
25 five cents per month per wireless CMRS connection.
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1 (b) A communications district shall not levy a service charge in excess of
2 one dollar and twenty-five cents per month unless both of the following occur:
3 (i) The proposed increase is approved by a majority vote of the governing
4 district.
5 (ii) The district conducts at least one public hearing on the proposed
6 increase, with notice published in the official journal of the parish or municipality
7 at least ten days prior to the hearing.
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9 (7)(a)
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11 (b) The service charge shall be collected by each service supplier providing
12 service in the district. The district shall notify, by certified mail, return receipt
13 requested, each service supplier providing service in the district, through its
14 registered agent for service of process in this state, when applicable, of the adoption
15 of the resolution or ordinance provided for in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection. The
16 duty of the wireless service supplier to collect any such service charge or any
17 increase in service charge authorized by this Section shall commence within sixty
18 days after receipt of such notice.
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20 §9109.2. Restrictions imposed on use of certain funds
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22 C.(1) No later than the first of May of each year, the 911 districts shall submit
23 a consolidated report of statewide 911 communication activity to both the House
24 Committee on Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer
25 Protection and International Affairs of the Louisiana Legislature. A copy of the
26 consolidated report shall be submitted to the governing authority of each parish in
27 which a 911 district included in the report is located. Each communications district
28 shall post the consolidated report on its public website, if it maintains a public
29 website, within ten calendar days after submission.
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1 (2) The report shall include, at a minimum, all of the following from the
2 previous calendar year:
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4 (b) All expenditures for each 911 district and all expenditures statewide. This
5 accounting shall identify, at a minimum and where applicable, expenditures for all
6 of the following:
7 (i) PSAP personnel and administrative costs.
8 (ii) PSAP operating costs, including Next Generation 911 implementation
9 and associated costs for new equipment, services, equipment upgrades, and training.
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11 (e) Performance metrics, including average call answer times and call
12 processing times.
13 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on August 1, 2026.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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