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As used in this chapter:
(A) "9-1-1 system" means a system through which individuals can request emergency service using the telephone number 9-1-1.
(B) "Basic 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 system in which a caller provides information on the nature of and the location of an emergency, and the personnel receiving the call must determine the appropriate emergency service provider to respond at that location.
(C) "Enhanced 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 system capable of providing both enhanced wireline 9-1-1 and wireless enhanced 9-1-1.
(D) "Enhanced wireline 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 system in which the wireline telephone network, in providing wireline 9-1-1, automatically routes the call to emergency service providers that serve the location from which the call is made and immediately provides to personnel answering the 9-1-1 call information on the location and the telephone number from which the call is being made.
(E) "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 system that, in providing wireless 9-1-1, has the capabilities of phase I and, to the extent available, phase II enhanced 9-1-1 services as described in 47 C.F.R. 20.18(d) to (h).
(F)
(1) "Wireless service" means federally licensed commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332(d) and further defined as commercial mobile radio service in 47 C.F.R. 20.3, and includes service provided by any wireless, two-way communications device, including a radio-telephone communications line used in cellular telephone service or personal communications service, a network radio access line, or any functional or competitive equivalent of such a radio-telephone communications or network radio access line.
(2) Nothing in this chapter applies to paging or any service that cannot be used to call 9-1-1.
(G) "Wireless service provider" means a facilities-based provider of wireless service to one or more end users in this state.
(H) "Wireless 9-1-1" means the emergency calling service provided by a 9-1-1 system pursuant to a call originating in the network of a wireless service provider.
(I) "Wireline 9-1-1" means the emergency calling service provided by a 9-1-1 system pursuant to a call originating in the network of a wireline service provider.
(J) "Wireline service provider" means a facilities-based provider of wireline service to one or more end-users in this state.
(K) "Wireline service" means basic local exchange service, as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code, that is transmitted by means of interconnected wires or cables by a wireline service provider authorized by the public utilities commission.
(L) "Wireline telephone network" means the selective router and data base processing systems, trunking and data wiring cross connection points at the public safety answering point, and all other voice and data components of the 9-1-1 system.
(M) "Subdivision" means a county, municipal corporation, township, township fire district, joint fire district, township police district, joint police district, joint ambulance district, or joint emergency medical services district that provides emergency service within its territory, or that contracts with another municipal corporation, township, or district or with a private entity to provide such service; and a state college or university, port authority, or park district of any kind that employs law enforcement officers that act as the primary police force on the grounds of the college or university or port authority or in the parks operated by the district.
(N) "Emergency service" means emergency law enforcement, firefighting, ambulance, rescue, and medical service.
(O) "Emergency service provider" means the state highway patrol and an emergency service department or unit of a subdivision or that provides emergency service to a subdivision under contract with the subdivision.
(P) "Public safety answering point" means a facility to which 9-1-1 system calls for a specific territory are initially routed for response and where personnel respond to specific requests for emergency service by directly dispatching the appropriate emergency service provider, relaying a message to the appropriate provider, or transferring the call to the appropriate provider.
(Q) "Customer premises equipment" means telecommunications equipment, including telephone instruments, on the premises of a public safety answering point that is used in answering and responding to 9-1-1 system calls.
(R) "Municipal corporation in the county" includes any municipal corporation that is wholly contained in the county and each municipal corporation located in more than one county that has a greater proportion of its territory in the county to which the term refers than in any other county.
(S) "Board of county commissioners" includes the legislative authority of a county established under Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, or Chapter 302. of the Revised Code.
(T) "Final plan" means a final plan adopted under division (B) of section 5507.08 of the Revised Code and, except as otherwise expressly provided, an amended final plan adopted under section 5507.12 of the Revised Code.
(U) "Subdivision served by a public safety answering point" means a subdivision that provides emergency service for any part of its territory that is located within the territory of a public safety answering point whether the subdivision provides the emergency service with its own employees or pursuant to a contract.
(V) A township's population includes only population of the unincorporated portion of the township.
(W) "Telephone company" means a company engaged in the business of providing local exchange telephone service by making available or furnishing access and a dial tone to persons within a local calling area for use in originating and receiving voice grade communications over a switched network operated by the provider of the service within the area and gaining access to other telecommunications services. "Telephone company" includes a wireline service provider and a wireless service provider unless otherwise expressly specified. For purposes of sections 5507.25 and 5507.26 of the Revised Code, "telephone company" means a wireline service provider.
(X) "Prepaid wireless calling service" has the same meaning as in division (AA)(5) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code.
(Y) "Provider of a prepaid wireless calling service" means a wireless service provider that provides a prepaid wireless calling service.
(Z) "Retail sale" has the same meaning as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code.
(AA) "Seller" means a person that sells a prepaid wireless calling service to another person by retail sale.
(BB) "Consumer" means the person for whom the prepaid wireless calling service is provided, to whom the transfer effected or license given by a sale is or is to be made or given, to whom the prepaid wireless calling service is charged, or to whom the admission is granted.
(CC) "Reseller" means a nonfacilities-based provider of wireless service that provides wireless service under its own name to one or more end users in this state using the network of a wireless service provider.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.40 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.02
Statewide emergency services internet protocol network steering committee.
(A)
(1) There is hereby created the statewide emergency services internet protocol network steering committee, consisting of the following ten members:
(a) The state chief information officer or the officer's designee;
(b) Two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, one from the majority party and one from the minority party;
(c) Two members of the senate appointed by the president, one from the majority party and one from the minority party;
(d) Five members appointed by the governor.
(2) In appointing the five members under division (A)(1)(d) of this section, the governor shall appoint two representatives of the county commissioners' association of Ohio or a successor organization, two representatives of the Ohio municipal league or a successor organization, and one representative of the Ohio township association or a successor organization. For each of these appointments, the governor shall consider a nominee proposed by the association or successor organization. The governor may reject any of the nominees and may request that a nominating entity submit alternative nominees.
(3) Initial appointments shall be made not later than ten days after September 28, 2012.
(B)
(1) The state chief information officer or the officer's designee shall serve as the chairperson of the steering committee and shall be a nonvoting member. All other members shall be voting members.
(2) A member of the steering committee appointed from the membership of the senate or the house of representatives shall serve during the member's term as a member of the general assembly and until a successor is appointed and qualified, notwithstanding adjournment of the general assembly or the expiration of the member's term as a member of the general assembly.
(3) The initial terms of one of the representatives of the county commissioners' association of Ohio, one of the representatives of the Ohio municipal league, and the representative of the Ohio township association shall all expire on December 31, 2016. The initial terms of the other representatives of the county commissioners' association of Ohio and the Ohio municipal league shall expire on December 31, 2014. Thereafter, terms of the members appointed by the governor shall be for four years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as the term it succeeds. Each member appointed by the governor shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed, and may be reappointed. A member appointed by the governor shall continue in office after the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Members appointed by the governor shall serve without compensation and shall not be reimbursed for expenses.
(4) A vacancy in the position of any member of the steering committee shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
(C) The steering committee shall generally advise the state on the implementation, operation, and maintenance of a statewide emergency services internet protocol network that would support state and local government next-generation 9-1-1 and the dispatch of emergency service providers. The steering committee shall do all of the following:
(1) On or before May 15, 2013, deliver an initial report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor providing recommendations for the state to address the development of a statewide emergency services internet protocol network, which recommendations shall include a review of the current funding model for this state's 9-1-1 systems and may include a recommendation for a reduction in wireless 9-1-1 charges;
(2) Examine the readiness of the state's current technology infrastructure for a statewide emergency services internet protocol network;
(3) Research legislative authority with regard to governance and funding of a statewide emergency services internet protocol network, and provide recommendations on best practices to limit duplicative efforts to ensure an effective transition to next-generation 9-1-1;
(4) Make recommendations for consolidation of public-safety-answering-point operations in this state, including recommendations for accelerating the consolidation schedule established in section 5507.571 of the Revised Code, to accommodate next-generation 9-1-1 technology and to facilitate a more efficient and effective emergency services system;
(5) Recommend policies, procedures, and statutory or regulatory authority to effectively govern a statewide emergency services internet protocol network;
(6) Designate a next-generation 9-1-1 statewide coordinator to serve as the primary point of contact for federal initiatives;
(7) Coordinate with statewide initiatives and associations such as the state interoperable executive committee, the Ohio geographically referenced information program council, the Ohio multi-agency radio communications system steering committee, and other interested parties.
(D)
(1) Not later than February 15, 2013, each chairperson of a countywide 9-1-1 planning committee or the chairperson's designee shall report the following information to the steering committee:
(a) The geographic location and population of the area for which the planning committee is responsible;
(b) Statistics detailing the number of 9-1-1 calls received;
(c) A report of expenditures made from disbursements from the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund;
(d) An inventory of and the technical specifications for the current 9-1-1 network and equipment;
(e) Any other information requested by the steering committee.
(2)
(a) If, by February 15, 2013, a countywide 9-1-1 planning committee fails to provide to the steering committee the information required under division (D)(1) of this section, the steering committee shall notify the Ohio 9-1-1 coordinator of the failure and the coordinator shall suspend disbursements from the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund to that county. Disbursements to the county shall resume after the steering committee receives the required information and notifies the coordinator that the requirement has been met.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2014, the notification that the steering committee has received the required information shall be sent to the tax commissioner, and the disbursements to the county shall resume after the tax commissioner receives that notice.
(E) The steering committee shall hold its inaugural meeting not later than thirty days after September 28, 2012. Thereafter, the steering committee shall meet at least once a month, either in person or utilizing telecommunication-conferencing technology. A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum.
(F)
(1) The steering committee shall have a permanent technical-standards subcommittee and a permanent public-safety-answering-point-operations subcommittee, and may, from time to time, establish additional subcommittees, to advise and assist the steering committee based upon the subcommittees' areas of expertise.
(2) The membership of subcommittees shall be determined by the steering committee.
(a) The technical-standards subcommittee shall include one member representing a wireline or wireless service provider that participates in the state's 9-1-1 system, one representative of the Ohio academic resources network, one representative of the Ohio multi-agency radio communications system steering committee, one representative of the Ohio geographically referenced information program, and one member representing each of the following associations selected by the steering committee from nominations received from that association:
(i) The Ohio telephone association;
(ii) The Ohio chapter of the association of public-safety communications officials;
(iii) The Ohio chapter of the national emergency number association.
(b) The public-safety-answering-point-operations subcommittee shall include one member representing the division of emergency management of the department of public safety, one member representing the state highway patrol, two members recommended by the county commissioners' association of Ohio who are managers of public safety answering points, two members recommended by the Ohio municipal league who are managers of public safety answering points, and one member from each of the following associations selected by the steering committee from nominations received from that association:
(i) The buckeye state sheriffs' association;
(ii) The Ohio association of chiefs of police;
(iii) The Ohio association of fire chiefs;
(iv) The Ohio chapter of the association of public-safety communications officials;
(v) The Ohio chapter of the national emergency number association.
(G) The committee is not an agency, as defined in section 101.82 of the Revised Code, for purposes of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code.
(H) As used in this section, "9-1-1 system," "wireless service provider," "wireline service provider," "emergency service provider," and "public safety answering point" have the same meanings as in section 5507.01 of the Revised Code.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 125.183 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.03
Countywide 9-1-1 system.
(A)
(1) A countywide 9-1-1 system shall include all of the territory of the townships and municipal corporations in the county and any portion of such a municipal corporation that extends into an adjacent county.
(2) The system shall exclude any territory served by a wireline service provider that is not capable of reasonably meeting the technical and economic requirements of providing the wireline telephone network portion of the countywide system for that territory. The system shall exclude from enhanced 9-1-1 any territory served by a wireline service provider that is not capable of reasonably meeting the technical and economic requirements of providing the wireline telephone network portion of enhanced 9-1-1 for that territory. If a 9-1-1 planning committee and a wireline service provider do not agree on whether the provider is so capable, the committee shall notify the department of public safety, and the department shall determine whether the wireline service provider is so capable. The committee shall ascertain whether such disagreement exists before making its implementation proposal under division (A) of section 5507.07 of the Revised Code. The department's determination shall be in the form of an order. No final plan shall require a wireline service provider to provide the wireline telephone network portion of a 9-1-1 system that the department has determined the provider is not reasonably capable of providing.
(B) A countywide 9-1-1 system may be a basic or enhanced 9-1-1 system, or a combination of the two, and shall be for the purpose of providing both wireline 9-1-1 and wireless 9-1-1.
(C) Every emergency service provider that provides emergency service within the territory of a countywide 9-1-1 system shall participate in the countywide system.
(D)
(1) Each public safety answering point shall be operated by a subdivision or a regional council of governments and shall be operated constantly.
(2) A subdivision or a regional council of governments that operates a public safety answering point shall pay all of the costs associated with establishing, equipping, furnishing, operating, and maintaining that facility and shall allocate those costs among itself and the subdivisions served by the answering point based on the allocation formula in a final plan. The wireline service provider or other entity that provides or maintains the customer premises equipment shall bill the operating subdivision or the operating regional council of governments for the cost of providing such equipment, or its maintenance. A wireless service provider and a subdivision or regional council of governments operating a public safety answering point may enter into a service agreement for providing wireless enhanced 9-1-1 pursuant to a final plan adopted under this chapter.
(E) Except to the extent provided in a final plan that provides for funding of a 9-1-1 system in part through charges imposed under section 5507.22 of the Revised Code, each subdivision served by a public safety answering point shall pay the subdivision or regional council of governments that operates the answering point the amount computed in accordance with the allocation formula set forth in the final plan.
(F) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the purchase or other acquisition, installation, and maintenance of the telephone network for a 9-1-1 system and the purchase or other acquisition, installation, and maintenance of customer premises equipment at a public safety answering point made in compliance with a final plan or an agreement under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code, including customer premises equipment used to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1, are not subject to any requirement of competitive bidding.
(G) Each emergency service provider participating in a countywide 9-1-1 system shall maintain a telephone number in addition to 9-1-1.
(H) Whenever a final plan provides for the implementation of basic 9-1-1, the planning committee shall so notify the department of public safety, which shall determine whether the wireline service providers serving the territory covered by the plan are capable of reasonably meeting the technical and economic requirements of providing the wireline telephone network portion of an enhanced 9-1-1 system. The determination shall be made solely for purposes of division (C)(2) of section 5507.18 of the Revised Code.
(I) If the public safety answering point personnel reasonably determine that a 9-1-1 call is not an emergency, the personnel shall provide the caller with the telephone number of an appropriate subdivision agency as applicable.
(J) A final plan adopted under this chapter, or an agreement under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code, may provide that, by further agreement included in the plan or agreement, the state highway patrol or one or more public safety answering points of another 9-1-1 system is the public safety answering point or points for the provision of wireline or wireless 9-1-1 for all or part of the territory of the 9-1-1 system established under the plan or agreement. In that event, the subdivision for which the wireline or wireless 9-1-1 is provided as named in the agreement shall be deemed the subdivision operating the public safety answering point or points for purposes of this chapter, except that, for the purpose of division (D)(2) of this section, that subdivision shall pay only so much of the costs of establishing, equipping, furnishing, operating, or maintaining any such public safety answering point as are specified in the agreement with the patrol or other system.
(K) A final plan for the provision of wireless enhanced 9-1-1 shall provide that any wireless 9-1-1 calls routed to a state highway patrol-operated public safety answering point by default, due to a wireless service provider so routing all such calls of its subscribers without prior permission, are instead to be routed as provided under the plan. Upon the implementation of countywide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 pursuant to a final plan, the state highway patrol shall cease any functioning as a public safety answering point providing wireless 9-1-1 within the territory covered by the countywide 9-1-1 system so established, unless the patrol functions as a public safety answering point providing wireless enhanced 9-1-1 pursuant to an agreement included in the plan as authorized under division (J) of this section.
Renumbered from § 4931.41 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.06
Planning committee and technical advisory committee.
(A) A board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation in the county that contains at least thirty per cent of the county's population may adopt a resolution to convene a 9-1-1 planning committee, which shall serve without compensation and shall consist of three voting members as follows:
(1) The president or other presiding officer of the board of county commissioners, who shall serve as chairperson of the committee;
(2) The chief executive officer of the most populous municipal corporation in the county;
(3) From the more populous of the following, either the chief executive officer of the second most populous municipal corporation in the county or a member of the board of township trustees of the most populous township in the county as selected by majority vote of the board of trustees.
In counties with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more, the planning committee shall consist of two additional voting members as follows: a member of a board of township trustees selected by the majority of boards of township trustees in the county pursuant to resolutions they adopt, and the chief executive officer of a municipal corporation in the county selected by the majority of the legislative authorities of municipal corporations in the county pursuant to resolutions they adopt.
When determining population under this division, population residing outside the county shall be excluded.
(B) Within thirty days after the adoption of a resolution to convene the committee under division (A) of this section, the committee shall convene for the sole purpose of developing a final plan for implementing a countywide 9-1-1 system. The county shall provide the committee with any clerical, legal, and other staff assistance necessary to develop the final plan and shall pay for copying, mailing, and any other such expenses incurred by the committee in developing the final plan and in meeting the requirements imposed by sections 5507.06 to 5507.08 of the Revised Code.
(C) The 9-1-1 planning committee shall appoint a 9-1-1 technical advisory committee to assist it in planning the countywide 9-1-1 system. The advisory committee shall include at least one fire chief and one police chief serving in the county, the county sheriff, a representative of the state highway patrol selected by the patrol, one representative of each telephone company in each case selected by the telephone company represented, the director/coordinator of emergency management appointed under section 5502.26, 5502.27, or 5502.271 of the Revised Code, as appropriate, and a member of a board of township trustees of a township in the county selected by a majority of boards of township trustees in the county pursuant to resolutions they adopt.
Renumbered from § 4931.42 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.07
Proposal to implement system; final plan.
(A) The 9-1-1 planning committee shall prepare a proposal on the implementation of a countywide 9-1-1 system and shall hold a public meeting on the proposal to explain the system to and receive comments from public officials. At least thirty but not more than sixty days before the meeting, the committee shall send a copy of the implementation proposal and written notice of the meeting:
(1) By certified mail, to the board of county commissioners, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the county, and to the board of trustees of each township in the county; and
(2) To the board of trustees, directors, or park commissioners of each subdivision that will be served by a public safety answering point under the plan.
(B) The proposal and the final plan adopted by the committee shall specify:
(1) Which telephone companies serving customers in the county and, as authorized in division (A)(1) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code, in an adjacent county will participate in the 9-1-1 system;
(2) The location and number of public safety answering points; how they will be connected to a company's telephone network; from what geographic territory each will receive 9-1-1 calls; whether basic or enhanced 9-1-1 service will be provided within such territory; what subdivisions will be served by the answering point; and whether an answering point will respond to calls by directly dispatching an emergency service provider, by relaying a message to the appropriate provider, or by transferring the call to the appropriate provider;
(3) Which subdivision or regional council of governments will establish, equip, furnish, operate, and maintain a particular public safety answering point;
(4) A projection of the initial cost of establishing, equipping, and furnishing and of the annual cost of the first five years of operating and maintaining each public safety answering point;
(5) Whether the cost of establishing, equipping, furnishing, operating, or maintaining each public safety answering point should be funded through charges imposed under section 5507.22 of the Revised Code or will be allocated among the subdivisions served by the answering point and, if any such cost is to be allocated, the formula for so allocating it;
(6) How each emergency service provider will respond to a misdirected call.
(C) Following the meeting required by this section, the 9-1-1 planning committee may modify the implementation proposal and, no later than nine months after the resolution authorized by section 5507.06 of the Revised Code is adopted, may adopt, by majority vote, a final plan for implementing a countywide 9-1-1 system. If a planning committee and wireline service provider do not agree on whether the wireline service provider is capable of providing the wireline telephone network as described under division (A) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code and the planning committee refers that question to the department of public safety, the department may extend the nine-month deadline established by this division to twelve months. Immediately on completion of the plan, the committee shall send a copy of the final plan:
(1) By certified mail to the board of county commissioners of the county, to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the county, and to the board of township trustees of each township in the county; and
(2) To the board of trustees, directors, or park commissioners of each subdivision that will be served by a public safety answering point under the plan.
(D) If the committee has not adopted a final plan on or before the deadline in division (C) of this section, the committee shall cease to exist. A new 9-1-1 planning committee may be convened in the manner established in section 5507.06 of the Revised Code to develop an implementation proposal and final plan in accordance with the requirements of sections 5507.06 to 5507.08 of the Revised Code.
Renumbered from § 4931.43 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.08
Resolution to approve or disapprove plan.
(A) Within sixty days after receipt of the final plan pursuant to division (C) of section 5507.07 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of the county and the legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the county and of each township whose territory is proposed to be included in a countywide 9-1-1 system shall act by resolution to approve or disapprove the plan, except that, with respect to a final plan that provides for funding of the 9-1-1 system in part through charges imposed under section 5507.22 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall not act by resolution to approve or disapprove the plan until after a resolution adopted under section 5507.22 of the Revised Code has become effective as provided in division (D) of that section. A municipal corporation or township whose territory is proposed to be included in the system includes any municipal corporation or township in which a part of its territory is excluded pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code. Each such authority immediately shall notify the board of county commissioners in writing of its approval or disapproval of the final plan. Failure by a board or legislative authority to notify the board of county commissioners of approval or disapproval within such sixty-day period shall be deemed disapproval by the board or authority.
(B) As used in this division, "county's population" excludes the population of any municipal corporation or township that, under the plan, is completely excluded from 9-1-1 service in the county's final plan. A countywide plan is effective if all of the following entities approve the plan in accordance with this section:
(1) The board of county commissioners;
(2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation that contains at least thirty per cent of the county's population, if any;
(3) The legislative authorities of municipal corporations and townships that contain at least sixty per cent of the county's population or, if the plan has been approved by a municipal corporation that contains at least sixty per cent of the county's population, by the legislative authorities of municipal corporations and townships that contain at least seventy-five per cent of the county's population.
(C) After a countywide plan approved in accordance with this section is adopted, all of the telephone companies, subdivisions, and regional councils of governments included in the plan are subject to the specific requirements of the plan and to this chapter.
Renumbered from § 4931.44 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.09
Municipal corporations or townships establishing own system.
(A) If a final plan is disapproved under division (B) of section 5507.08 of the Revised Code, by resolution, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township that contains at least thirty per cent of the county's population may establish within its boundaries, or the legislative authorities of a group of municipal corporations or townships each of which is contiguous with at least one other such municipal corporation or township in the group, together containing at least thirty per cent of the county's population, may jointly establish within their boundaries a 9-1-1 system. For that purpose, the municipal corporation or township may enter into an agreement, and the contiguous municipal corporations or townships may jointly enter into an agreement with one or more telephone companies.
(B) If no resolution has been adopted to convene a 9-1-1 planning committee under section 5507.06 of the Revised Code, by resolution, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation in the county may establish within its boundaries, or the legislative authorities of a group of municipal corporations and townships each of which is contiguous to at least one of the other such municipal corporations or townships in the group may jointly establish within their boundaries, a 9-1-1 system. For that purpose, the municipal corporation, or contiguous municipal corporations and townships, may enter into an agreement with one or more telephone companies.
(C) Whenever a telephone company that is a wireline service provider and one or more municipal corporations and townships enter into an agreement under division (A) or (B) of this section to provide for the wireline telephone network portion of a basic 9-1-1 system, the telephone company shall so notify the department of public safety, which shall determine whether the telephone company is capable of reasonably meeting the technical and economic requirements of providing the wireline telephone network for an enhanced system within the territory served by the company and covered by the agreement. The determination shall be made solely for the purposes of division (C)(2) of section 5507.18 of the Revised Code.
(D) Within three years from the date of entering into an initial agreement described under division (C) of this section, the telephone company shall have installed the wireline telephone network portion of the 9-1-1 system according to the terms, conditions, requirements, and specifications set forth in the agreement.
(E) A telephone company that is a wireline service provider shall recover the cost of installing the wireline telephone network system pursuant to agreements made under this section as provided in sections 5507.18 and 5733.55 of the Revised Code.
Renumbered from § 4931.48 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Not later than January 1, 2014, and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the statewide emergency services internet protocol network steering committee shall adopt rules that establish technical and operational standards for public safety answering points eligible to receive disbursements under section 5507.55 of the Revised Code. The rules shall incorporate industry standards and best practices for wireless 9-1-1 services. Public safety answering points shall comply with the standards not later than two years after the effective date of the rules adopting the standards.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.022
Guidelines for disbursements.
The statewide emergency services internet protocol network steering committee shall establish guidelines for the tax commissioner to use when disbursing money from the next generation 9-1-1 fund to countywide 9-1-1 systems in the state. The guidelines shall be consistent with the standards adopted in section 5507.021 of the Revised Code and shall specify that disbursements may be used for costs associated with the operation of and equipment for phase II wireless systems and for costs associated with a county's migration to next generation 9-1-1 systems and technology.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Effective Date: 07-30-1979
(A) An amended final plan is required for any of the following purposes:
(1) Expanding the territory included in the countywide 9-1-1 system;
(2) Upgrading any part or all of a system from basic to enhanced wireline 9-1-1;
(3) Adjusting the territory served by a public safety answering point;
(4) Permitting a regional council of governments to operate a public safety answering point;
(5) Represcribing the funding of public safety answering points as between the alternatives set forth in division (B)(5) of section 5507.07 of the Revised Code;
(6) Providing for wireless enhanced 9-1-1;
(7) Adding a telephone company as a participant in a countywide 9-1-1 system after the implementation of wireline 9-1-1 or wireless enhanced 9-1-1;
(8) Providing that the state highway patrol or one or more public safety answering points of another 9-1-1 system function as a public safety answering point or points for the provision of wireline or wireless 9-1-1 for all or part of the territory of the system established under the final plan, as contemplated under division (J) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code;
(9) Making any other necessary adjustments to the plan.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a final plan shall be amended in the manner provided for adopting a final plan under sections 5507.06 to 5507.08 of the Revised Code, including convening a 9-1-1 planning committee and developing a proposed amended plan prior to adopting an amended final plan.
(C)
(1) To amend a final plan for the purpose described in division (A)(7) of this section, an entity that wishes to be added as a participant in a 9-1-1 system shall file a written letter of that intent with the board of county commissioners of the county that approved the final plan. The final plan is deemed amended upon the filing of that letter. The entity that files the letter shall send written notice of that filing to all subdivisions, regional councils of governments, and telephone companies participating in the system.
(2) An amendment to a final plan for a purpose set forth in division (A)(1), (3), (6), or (9) of this section may be made by an addendum approved by a majority of the 9-1-1 planning committee. The board of county commissioners shall call a meeting of the 9-1-1 planning committee for the purpose of considering an addendum pursuant to this division.
(3) Adoption of any resolution under section 5507.22 of the Revised Code pursuant to a final plan that both has been adopted and provides for funding through charges imposed under that section is not an amendment of a final plan for the purpose of this division.
(D) When a final plan is amended for a purpose described in division (A)(1), (2), or (7) of this section, sections 5507.18 and 5733.55 of the Revised Code apply with respect to the receipt of the nonrecurring and recurring rates and charges for the wireline telephone network portion of the 9-1-1 system.
Renumbered from § 4931.45 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.15
Deadline for installation of 9-1-1 system.
(A) Within three years from the date an initial final plan becomes effective under division (B) of section 5507.08 of the Revised Code, the wireline service providers designated in the plan shall have installed the wireline telephone network portion of the 9-1-1 system according to the terms, conditions, requirements, and specifications set forth in that plan.
(B)
(1) Upon installation of a countywide 9-1-1 system, the board of county commissioners may direct the county engineer to erect and maintain at the county boundaries on county roads and state and interstate highways, signs indicating the availability of a countywide 9-1-1 system. Any sign erected by a county under this section shall be erected in accordance with and meet the specifications established under division (B)(2) of this section. All expenses incurred in erecting and maintaining the signs shall be paid by the county.
(2) The director of transportation shall develop design specifications for signs giving notice of the availability of a countywide 9-1-1 system. The director also shall establish standards for the erection of the signs and, in accordance with federal law and regulations and recognized engineering practices, specify those locations where the signs shall not be erected.
Renumbered from § 4931.46 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.18
Determining rates and charges.
(A) In accordance with this chapter and Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., and 4909. of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall determine the just, reasonable, and compensatory rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals to be observed and charged for the wireline telephone network portion of a basic or enhanced 9-1-1 system, and each telephone company that is a wireline service provider participating in the system shall be subject to those chapters, to the extent they apply, as to the service provided by its portion of the wireline telephone network for the system as described in the final plan or to be installed pursuant to agreements under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code, and as to the rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals to be observed and charged for that service.
(B) Only the customers of a participating telephone company described in division (A) of this section that are served within the area covered by a 9-1-1 system shall pay the recurring rates for the maintenance and operation of the company's portion of the wireline telephone network of the system. Such rates shall be computed by dividing the total monthly recurring rates set forth in the company's schedule as filed in accordance with section 4905.30 of the Revised Code, by the total number of residential and business customer access lines, or their equivalent, within the area served. Each residential and business customer within the area served shall pay the recurring rates based on the number of its residential and business customer access lines or their equivalent. No company shall include such amount on any customer's bill until the company has completed its portion of the wireline telephone network in accordance with the terms, conditions, requirements, and specifications of the final plan or an agreement made under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code.
(C)
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, a participating telephone company described in division (A) of this section may receive through the credit authorized by section 5733.55 of the Revised Code the total nonrecurring charges for its portion of the wireline telephone network of the system and the total nonrecurring charges for any updating or modernization of that wireline telephone network in accordance with the terms, conditions, requirements, and specifications of the final plan or pursuant to agreements under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code, as such charges are set forth in the schedule filed by the telephone company in accordance with section 4905.30 of the Revised Code. However, that portion, updating, or modernization shall not be for or include the provision of wireless 9-1-1. As applicable, the receipt of permissible charges shall occur only upon the completion of the installation of the network or the completion of the updating or modernization.
(2) The credit shall not be allowed under division (C)(1) of this section for the upgrading of a system from basic to enhanced wireline 9-1-1 if both of the following apply:
(a) The telephone company received the credit for the wireline telephone network portion of the basic 9-1-1 system now proposed to be upgraded.
(b) At the time the final plan or agreement pursuant to section 5507.09 of the Revised Code calling for the basic 9-1-1 system was agreed to, the telephone company was capable of reasonably meeting the technical and economic requirements of providing the wireline telephone network portion of an enhanced 9-1-1 system within the territory proposed to be upgraded, as determined by the department of public safety under division (A) or (H) of section 5507.03 or division (C) of section 5507.09 of the Revised Code.
(3) If the credit is not allowed under division (C)(2) of this section, the total nonrecurring charges for the wireline telephone network used in providing 9-1-1 service, as set forth in the schedule filed by a telephone company in accordance with section 4905.30 of the Revised Code, on completion of the installation of the network in accordance with the terms, conditions, requirements, and specifications of the final plan or pursuant to section 5507.09 of the Revised Code, shall be paid by the municipal corporations and townships with any territory in the area in which such upgrade from basic to enhanced 9-1-1 is made.
(D) If customer premises equipment for a public safety answering point is supplied by a telephone company that is required to file a schedule under section 4905.30 of the Revised Code pertaining to customer premises equipment, the recurring and nonrecurring rates and charges for the installation and maintenance of the equipment specified in the schedule shall apply.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.47 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.22
Imposing charges on improved realty to pay for public safety answering points.
(A)
(1) For the purpose of paying the costs of establishing, equipping, and furnishing one or more public safety answering points as part of a countywide 9-1-1 system effective under division (B) of section 5507.08 of the Revised Code and paying the expense of administering and enforcing this section, the board of county commissioners of a county, in accordance with this section, may fix and impose, on each lot or parcel of real property in the county that is owned by a person, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision and is improved, or is in the process of being improved, reasonable charges to be paid by each such owner. The charges shall be sufficient to pay only the estimated allowed costs and shall be equal in amount for all such lots or parcels.
(2) For the purpose of paying the costs of operating and maintaining the answering points and paying the expense of administering and enforcing this section, the board, in accordance with this section, may fix and impose reasonable charges to be paid by each owner, as provided in division (A)(1) of this section, that shall be sufficient to pay only the estimated allowed costs and shall be equal in amount for all such lots or parcels. The board may fix and impose charges under this division pursuant to a resolution adopted for the purposes of both divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section or pursuant to a resolution adopted solely for the purpose of division (A)(2) of this section, and charges imposed under division (A)(2) of this section may be separately imposed or combined with charges imposed under division (A)(1) of this section.
(B) Any board adopting a resolution under this section pursuant to a final plan initiating the establishment of a 9-1-1 system or pursuant to an amendment to a final plan shall adopt the resolution within sixty days after the board receives the final plan for the 9-1-1 system pursuant to division (C) of section 5507.07 of the Revised Code. The board by resolution may change any charge imposed under this section whenever the board considers it advisable. Any resolution adopted under this section shall declare whether securities will be issued under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code in anticipation of the collection of unpaid special assessments levied under this section.
(C) The board shall adopt a resolution under this section at a public meeting held in accordance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code. Additionally, the board, before adopting any such resolution, shall hold at least two public hearings on the proposed charges. Prior to the first hearing, the board shall publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall include a listing of the charges proposed in the resolution and the date, time, and location of each of the hearings. The board shall hear any person who wishes to testify on the charges or the resolution.
(D) No resolution adopted under this section shall be effective sooner than thirty days following its adoption nor shall any such resolution be adopted as an emergency measure. The resolution is subject to a referendum in accordance with sections 305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code unless, in the resolution, the board of county commissioners directs the board of elections of the county to submit the question of imposing the charges to the electors of the county at the next primary or general election in the county occurring not less than ninety days after the resolution is certified to the board. No resolution shall go into effect unless approved by a majority of those voting upon it in any election allowed under this division.
(E) To collect charges imposed under division (A) of this section, the board of county commissioners shall certify them to the county auditor of the county who then shall place them upon the real property duplicate against the properties to be assessed, as provided in division (A) of this section. Each assessment shall bear interest at the same rate that securities issued in anticipation of the collection of the assessments bear, is a lien on the property assessed from the date placed upon the real property duplicate by the auditor, and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes.
(F) All money collected by or on behalf of a county under this section shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county and kept in a separate and distinct fund to the credit of the county. The fund shall be used to pay the costs allowed in division (A) of this section and specified in the resolution adopted under that division. In no case shall any surplus so collected be expended for other than the use and benefit of the county.
Renumbered from § 4931.51 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.25
Election on adding monthly charge to telephone bills to fund 9-1-1 system.
(A) This section applies only to a county that meets both of the following conditions:
(1) A final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system either has not been approved in the county under section 5507.08 of the Revised Code or has been approved but has not been put into operation because of a lack of funding;
(2) The board of county commissioners, at least once, has submitted to the electors of the county the question of raising funds for a 9-1-1 system under section 5507.22, 5705.19, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, and a majority of the electors has disapproved the question each time it was submitted.
(B) A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution imposing a monthly charge on telephone access lines to pay for the equipment costs of establishing and maintaining no more than three public safety answering points of a countywide 9-1-1 system, which public safety answering points shall be only twenty-four-hour dispatching points already existing in the county. The resolution shall state the amount of the charge, which shall not exceed fifty cents per month, and the month the charge will first be imposed, which shall be no earlier than four months after the special election held pursuant to this section. Each residential and business telephone company customer within the area served by the 9-1-1 system shall pay the monthly charge for each of its residential or business customer access lines or their equivalent.
Before adopting a resolution under this division, the board of county commissioners shall hold at least two public hearings on the proposed charge. Before the first hearing, the board shall publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall state the amount of the proposed charge, an explanation of the necessity for the charge, and the date, time, and location of each of the hearings.
(C) A resolution adopted under division (B) of this section shall direct the board of elections to submit the question of imposing the charge to the electors of the county at a special election on the day of the next primary or general election in the county. The board of county commissioners shall certify a copy of the resolution to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the day of the special election. No resolution adopted under division (B) of this section shall take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors voting upon the resolution at an election held pursuant to this section.
In any year, the board of county commissioners may impose a lesser charge than the amount originally approved by the electors. The board may change the amount of the charge no more than once a year. The board may not impose a charge greater than the amount approved by the electors without first holding an election on the question of the greater charge.
(D) Money raised from a monthly charge on telephone access lines under this section shall be deposited into a special fund created in the county treasury by the board of county commissioners pursuant to section 5705.12 of the Revised Code, to be used only for the necessary equipment costs of establishing and maintaining no more than three public safety answering points of a countywide 9-1-1 system pursuant to a resolution adopted under division (B) of this section. In complying with this division, any county may seek the assistance of the department of public safety with regard to operating and maintaining a 9-1-1 system.
(E) Pursuant to the voter approval required by division (C) of this section, the final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that will be funded through a monthly charge imposed in accordance with this section shall be amended by the existing 9-1-1 planning committee, and the amendment of such a final plan is not an amendment of a final plan for the purpose of division (A) of section 5507.12 of the Revised Code.
Renumbered from § 4931.52 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.26
Election on monthly charge on telephone access lines to fund certain systems.
(A) This section applies only to a county that has a final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that either has not been approved in the county under section 5507.08 of the Revised Code or has been approved but has not been put into operation because of a lack of funding.
(B) A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution imposing a monthly charge on telephone access lines to pay for the operating and equipment costs of establishing and maintaining no more than one public safety answering point of a countywide 9-1-1 system. The resolution shall state the amount of the charge, which shall not exceed fifty cents per month, and the month the charge will first be imposed, which shall be no earlier than four months after the special election held pursuant to this section. Each residential and business telephone company customer within the area of the county served by the 9-1-1 system shall pay the monthly charge for each of its residential or business customer access lines or their equivalent.
Before adopting a resolution under this division, the board of county commissioners shall hold at least two public hearings on the proposed charge. Before the first hearing, the board shall publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall state the amount of the proposed charge, an explanation of the necessity for the charge, and the date, time, and location of each of the hearings.
(C) A resolution adopted under division (B) of this section shall direct the board of elections to submit the question of imposing the charge to the electors of the county at a special election on the day of the next primary or general election in the county. The board of county commissioners shall certify a copy of the resolution to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the day of the special election. No resolution adopted under division (B) of this section shall take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors voting upon the resolution at an election held pursuant to this section.
In any year, the board of county commissioners may impose a lesser charge than the amount originally approved by the electors. The board may change the amount of the charge no more than once a year. The board shall not impose a charge greater than the amount approved by the electors without first holding an election on the question of the greater charge.
(D) Money raised from a monthly charge on telephone access lines under this section shall be deposited into a special fund created in the county treasury by the board of county commissioners pursuant to section 5705.12 of the Revised Code, to be used only for the necessary operating and equipment costs of establishing and maintaining no more than one public safety answering point of a countywide 9-1-1 system pursuant to a resolution adopted under division (B) of this section. In complying with this division, any county may seek the assistance of the department of public safety with regard to operating and maintaining a 9-1-1 system.
(E) Nothing in sections 5507.01 to 5507.34 of the Revised Code precludes a final plan adopted in accordance with those sections from being amended to provide that, by agreement included in the plan, a public safety answering point of another countywide 9-1-1 system is the public safety answering point of a countywide 9-1-1 system funded through a monthly charge imposed in accordance with this section. In that event, the county for which the public safety answering point is provided shall be deemed the subdivision operating the public safety answering point for purposes of sections 5507.01 to 5507.34 of the Revised Code, except that, for the purpose of division (D) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code, the county shall pay only so much of the costs associated with establishing, equipping, furnishing, operating, or maintaining the public safety answering point specified in the agreement included in the final plan.
(F) Pursuant to the voter approval required by division (C) of this section, the final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that will be funded through a monthly charge imposed in accordance with this section, or that will be amended to include an agreement described in division (E) of this section, shall be amended by the existing 9-1-1 planning committee, and the amendment of such a final plan is not an amendment of a final plan for the purpose of division (A) of section 5507.12 of the Revised Code.
Renumbered from § 4931.53 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.27
Billing and collection of charges.
(A) As part of its normal monthly billing process, each telephone company with customers in the area served by a 9-1-1 system shall bill and collect from those customers any charge imposed under section 5507.25 or 5507.26 of the Revised Code. The company may list the charge as a separate entry on each bill and may indicate on the bill that the charge is made pursuant to approval of a ballot issue by county voters. Any customer billed by a company for a charge imposed under section 5507.25 or 5507.26 of the Revised Code is liable to the county for the amount billed. The company shall apply any partial payment of a customer's bill first to the amount the customer owes the company. The company shall keep complete records of charges it bills and collects, and such records shall be open during business hours for inspection by the county commissioners or their agents or employees. If a company fails to bill any customer for the charge, it is liable to the county for the amount that was not billed.
(B) A telephone company that collects charges under this section shall remit the money to the county on a quarterly basis. The company may retain three per cent of any charge it collects as compensation for the costs of such collection. If a company collects charges under this section and fails to remit the money to the county as prescribed, it is liable to the county for any amount collected and not remitted.
Renumbered from § 4931.54 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.32
Immunity; prohibited conduct.
(A)
(1) The state, the state highway patrol, a subdivision, or a regional council of governments participating in a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter and any officer, agent, employee, or independent contractor of the state, the state highway patrol, or such a participating subdivision or regional council of governments is not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property arising from any act or omission, except willful or wanton misconduct, in connection with developing, adopting, or approving any final plan or any agreement made under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code or otherwise bringing into operation the 9-1-1 system pursuant to this chapter.
(2) The Ohio 9-1-1 council, the wireless 9-1-1 advisory board, and any member of that council or board are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property arising from any act or omission, except willful or wanton misconduct, in connection with the development or operation of a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in section 5507.32 of the Revised Code, an individual who gives emergency instructions through a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter, and the principals for whom the person acts, including both employers and independent contractors, public and private, and an individual who follows emergency instructions and the principals for whom that person acts, including both employers and independent contractors, public and private, are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property arising from the issuance or following of emergency instructions, except where the issuance or following of the instructions constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
(C) Except for willful or wanton misconduct, a telephone company, and any other installer, maintainer, or provider, through the sale or otherwise, of customer premises equipment, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and suppliers are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property incurred by any person resulting from any of the following:
(1) Such an entity's or its officers', directors', employees', agents', or suppliers' participation in or acts or omissions in connection with participating in or developing, maintaining, or operating a 9-1-1 system;
(2) Such an entity's or its officers', directors', employees', agents', or suppliers' provision of assistance to a public utility, municipal utility, or state or local government as authorized by divisions (G)(4) and (5) of this section.
(D) Except for willful or wanton misconduct, a provider of and a seller of a prepaid wireless calling service and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and suppliers are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property incurred by any person resulting from anything described in division (C) of this section.
(E) No person shall knowingly use the telephone number of a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter to report an emergency if the person knows that no emergency exists.
(F) No person shall knowingly use a 9-1-1 system for a purpose other than obtaining emergency service.
(G) No person shall disclose or use any information concerning telephone numbers, addresses, or names obtained from the data base that serves the public safety answering point of a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter, except for any of the following purposes or under any of the following circumstances:
(1) For the purpose of the 9-1-1 system;
(2) For the purpose of responding to an emergency call to an emergency service provider;
(3) In the circumstance of the inadvertent disclosure of such information due solely to technology of the wireline telephone network portion of the 9-1-1 system not allowing access to the data base to be restricted to 9-1-1 specific answering lines at a public safety answering point;
(4) In the circumstance of access to a data base being given by a telephone company that is a wireline service provider to a public utility or municipal utility in handling customer calls in times of public emergency or service outages. The charge, terms, and conditions for the disclosure or use of such information for the purpose of such access to a data base shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the department of public safety.
(5) In the circumstance of access to a data base given by a telephone company that is a wireline service provider to a state and local government in warning of a public emergency, as determined by the department of public safety. The charge, terms, and conditions for the disclosure or use of that information for the purpose of access to a data base is subject to the jurisdiction of the department of public safety.
Renumbered from § 4931.49 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.34
Proceedings to enforce compliance.
(A) The attorney general, upon request of the department of public safety , or on the attorney general's own initiative, shall begin proceedings against a telephone company that is a wireline service provider to enforce compliance with this chapter or with the terms, conditions, requirements, or specifications of a final plan or of an agreement under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code as to wireline or wireless 9-1-1.
(B) The attorney general, upon the attorney general's own initiative, or any prosecutor, upon the prosecutor's initiative, shall begin proceedings against a subdivision or a regional council of governments as to wireline or wireless 9-1-1 to enforce compliance with this chapter or with the terms, conditions, requirements, or specifications of a final plan or of an agreement under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code as to wireline or wireless 9-1-1.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.50 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.40
[Repealed Effective 1/1/2014] 9-1-1 service program; duties of coordinator.
There is hereby created within the public utilities commission the 9-1-1 service program, headed by an Ohio 9-1-1 coordinator in the unclassified civil service pursuant to division (A)(9) of section 124.11 of the Revised Code. The coordinator shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the commission chairperson and shall report directly to the chairperson. On May 6, 2005, the chairperson shall appoint an interim coordinator and, upon submission of a list of nominees by the Ohio 9-1-1 council pursuant to section 5507.65 of the Revised Code, shall consider those nominees in making the final appointment and in appointing any subsequent coordinator. The chairperson may request the council to submit additional nominees and may reject any of the nominees. The chairperson shall fix the compensation of the coordinator. The chairperson shall evaluate the performance of the coordinator after considering the evaluation and recommendations of the council under section 5507.65 of the Revised Code.
The Ohio 9-1-1 coordinator shall administer the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund as specified in sections 5507.53 and 5507.55 of the Revised Code. The coordinator shall carry out the coordinator's duties under this chapter. The chairperson may establish additional duties of the coordinator based on a list of recommended duties submitted by the Ohio 9-1-1 council pursuant to section 5507.65 of the Revised Code. The chairperson may assign one or more commission employees to assist the coordinator in carrying out the coordinator's duties.
Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §4, eff. 1/1/2014.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.60 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.42
Wireless 9-1-1 charge imposed on subscribers.
(A) There is hereby imposed a wireless 9-1-1 charge of twenty-five cents per month as follows:
(1) On each wireless telephone number of a wireless service subscriber who has a billing address in this state. The subscriber shall pay the wireless 9-1-1 charge for each such wireless telephone number assigned to the subscriber. Each wireless service provider and each reseller shall collect the wireless 9-1-1 charge as a specific line item on each subscriber's monthly bill. The line item shall be expressly designated "State/Local Wireless-E911 Costs ($0.25/billed number)." If a provider bills a subscriber for any wireless enhanced 9-1-1 costs that the provider may incur, the charge or amount is not to appear in the same line item as the state/local line item. If the charge or amount is to appear in its own, separate line item on the bill, the charge or amount shall be expressly designated "[Name of Provider] Federal Wireless-E911 Costs."
(2)
(a) Prior to January 1, 2014, on each subscriber of prepaid wireless service. A wireless service provider or reseller shall collect the wireless 9-1-1 charge in either of the following manners:
(i) If the subscriber has a positive account balance on the last day of the month and has used the service during that month, by reducing that balance not later than the end of the first week of the following month by twenty-five cents or an equivalent number of airtime minutes;
(ii) By dividing the total earned prepaid wireless telephone revenue from sales within this state received by the wireless service provider or reseller during the month by fifty, multiplying the quotient by twenty-five cents.
(b) Amounts collected under division (A)(2) of this section shall be remitted pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5507.46 of the Revised Code.
The wireless 9-1-1 charges authorized under this section shall not be imposed on a subscriber of wireless lifeline service or a provider of that service.
(B) Beginning January 1, 2014:
(1) There is hereby imposed, on each retail sale of a prepaid wireless calling service occurring in this state, a wireless 9-1-1 charge of five tenths of one per cent of the sale price.
(2) For purposes of division (B)(1) of this section, a retail sale occurs in this state if it is effected by the consumer appearing in person at a seller's business location in this state, or if the sale is sourced to this state under division (E)(3) of section 5739.034 of the Revised Code, except that under that division, in lieu of sourcing a sale under division (C)(5) of section 5739.033 of the Revised Code, the seller, rather than the service provider, may elect to source the sale to the location associated with the mobile telephone number.
(3)
(a) Except as provided in division (B)(4)(c) of this section, the seller of the prepaid wireless calling service shall collect the charge from the consumer at the time of each retail sale and disclose the amount of the charge to the consumer at the time of the sale by itemizing the charge on the receipt, invoice, or similar form of written documentation provided to the consumer.
(b) The seller shall comply with the reporting and remittance requirements under section 5507.46 of the Revised Code.
(4) When a prepaid wireless calling service is sold with one or more other products or services for a single, nonitemized price, the wireless 9-1-1 charge imposed under division (B)(1) of this section shall apply to the entire nonitemized price, except as provided in divisions (B)(4)(a) to (c) of this section.
(a) If the amount of the prepaid wireless calling service is disclosed to the consumer as a dollar amount, the seller may elect to apply the charge only to that dollar amount.
(b) If the seller can identify the portion of the nonitemized price that is attributable to the prepaid wireless calling service, by reasonable and verifiable standards from the seller's books and records that are kept in the regular course of business for other purposes, including nontax purposes, the seller may elect to apply the charge only to that portion.
(c) If a minimal amount of a prepaid wireless calling service is sold with a prepaid wireless calling device for the single, nonitemized price, the seller may elect not to collect the charge. As used in this division, "minimal" means either ten minutes or less or five dollars or less.
(C) The wireless 9-1-1 charges shall be exempt from state or local taxation.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.61 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.44
Notice of changes to wireless 9-1-1 charges.
Beginning January 1, 2014, the tax commissioner shall provide notice to all known wireless service providers, resellers , and sellers of prepaid wireless calling services of any increase or decrease in either of the wireless 9-1-1 charges imposed under section 5507.42 of the Revised Code. Each notice shall be provided not less than thirty days before the effective date of the increase or decrease.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
(A) Prior to January 1, 2014:
(1) A wireless service provider or reseller , not later than the last day of each month, shall remit the full amount of all wireless 9-1-1 charges it collected under division (A) of section 5507.42 of the Revised Code for the second preceding calendar month to the Ohio 9-1-1 coordinator, with the exception of charges equivalent to the amount authorized as a billing and collection fee under division (A)(2) of this section. In doing so, the provider or reseller may remit the requisite amount in any reasonable manner consistent with its existing operating or technological capabilities, such as by customer address, location associated with the wireless telephone number, or another allocation method based on comparable, relevant data. If the wireless service provider or reseller receives a partial payment for a bill from a wireless service subscriber, the wireless service provider or reseller shall apply the payment first against the amount the subscriber owes the wireless service provider or reseller and shall remit to the coordinator such lesser amount, if any, as results from that invoice.
(2) A wireless service provider or reseller may retain as a billing and collection fee two per cent of the total wireless 9-1-1 charges it collects in a month and shall account to the coordinator for the amount retained.
(3) The coordinator shall return to, or credit against the next month's remittance of, a wireless service provider or reseller the amount of any remittances the coordinator determines were erroneously submitted by the provider or reseller.
(B) Beginning January 1, 2014:
(1) Each seller of a prepaid wireless calling service , wireless service provider, and reseller shall, on or before the twenty-third day of each month, except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, do both of the following:
(a) Make and file a return for the preceding month, in the form prescribed by the tax commissioner, showing the amount of the wireless 9-1-1 charges due under section 5507.42 of the Revised Code for that month;
(b) Remit the full amount due, as shown on the return, with the exception of charges equivalent to the amount authorized as a collection fee under division (B)(4) of this section.
(2) The commissioner may grant one or more thirty-day extensions for making and filing returns and remitting amounts due.
(3) If a seller is required to collect prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charges in amounts that do not merit monthly returns, the commissioner may authorize the seller to make and file returns less frequently. The commissioner shall ascertain whether this authorization is warranted upon the basis of administrative costs to the state.
(4) A wireless service provider, reseller, and seller may each retain as a collection fee three per cent of the total wireless 9-1-1 charges required to be collected under section 5507.42 of the Revised Code, and shall account to the tax commissioner for the amount retained.
(5) The return required under division (B)(1)(a) of this section shall be filed electronically using the Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.051 of the Revised Code, the Ohio telefile system, or any other electronic means prescribed by the tax commissioner. Remittance of the amount due shall be made electronically in a manner approved by the commissioner. A wireless service provider, reseller, or seller may apply to the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner to be excused from either electronic requirement of this division. For good cause shown, the commissioner may excuse the provider, reseller, or seller from either or both of the requirements and may permit the provider, reseller, or seller to file returns or make remittances by nonelectronic means.
(C)
(1) Prior to January 1, 2014, each subscriber on which a wireless 9-1-1 charge is imposed under division (A) of section 5507.42 of the Revised Code is liable to the state for the amount of the charge. If a wireless service provider or reseller fails to collect the charge under that division from a subscriber of prepaid wireless service, or fails to bill any other subscriber for the charge, the wireless service provider or reseller is liable to the state for the amount not collected or billed. If a wireless service provider or reseller collects charges under that division and fails to remit the money to the coordinator, the wireless service provider or reseller is liable to the state for any amount collected and not remitted.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2014:
(a) Each subscriber or consumer on which a wireless 9-1-1 charge is imposed under section 5507.42 of the Revised Code is liable to the state for the amount of the charge. If a wireless service provider or reseller fails to bill or collect the charge , or if a seller fails to collect the charge, the provider , reseller, or seller is liable to the state for the amount not billed or collected. If a provider , reseller , or seller fails to remit money to the tax commissioner as required under this section, the provider , reseller, or seller is liable to the state for the amount not remitted, regardless of whether the amount was collected.
(b) No provider of a prepaid wireless calling service shall be liable to the state for any wireless 9-1-1 charge imposed under division (B)(1) of section 5507.42 of the Revised Code that was not collected or remitted.
(D) Prior to January 1, 2014:
(1) If the public utilities commission has reason to believe that a wireless service provider or reseller has failed to bill, collect, or remit the wireless 9-1-1 charge as required by divisions (A)(1) and (C)(1) of this section or has retained more than the amount authorized under division (A)(2) of this section, and after written notice to the provider or reseller, the commission may audit the provider or reseller for the sole purpose of making such a determination. The audit may include, but is not limited to, a sample of the provider's or reseller's billings, collections, remittances, or retentions for a representative period, and the commission shall make a good faith effort to reach agreement with the provider or reseller in selecting that sample.
(2) Upon written notice to the wireless service provider or reseller, the commission, by order after completion of the audit, may make an assessment against the provider or reseller if, pursuant to the audit, the commission determines that the provider or reseller has failed to bill, collect, or remit the wireless 9-1-1 charge as required by divisions (A)(1) and (C)(1) of this section or has retained more than the amount authorized under division (A)(2) of this section. The assessment shall be in the amount of any remittance that was due and unpaid on the date notice of the audit was sent by the commission to the provider or reseller or, as applicable, in the amount of the excess amount under division (A)(2) of this section retained by the provider or reseller as of that date.
(3) The portion of any assessment not paid within sixty days after the date of service by the commission of the assessment notice under division (D)(2) of this section shall bear interest from that date until paid at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. That interest may be collected by making an assessment under division (D)(2) of this section. An assessment under this division and any interest due shall be remitted in the same manner as the wireless 9-1-1 charge imposed under division (A) of section 5507.42 of the Revised Code.
(4) An assessment is final and due and payable and shall be remitted to the commission unless the assessed party petitions for rehearing under section 4903.10 of the Revised Code. The proceedings of the commission specified in division (D)(4) of this section are subject to and governed by Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code, except that the court of appeals of Franklin county has exclusive, original jurisdiction to review, modify, or vacate an order of the commission under division (D)(2) of this section. The court shall hear and determine such appeal in the same manner and under the same standards as the Ohio supreme court hears and determines appeals under Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code.
The judgment of the court of appeals is final and conclusive unless reversed, vacated, or modified on appeal. Such an appeal may be made by the commission or the person to whom the order under division (D)(2) of this section was issued and shall proceed as in the case of appeals in civil actions as provided in Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code.
(5) After an assessment becomes final, if any portion of the assessment remains unpaid, including accrued interest, a certified copy of the commission's entry making the assessment final may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in the county in which the place of business of the assessed party is located. If the party maintains no place of business in this state, the certified copy of the entry may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of Franklin county. Immediately upon the filing, the clerk shall enter a judgment for the state against the assessed party in the amount shown on the entry. The judgment may be filed by the clerk in a loose-leaf book entitled "special judgments for wireless 9-1-1 charges" and shall have the same effect as other judgments. The judgment shall be executed upon the request of the commission.
(6) An assessment under this division does not discharge a subscriber's liability to reimburse the provider or reseller for the wireless 9-1-1 charge imposed under division (A) of section 5507.42 of the Revised Code. If, after the date of service of the audit notice under division (D)(1) of this section, a subscriber pays a wireless 9-1-1 charge for the period covered by the assessment, the payment shall be credited against the assessment.
(7) All money collected by the commission under division (D) of this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state, for deposit to the credit of the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund.
(E) Beginning January 1, 2014:
(1) If the tax commissioner has reason to believe that a wireless service provider, reseller, or seller has failed to bill, collect, or remit the wireless 9-1-1 charge as required by this section and section 5507.42 of the Revised Code or has retained more than the amount authorized under division (B)(4) of this section, and after written notice to the provider, reseller, or seller, the tax commissioner may audit the provider, reseller, or seller for the sole purpose of making such a determination. The audit may include, but is not limited to, a sample of the provider's, reseller's, or seller's billings, collections, remittances, or retentions for a representative period, and the tax commissioner shall make a good faith effort to reach agreement with the provider, reseller, or seller in selecting that sample.
(2) Upon written notice to the wireless service provider, reseller, or seller, the tax commissioner, after completion of the audit, may make an assessment against the provider, reseller, or seller if, pursuant to the audit, the tax commissioner determines that the provider, reseller, or seller has failed to bill, collect, or remit the wireless 9-1-1 charge as required by this section and section 5507.42 of the Revised Code or has retained more than the amount authorized under division (B)(4) of this section. The assessment shall be in the amount of any remittance that was due and unpaid on the date notice of the audit was sent by the tax commissioner to the provider, reseller, or seller or, as applicable, in the amount of the excess amount under division (B)(4) of this section retained by the provider, reseller, or seller as of that date.
(3) The portion of any assessment not paid within sixty days after the date of service by the tax commissioner of the assessment notice under division (E)(2) of this section shall bear interest from that date until paid at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. That interest may be collected by making an assessment under division (E)(2) of this section. An assessment under this division and any interest due shall be remitted in the same manner as the wireless 9-1-1 charges imposed under section 5507.42 of the Revised Code.
(4) The portion of the assessment not paid within sixty days after the day the assessment was issued shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code from the day the commissioner issues the assessment until it is paid. Interest shall be remitted in the same manner as the 9-1-1 charges and may be collected by the issuance of an assessment under division (E) of this section.
(5) Unless the provider, reseller, or seller assessed files with the tax commissioner within sixty days after service of the notice of assessment, either personally or by certified mail, a written petition for reassessment, signed by the party assessed or that party's authorized agent having knowledge of the facts, the assessment shall become final and the amount of the assessment shall be due and payable from the party assessed to the treasurer of state, for deposit to the next generation 9-1-1 fund, which is created under section 5507.54 of the Revised Code. The petition shall indicate the objections of the party assessed, but additional objections may be raised in writing if received by the commissioner prior to the date shown on the final determination. If the petition has been properly filed, the commissioner shall proceed under section 5703.60 of the Revised Code.
(6) After an assessment becomes final, if any portion of the assessment remains unpaid, including accrued interest, a certified copy of the final assessment may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in the county in which the business of the assessed party is conducted. If the party assessed maintains no place of business in this state, the certified copy of the final assessment may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of Franklin county. Immediately upon the filing, the clerk shall enter a judgment for the state against the assessed party in the amount shown on the final assessment. The judgment may be filed by the clerk in a loose-leaf book entitled "special judgments for wireless 9-1-1 charges" and shall have the same effect as other judgments. The judgment shall be executed upon the request of the tax commissioner.
(7) If the commissioner determines that the commissioner erroneously has refunded a wireless 9-1-1 charge to any person, the commissioner may make an assessment against that person for recovery of the erroneously refunded charge.
(8) An assessment under division (E) of this section does not discharge a subscriber's or consumer's liability to reimburse the provider, reseller, or seller for a wireless 9-1-1 charge. If, after the date of service of the audit notice under division (E)(1) of this section, a subscriber or consumer pays a wireless 9-1-1 charge for the period covered by the assessment, the payment shall be credited against the assessment.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.62 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Repealed by
129th General AssemblyFile
No.188,HB 472,
§2, eff.
12/20/2012. Prior History: (Added by
129th General AssemblyFile
No.166,HB 360,
§1, eff.
12/20/2012.)
5507.52
Sales subject to taxes on retail sales.
(A) Beginning on July 1, 2013, each seller of a prepaid wireless calling service required to collect prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charges under division (B) of section 5507.42 of the Revised Code shall also be subject to the provisions of Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code regarding the excise tax on retail sales levied under section 5739.02 of the Revised Code, as those provisions apply to audits, assessments, appeals, enforcement, liability, and penalties.
(B) The tax commissioner shall establish procedures by which a person may document that a sale is not a retail sale of a prepaid wireless calling service. The procedures shall substantially coincide with similar procedures under Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
(A) There is hereby created the wireless 9-1-1 administrative fund in the state treasury. A sufficient percentage, determined by the chairperson of the public utilities commission but not to exceed two per cent, of the periodic remittances of the wireless 9-1-1 charges under section 5507.46 of the Revised Code shall be deposited to the credit of the fund
, to be used by the commission to cover such nonpayroll costs and, at the discretion of the commission such payroll costs, of the commission as are incurred in assisting the coordinator in carrying out sections 5507.40 to 5507.66 of the Revised Code and in conducting audits under division (D) of section 5507.46 of the Revised Code. In addition, the compensation of the Ohio 9-1-1 coordinator, and any expenses of the coordinator in carrying out those sections, shall be paid from the fund.
(B) There is hereby created the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. The periodic remittances of the wireless 9-1-1 charges under section 5507.46 of the Revised Code, remaining after the deposit required by division (A) of this section, shall be deposited to the credit of the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund. The treasurer of state shall deposit or invest the moneys in this fund in accordance with Chapter 135. of the Revised Code and any other provision of law governing public moneys of the state as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall credit the interest earned to the fund. The treasurer of state shall disburse money from the fund solely upon order of the coordinator as authorized under division (A) of section 5507.55 of the Revised Code. Annually, unless the fund is depleted, the treasurer of state shall certify to the coordinator the amount of moneys in the treasurer of state's custody belonging to the fund.
(C) The commission shall transfer the funds remaining in the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund after the disbursements made under division (A) of section 5507.55 of the Revised Code to the credit of the next generation 9-1-1 fund, created in section 5507.54 of the Revised Code.
Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §4, eff. 1/1/2014.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.63 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.54
Wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund; next generation 9-1-1 fund.
(A) Beginning January 1, 2014:
(1) The periodic remittances of the wireless 9-1-1 charges under section 5507.46 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the treasurer of state for deposit as follows:
(a) Ninety-eight per cent to the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund, which is hereby created in the custody of the treasurer of state but which shall not be a part of the state treasury. The treasurer of state shall deposit or invest the moneys in this fund in accordance with Chapter 135. of the Revised Code and any other provision of law governing public moneys of the state as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall credit the interest earned to the fund. The treasurer of state shall disburse money from the fund solely upon order of the tax commissioner according to policies established by the statewide emergency services internet protocol network steering committee as authorized under section 5507.021 of the Revised Code. Annually, until the fund is depleted, the treasurer of state shall certify to the commissioner the amount of moneys in the treasurer of state's custody belonging to the fund.
(b) One per cent to the wireless 9-1-1 administrative fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The treasurer of state shall credit the interest earned to the fund.
(c) One per cent to the wireless 9-1-1 public safety administrative fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The treasurer of state shall credit the interest earned to the fund.
(2) The tax commissioner shall use the remittances in the wireless 9-1-1 administrative fund to defray the costs in carrying out this chapter.
(3) The director of public safety shall use the remittances in the wireless 9-1-1 public safety administrative fund to defray the costs incurred by the department in carrying out this chapter.
(4) Annually, the tax commissioner and the director of public safety, after paying administrative costs under division (B) of this section, shall transfer any excess remaining in the administrative funds to the next generation 9-1-1 fund, created under this section.
(B)
(1) There is hereby created the next generation 9-1-1 fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer but shall not be a part of the state treasury.
(2) Beginning on January 1, 2014, the tax commissioner shall transfer the funds remaining in the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund after the disbursements made under division (B)(1) of section 5507.55 of the Revised Code to the credit of the next generation 9-1-1 fund.
(3) The treasurer of state shall deposit or invest the moneys in the next generation 9-1-1 fund in accordance with Chapter 135. of the Revised Code and any other provision of law governing public moneys of the state as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall credit the interest earned to the fund. The treasurer of state shall disburse money from the fund solely upon order of the tax commissioner according to policies established by the statewide emergency services internet protocol network steering committee as authorized under section 5507.021 of the Revised Code. Annually, until the fund is depleted, the treasurer of state shall certify to the commissioner the amount of moneys in the treasurer of state's custody belonging to the fund.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.55
Disbursement of government assistance fund monies.
(A) Prior to January 1, 2014, the public utilities commission shall disburse moneys from the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund to each county in the same manner as the 2012 disbursements, in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) of section 4931.64 of the Revised Code as those divisions existed prior to the effective date of H.B. 360 of the 129th general assembly.
(B) Beginning January 1, 2014:
(1) The tax commissioner, not later than the last day of each month, shall disburse moneys from the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund to each county in the same manner as the 2012 disbursements, in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) of section 4931.64 of the Revised Code as those divisions existed prior to the effective date of H.B. 360 of the 129th general assembly.
(2) The tax commissioner shall disburse moneys from the next generation 9-1-1 fund in accordance with the guidelines established under section 5507.022 of the Revised Code.
(C) Immediately upon receipt by a county treasurer of a disbursement under division (A) or (B) (1) of this section, the county shall disburse, in accordance with the allocation formula set forth in the final plan, the amount the county so received to any other subdivisions in the county and any regional councils of governments in the county that pay the costs of a public safety answering point providing wireless enhanced 9-1-1 under the plan.
(D) Nothing in this chapter affects the authority of a subdivision operating or served by a public safety answering point of a 9-1-1 system or a regional council of governments operating a public safety answering point of a 9-1-1 system to use, as provided in the final plan for the system or in an agreement under section 5507.09 of the Revised Code, any other authorized revenue of the subdivision or the regional council of governments for the purposes of providing basic or enhanced 9-1-1.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.64 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.57
County systems receiving disbursements to provide wireless 9-1-1 service.
Except as otherwise provided in section 5507.571 of the Revised Code:
(A) A countywide 9-1-1 system receiving a disbursement under section 5507.55 of the Revised Code shall provide countywide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 in accordance with this chapter beginning as soon as reasonably possible after receipt of the first disbursement or, if that service is already implemented, shall continue to provide such service. Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), and (E) of this section, a disbursement shall be used solely for the purpose of paying either or both of the following:
(1) Any costs of designing, upgrading, purchasing, leasing, programming, installing, testing, or maintaining the necessary data, hardware, software, and trunking required for the public safety answering point or points of the 9-1-1 system to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1, which costs are incurred before or on or after May 6, 2005, and consist of such additional costs of the 9-1-1 system over and above any costs incurred to provide wireline 9-1-1 or to otherwise provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1. Annually, up to twenty-five thousand dollars of the disbursements received on or after January 1, 2009, may be applied to data, hardware, and software that automatically alerts personnel receiving a 9-1-1 call that a person at the subscriber's address or telephone number may have a mental or physical disability, of which that personnel shall inform the appropriate emergency service provider. On or after the provision of technical and operational standards pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 5507.65 of the Revised Code, a regional council of governments operating a public safety answering point or a subdivision shall consider the standards before incurring any costs described in this division.
(2) Any costs of training the staff of the public safety answering point or points to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1, which costs are incurred before or on or after May 6, 2005.
(B) A subdivision or a regional council of governments that certifies to the department of public safety that it has paid the costs described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section and is providing countywide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 may use disbursements received under section 5507.55 of the Revised Code to pay any of its personnel costs of one or more public safety answering points providing countywide wireless enhanced 9-1-1.
(C) After receiving its July 2013 disbursement under division (A) of section 5507.55 of the Revised Code, a regional council of governments operating a public safety answering point or a subdivision may use any remaining balance of disbursements it received under that division to pay any of its costs of providing countywide wireless 9-1-1, including the personnel costs of one or more public safety answering points providing that service.
(D) The costs described in divisions (A), (B), (C), and (E) of this section may include any such costs payable pursuant to an agreement under division (J) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code.
(E)
(1) No disbursement to a countywide 9-1-1 system for costs of a public safety answering point shall be made from the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund or the next generation 9-1-1 fund unless the public safety answering point meets the standards set by rule of the statewide emergency services internet protocol network steering committee under section 5507.021 of the Revised Code.
(2) The department of public safety shall monitor compliance with the standards set by the steering committee. The department shall notify the tax commissioner to suspend disbursements to a countywide 9-1-1 system that fails to meet the standards. Upon receipt of this notification, the commissioner shall suspend disbursements until the commissioner is notified of compliance with the standards.
(F) The auditor of state may audit and review each county's expenditures of funds received from the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund to verify that the funds were used in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.65 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.571
Limitation on use of RC 5507.57 payments.
(A) Payment of costs specified in divisions (A) to (D) of section 5507.57 of the Revised Code from a disbursement under section 5507.55 of the Revised Code shall be limited to those specified and payable costs incurred for a specified number of public safety answering points of the particular 9-1-1 system as follows:
(1) For the period beginning on March 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2015, a countywide 9-1-1 system may use disbursements for not more than five public safety answering points per calendar year.
(2) Except as provided in division (B) of this section:
(a) For the period beginning on January 1, 2016, and ending on December 31, 2017, a countywide 9-1-1 system may use disbursements for not more than four public safety answering points per calendar year.
(b) For the period beginning on January 1, 2018, and thereafter a countywide 9-1-1 system may use disbursements for not more than three public safety answering points per calendar year.
(B) If within a county there is a municipal corporation with a population of over 175,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, that county may use disbursements for one public safety answering point in addition to the number of public safety answering points allowed under division (A)(2) of this section.
(C) If a county exceeds the allowable number of public safety answering points under this section, disbursements to countywide 9-1-1 systems made to the county from the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund and the next generation 9-1-1 fund shall be reduced by fifty per cent until the county complies with the public safety answering point limitations established under this section.
Renumbered from § 4931.651 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.60
Service providers to supply information; confidentiality.
(A)
(1) A telephone company, the state highway patrol as described in division (J) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code, and each subdivision or regional council of governments operating one or more public safety answering points for a countywide system providing wireless 9-1-1, shall provide the director of public safety and the tax commissioner with such information as the director and tax commissioner request for the purposes of carrying out their duties under this chapter, including, but not limited to, duties regarding the collection of the wireless 9-1-1 charges imposed under section 5507.42 of the Revised Code.
(2) A wireless service provider shall provide an official, employee, agent, or representative of a subdivision or regional council of governments operating a public safety answering point, or of the state highway patrol as described in division (J) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code, with such technical, service, and location information as the official, employee, agent, or representative requests for the purpose of providing wireless 9-1-1.
(3) A subdivision or regional council of governments operating one or more public safety answering points of a 9-1-1 system, and a telephone company, shall provide to the Ohio 9-1-1 council such information as the council requires for the purpose of carrying out its duties under division (D) of section 5507.65 of the Revised Code.
(B)
(1) Any information provided under division (A) of this section that consists of trade secrets as defined in section 1333.61 of the Revised Code or of information regarding the customers, revenues, expenses, or network information of a telephone company shall be confidential and does not constitute a public record for the purpose of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(2) The director, tax commissioner, and any official, employee, agent, or representative of the director, of the tax commissioner, of the state highway patrol as described in division (J) of section 5507.03 of the Revised Code, or of a subdivision or regional council of governments operating a public safety answering point, while acting or claiming to act in the capacity of the director or tax commissioner or such official, employee, agent, or representative, shall not disclose any information provided under division (A) of this section regarding a telephone company's customers, revenues, expenses, or network information. Nothing in division (B)(2) of this section precludes any such information from being aggregated and included in any report required under division (D) of section 5507.66 of the Revised Code, provided the aggregated information does not identify the number of any particular company's customers or the amount of its revenues or expenses or identify a particular company as to any network information.
Renumbered from § 4931.66 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.63
Adoption of rules; charge prescribed by general assembly.
(A) The tax commissioner may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out this chapter, including rules prescribing the necessary accounting for the collection fee under division (B)(4) of section 5507.46 of the Revised Code.
(B) The amounts of the wireless 9-1-1 charges shall be prescribed only by act of the general assembly.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.67 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.65
Ohio 9-1-1 council; member terms; duties.
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio 9-1-1 council, consisting of eleven members as follows: the Ohio 9-1-1 coordinator, until January 1, 2014; the director of public safety or a designee of the department of public safety selected by the director of public safety, beginning January 1, 2014; and ten members appointed by the governor. In appointing the ten members, the governor shall select at least one representative of public safety communications officials in this state, one representative of administrators of 9-1-1 service in this state, one representative of countywide 9-1-1 systems in this state, three representatives of wireline service providers in this state, and three representatives of wireless service providers in this state. For each such appointment, the governor shall consider a nominee proposed, respectively, by the Ohio chapter of the association of public-safety communications officials, the Ohio chapter of the national emergency number association, the county commissioners association of Ohio; and nominees proposed, respectively, by the Ohio telecom association and the wireless operators of Ohio; or any successor organization of each such entity.
Initial appointments shall be made not later than thirty days after May 6, 2005. Nothing in this section shall prevent the governor from rejecting any of the nominees or requesting that a nominating entity under this division submit the names of alternative nominees for consideration.
(B) The term of the initial appointee to the council representing public safety communications officials and the terms of one of the initial appointees representing wireline service providers and one representing wireless service providers shall expire on January 31, 2007. The term of the initial appointee to the council representing administrators of 9-1-1 service and the terms of another one of the initial appointees representing wireline service providers and another representing wireless service providers shall expire on January 31, 2008. The term of the initial appointee to the council representing countywide 9-1-1 systems and the terms of another one of the initial appointees representing wireline service providers and another representing wireless service providers shall expire on January 31, 2009. Thereafter, terms of appointed members shall be for three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as the term it succeeds.
Each council member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed.
Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office after the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
Appointed members shall serve without compensation and shall not be reimbursed for expenses.
(C) The council shall select a chairperson from among the appointed members. Each member shall have one vote in all deliberations of the council. A majority of the voting members constitutes a quorum.
(D) The duties of the council shall consist of both of the following:
(1) Arbitrating or establishing relative to 9-1-1 systems in this state nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral, and uniform technical and operational standards consistent with recognized industry standards and federal law. This authority does not include authority to prescribe the technology that a telephone company or reseller uses to deliver 9-1-1 calls.
(2) Including for the purpose of reporting to the general assembly, conducting research and making recommendations or reports regarding any wireline and wireless 9-1-1 issues, any improvements in the provision of service by 9-1-1 systems in this state, or any legislation or policies concerning such systems;
(3) Regarding the position of Ohio 9-1-1 coordinator, submitting names of nominees and recommended duties as authorized under section 5507.40 of the Revised Code and, at least biennially, conducting and submitting with recommendations to the public utilities commission a performance evaluation of the coordinator.
(E) The council is not an agency, as defined in section 101.82 of the Revised Code, for purposes of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.68 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
5507.66
Wireless 9-1-1 advisory board; member terms; recommendations.
(A) There is hereby created the wireless 9-1-1 advisory board, consisting of the Ohio 9-1-1 council appointee that represents public safety communications officials and five members appointed by the governor as follows: one of the council appointees that represents wireless service providers in this state, whose council term expires after the council term of the council appointee representing public safety communications officials, one noncouncil representative of wireless service providers in this state, one noncouncil representative of public safety communications officials in this state, and two noncouncil representatives of municipal and county governments in this state.
(B) The terms of the advisory board members who are also council members shall be concurrent with their terms as members of the council, as prescribed under division (B) of section 5507.65 of the Revised Code. The terms of the initial noncouncil appointee to the advisory board who represents wireless service providers and of one of the initial noncouncil appointees who represents municipal and county government shall expire on January 31, 2009. The terms of the initial noncouncil appointee to the advisory board representing public safety communications officials and of the other initial noncouncil appointee representing municipal and county government shall expire on January 31, 2010. Thereafter, terms of the noncouncil appointees shall be for three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as the term it succeeds. The conditions of holding office, manner of filling vacancies, and other matters concerning service by any member of the advisory board shall be the same as set forth for council members under division (B) of section 5507.65 of the Revised Code.
(C) The director of public safety shall appoint the chairperson of the advisory board. Each member of the board shall be a voting member and shall have one vote in all deliberations of the board. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum.
(D)
The advisory board is not an agency, as defined in section 101.82 of the Revised Code, for purposes of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,HB 472, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
Renumbered from § 4931.69 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.
(A) Whoever violates division (E) of section 5507.32 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(B)
Whoever violates division (F) or (G) of section 5507.32 or division (B)(2) of section 5507.60 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense.
Renumbered from § 4931.99 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.166,HB 360, §1, eff. 12/20/2012.