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...date of this section , shall provide an emergency-response-location identifier as part of the location transmission to the public safety answering point, using either legacy private-switch automatic location identification or next generation 9-1-1 methodologies. (3) Each operator of a multiline telephone system that was installed or substantially renovated on or after the effective date of this section , shall ide...

...Beginning not later than one year after the effective date of this section and except as provided in sections 128.242 and 128.243 of the Revised Code, a business service user that provides residential or business facilities, owns or controls a multiline telephone system or voice over internet protocol system in those facilities, and provides outbound dialing capacity from those facilities shall ensure both of the fol...

...explains how to access 9-1-1 in case of emergency, provides the specific location where the device is installed, and reminds the caller to give the location information to the 9-1-1 call taker. (E) The instructions described in division (D) of this section are printed in at least sixteen-point boldface type in a contrasting color using a font that is easily readable. (F) The business service user affirms in an ...

...Sections 128.241 and 128.242 of the Revised Code shall not apply if they are preempted by or in conflict with federal law.

...Each county shall provide a single point of contact to the 9-1-1 program office who has the authority to assist in location-data discrepancies, 9-1-1 traffic misroutes, and boundary disputes between public safety answering points.

...Not later than five years after the date that the statewide next generation 9-1-1 core services system is operationally available to all counties in the state, each county or, as applicable, each regional council of governments, shall provide next generation 9-1-1 service for all areas to be covered as set forth in the county's final plan or the council's agreement.

...A service provider that operates within a county that participates in the statewide next generation 9-1-1 core services system or within the area served by a regional council of governments that participates in that system shall deliver the 9-1-1 traffic that originates in that geographic area to the next generation 9-1-1 core for that geographic area.

...clude standards created by the national emergency number association and the internet engineering task force.

...(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 participati...

...ll 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 les...

...(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 128.08 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 questio...

...(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 128.08 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 equipme...

...(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 128.37 or 128.38 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 ...

...(A) Ending January 1, 2024, there are hereby imposed the following wireless 9-1-1 charges: (1) On each wireless telephone number of a wireless service subscriber who has a billing address in this state, a charge of twenty-five cents per month. 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...

...(A) As used in this section, "communications service" means any wireless service, multiline telephone system, and voice over internet protocol system to which both of the following apply: (1) The service or system is registered to the subscriber's address within this state or the subscriber's primary place of using the service or system is in this state. (2) The service or system is capable of initiating a dire...

...Beginning October 1, 2025, the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.41 of the Revised Code shall be twenty-five cents per month and shall be imposed in the same manner as described in divisions (B) and (C) of that section.

...The following are exempt from the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.41 of the Revised Code: (A) A subscriber of wireless lifeline service. (B) Wholesale transactions between telecommunications service providers where the service is a component of a service provided to an end user. This exemption includes network access charges and interconnection charges paid to a local exchange carrier...

...Each service provider and each reseller shall collect the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.41 of the Revised Code as a specific line item on each subscriber's monthly bill or point of sale invoice. The line item shall be the "Ohio Next Generation 9-1-1 Access Fee ([amount]/service/month)" or similar language. If a provider bills a subscriber for any other 9-1-1 costs that the provider may in...

...(A) After the expiration of the charge described in division (A)(2) of section 128.40 of the Revised Code, there is imposed, on each retail sale of a prepaid wireless calling service occurring in this state, a next generation 9-1-1 access fee of five-tenths of one per cent of the sale price. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, a retail sale occurs in this state if it is effected by the consumer appea...

...Except as provided in division (B)(3) of section 128.422 of the Revised Code, the seller of the prepaid calling service shall collect the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.42 of the Revised Code in the same manner as described in section 128.414 of the Revised Code.

...(A) When a prepaid calling service is sold with one or more other products or services for a single, nonitemized price, the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.42 of the Revised Code shall apply to the entire nonitemized price, except as provided in divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section. (B)(1) If the amount of the prepaid calling service is disclosed to the consumer as a dollar amount, th...

...The next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under sections 128.41 and 128.42 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from state or local taxation.

...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 the next generation 9-1-1 access fees imposed under sections 128.41 and 128.42 of the Revised Code. Each notice shall be provided not less than thirty days before the effective date of the increase or decrease.

...(A) Each entity required to bill and collect a wireless 9-1-1 charge under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or the next generation 9-1-1 access fee under section 128.414 or 128.421 of the Revised Code shall keep complete and accurate records of bills that include the charges and fees, together with a record of the charges and fees collected under those sections. The entities shall keep all related invoices and othe...

...Records, invoices, and documents required to be kept under section 128.45 of the Revised Code shall be open during business hours to the inspection of the tax commissioner. They shall be preserved for a period of four years unless the tax commissioner, in writing, consents to their destruction within that period, or by order requires that they be kept longer.