911 service reporting.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes a term 'Public Service Commission' which is not defined in the official source material.

911 Service Reporting Act

This law requires companies to report when there are problems with their equipment used for 911 calls and clarifies how they should report money spent on these services.

What This Bill Does

• Requires service suppliers who own, operate or control communications equipment necessary for the operation of a 911 emergency reporting system to report interruptions of service as required by rules promulgated by the Public Service Commission if such failures materially affect emergency communications through a 911 system.
• Clarifies that governing bodies must submit annual reports about their spending and income related to 711 taxes for fiscal calendar years starting from January 1, 2015.
• Specifies that rules for reporting revenues and expenditures shall be developed in consultation with the Wyoming Public Safety Communications Commission.

Who It Names or Affects

• Service suppliers who own, operate or control communications equipment necessary for the operation of a 911 emergency reporting system.
• Governing bodies responsible for spending money collected from 911 taxes.

Terms To Know

Public Service Commission

A government agency that makes rules and oversees the operation of public utilities, including those related to emergency services.

Governing body

An organization or group responsible for making decisions about a specific area, such as managing funds collected from 911 taxes.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify the exact details of how service suppliers must report issues with their equipment.
• It is unclear what consequences there are if companies do not follow these reporting requirements.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0297

Bill No.:

SF0057

Effective:

7/1/2025

LSO No.:

25LSO-0297

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0077

Chapter No.:

159

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:

911 service reporting.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

911 service reporting.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill requires any service supplier who owns, operates or controls any communications equipment necessary for the operation of a 911 emergency reporting system to report interruptions of service as required by rules promulgated by the Public Service Commission.

The bill also amends an existing reporting requirement of revenues and expenditures for governing bodies that expend 911 emergency taxes by clarifying that the report is an ongoing annual report.

The bill also specifies that the rules developed by the Public Service Commission related to the report of revenues and expenditures shall be developed in consultation with the Wyoming Public Safety Communications Commission.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

25LSO-0297

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
.
SF0057

ENROLLED ACT NO. 77,

SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session

AN ACT relating to emergency telephone service; requiring reporting of 911 outages; clarifying provisions related to reporting of revenues and expenditures; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 16
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9
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112 is created to read:

16
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9
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112.

911 outage reporting.

Any service supplier who owns, operates or controls any communications equipment necessary for the operation of a 911 emergency reporting system shall, if the failure of the communications equipment disables, impairs or degrades the operation of a 911 emergency system to a degree that materially affects emergency communications through a 911 system, report interruptions of service as required by rules promulgated by the public service commission.

Section 2.

W.S. 16
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9
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103(k) is amended to read:

16
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9
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103.

Imposition of tax; liability of user for tax; collection; uncollected amounts; discontinuing service prohibited.

(k)

Effective January 1, 2015, and every
fiscal
calendar
year
through June 30, 2019
thereafter
, the governing body primarily responsible for the expenditure of revenues collected pursuant to this act shall file with the Wyoming public service commission a statement of its gross receipts and expenditures authorized by this act for the prior
fiscal
calendar
year.

The Wyoming public service commission is authorized to promulgate rules in consultation with the governing bodies
and the Wyoming public safety communications commission
to develop a statement of revenues and expenditures that, to the maximum extent possible, is uniform across governing bodies.

Section 3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2025
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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