An Act To Facilitate the Implementation, Maintenance and Operation of the E-9-1-1 Emergency System LR 1874(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1423
Committee Amendment CA_A_H451 (House)
Amends: 25 MRSA §2921, 25 MRSA §2926, 25 MRSA §2927, 35-A MRSA §103

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "il· to H.P. 1042, L.D. 1423, 
Act To Facilitate the Implementation, Maintenance and 
of the E-9-l-l Emergency System" 
Bill, "An 
Operation 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
. Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2921, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
566, §2, is amended to read: 
2-A. 
Bureau. 
"Bureau" 
means 
the 
Emergency 
Services 
Communication Bureau ia within the 
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Public 
Utilities 
Commission, 
which 
is 
responsible 
for 
the 
statewide implementation and management of E-9-1-l. 
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 566, 
§9, is amended to read: 
1. 
Bureau 
estab1ished. 
The 
Emergency 
Services 
Communication Bureau is established within the 
ee~a~t:ffieRt: Public 
Utilities Commission to implement and manage E-9-1-1. 
Sec.3. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. 
Goal. 
To 
the extent possible. 
the 
bureau shall 
establish a total of between 16 and 24 public service answering 
points. 
The bureau shall seek to coordinate any reduction in the 
number of public service answering points to achieve this goal 
with any contractual obligations it may have or may enter into 
that are or could be affected by that reduction. 
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Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§l-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 
584, §1 and affected by §10, is further amended to read: 
1-B. 
Statewide 
E-9-1-1 
surcharge. 
The 
activities 
authorized under 
this 
chapter 
are 
funded 
through 
a 
special 
statewide E-9-l-l 
surcharge 
levied 
on 
each 
residential 
and 
business 
telephone 
exchange 
line, 
including 
private 
branch 
exchange 
lines 
and 
Centrex 
lines, 
cellular 
or 
wireless 
telecommunications service subscribers and semipublic coin and 
public access lines. 
The statewide E-9-1-l surcharge may not be 
imposed on more than 25 lines or numbers per customer billing 
account. 
In the case of cellular or wireless telecommunications 
service subscribers, the place of residence of those subscribers 
must be determined according to the sourcing rules for mobile 
telecommunications services set forth in Title 36, section 1816. 
The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge is 50t per month per line or 
number 
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The 
statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge must be billed on a monthly basis by 
each local exchange telephone utility or cellular or wireless 
telecommunications service provider and be shown separately as a 
statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge on the customer's bill. 
Sec. 5. 35-A MRSA §103, sub-§2, 1JD is enacted to read: 
D. 
The commission shall oversee and manage the Emergency 
Services Communication Bureau established under Title 25. 
chapter 352. 
Sec. 6. Transition. 
1. 
The provisions of this Act that move 
the Emergency 
Services 
Communication 
Bureau 
from within the Department of 
Public Safety to within the Public Utilities Commission are 
intended to change the oversight and management of the bureau but 
are not intended and may not be interpreted to affect in any 
manner 
the 
purposes, 
powers, 
duties 
or 
functions 
or 
any 
contracts, agreements, obligations or other legal arrangements of 
the bureau, and all existing contracts, agreements, obligations 
or other legal arrangements of the bureau currently in effect 
continue in effect until rescinded, revised or amended. 
2. 
All 
existing 
rules, 
regulations 
and 
procedures 
in 
effect, in operation or adopted in or by the Emergency Services 
Communication Bureau remain in effect until rescinded, revised or 
amended. 
3. 
All positions authorized and allocated to the Emergency 
Services Communication Bureau wi thin the Department of Public 
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Safety are authorized and allocated to the Emergency Services 
Communication Bureau within the Public Utilities Commission. 
4. 
All buildings, 
real property, 
equipment, 
records or 
other property belonging to or allocated for the use of the 
Emergency Services Communication Bureau within the Department of 
Public Safety are the property of and allocated to the bureau 
within the Public Utilities Commission. 
5. All existing forms, letterheads or 
Emergency 
Services 
Communication 
Bureau 
utilized by the bureau. 
other supplies of the 
may 
continue 
to 
be 
Sec. 
7. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Emergency Services Communication Bureau 
0790 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Deallocates funds to reflect the transfer of the 
Emergency Services Communication Bureau to the Public Utili ties 
Commission. 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
2003-04 
(-5.000) 
($294,298) 
(5,469,689) 
Other Special Revenue Funds Total ($5,763,987) 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPAR'l'MENT "!'OrALS 
orDER SPECIAL REVENUE FORDS 
DEPARTMENT "!'OrAL -
ALL FORDS 
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIOR 
Emergency Services Communication Bureau 
2003-04 
($5,763,987) 
($5,763,987) 
0790 
2004-05 
(-5.000) 
($395,048) 
(7,304,161) 
($7,699,209) 
2004-05 
($7,699,209) 
($7,699,209) 
Initiative: 
Allocates 
funds 
to 
relect the 
Emergency Services Communication Bureau from 
Public Safety. 
transfer of 
the 
the Department of 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
2003-04 
(5.000) 
$294,298 
2004-05 
(5.000) 
$395,048 
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All Other 
5,469,689 
Other Special Revenue Funds Total 
$5,763,987 
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMcrSSION 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FORDS 
DEPAR'DIENT "l'O'l'AL -
ALL FORDS 
SECTION 'l'O'rALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REvENUE FORDS 
SECTION TOTAL -
ALL FONDS 
SUMMARY 
This amendment: 
2003-04 
$5,763,987 
$5,763,987 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
7,304,161 
$7,699,209 
2004-05 
$7,699,209 
$7,699,209 
2004-05 
$0 
$0' 
1. 
Moves the Emergency Services Communication Bureau from 
the 
Department 
of 
Public 
Safety 
to 
the 
Public 
Utilities 
Commission: 
2. 
Keeps the current surcharge at 50¢ per month per line or 
number by removing the "sunset" provision in current law that 
reduces the surcharge to 32¢ 90 days after the adjournment of the 
3. 
Directs the Emergency Services Communication Bureau to 
seek to reduce the total number of public service answering 
points to between 16 and 24. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Appropriations and Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 05/16/03 ;t;?ac::.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1423 
An Act To Facilitate the Implementation, Maintenance and Operation of 
the E-9-1-1 Emergency System 
LR 1874(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
$0 
$1,893,201 
2004-05 
$0 
$2,524,268 
Projections 
2005-06 
$0 
$2,524,268 
Projections 
2006-07 
$0 
$2,524,268 
Increasing the E-9-1-1 surcharge will increase dedicated revenues collected by the Emergency Services 
Communication Bureau within the Department of Public Safety by $1,893,201 and $2,524,268 in fiscal years 2003-04 
and 2004-05, respectively. 
As amended, this bill includes the necessary Other Special Revenue Funds allocations to transfer the Emergency 
Services Communication Bureau from the Department of Public Safety to the Public Utilities Commission. 
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