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MN Stat § 403.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.025 — 911 Emergency Telecommunications System Required.

403.025 911 EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM REQUIRED. Subdivision 1. General requirement. Each county shall operate and maintain a 911 emergency telecommunications system. Subd. 1a. Emergency telephone number 911. The digits 911, so designated by the Federal Communications Commission, must be the primary emergency telephone number within the system. A public safety agency may maintain a separate secondary backup number for emergency calls and shall maintain a separate number for nonemergency telephone calls. Subd. 2. Multijurisdictional system. The 911 systems may be multijurisdictional and regional in character provided that design and implementation are preceded by cooperative planning on a county-by-county basis with local public safety agencies. Subd. 3. Connected telecommunications service provider requirements. Every owner and operator of a wire-line or wireless circuit switched or packet-based telecommunications system connected to the public switched telephone network shall design and maintain the system to dial the 911 number without charge to the caller. Subd. 4. Wireless requirements. Every owner and operator of a wireless telecommunications system shall design and maintain the system to dial the 911 number without charge to the caller. Subd. 5. Pay phone requirements. Every pay phone owner and operator shall permit dialing of the 911 number without coin and without charge to the caller. Subd. 6. Multistation or PBX system. Every owner and operator of a multistation or private branch exchange (PBX) multiline telephone system shall design and maintain the system to dial the 911 number without charge to the caller. Subd. 7. Contractual requirements. (a) The state shall contract with the county or other governmental agencies operating public safety answering points and with the appropriate wire-line telecommunications service providers or other entities determined by the commissioner to be capable of providing effective and efficient components of the 911 system for the operation, maintenance, enhancement, and expansion of the 911 system. (b) The contract language or subsequent amendments to the contract must include a description of the services to be furnished to the county or other governmental agencies operating public safety answering points. The contract language or subsequent amendments must include the terms of compensation based on the effective tariff or price list filed with the Public Utilities Commission or the prices agreed to by the parties. (c) The contract language or subsequent amendments to contracts between the parties must contain a provision for resolving disputes. History:  1977 c 311 s 1; 2002 c 372 s 1; 2004 c 282 s 2; 2005 c 136 art 10 s 7,8; 2006 c 260 art 6 s 3; 2014 c 212 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 403.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.05 — 911 System Operation And Maintenance.

403.05 911 SYSTEM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. Subdivision 1. Operate and maintain. Each county or any other governmental agency shall operate and maintain its 911 system to meet the requirements of governmental agencies whose services are available through the 911 system and to permit future expansion or enhancement of the system. Subd. 2. Rule requirements for 911 system plans. Each county or any other governmental agency shall maintain and update its 911 system plans as required under Minnesota Rules, chapter 1215. Subd. 3. Agreements for service. Each county or any other governmental agency shall contract with the state for the recurring and nonrecurring costs associated with operating and maintaining 911 emergency communications systems. If requested by the county or other governmental agency, the county or agency is entitled to be a party to any contract between the state and any wire-line telecommunications service provider or 911 emergency telecommunications service provider providing components of the 911 system within the county. History:  1977 c 311 s 5; 2002 c 372 s 7; 2005 c 136 art 10 s 9; 2006 c 260 art 6 s 4; 2014 c 212 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 403.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.06 — Commissioner's Duties.

403.06 COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES. Subdivision 1. System coordination, improvements, variations, and agreements. The commissioner shall coordinate the maintenance of 911 systems. The commissioner shall aid counties in the formulation of concepts, methods, and procedures which will improve the operation and maintenance of 911 systems. The commissioner shall establish procedures for determining and evaluating requests for variations from the established design standards. The commissioner shall respond to requests by wireless or wire-line telecommunications service providers or by counties or other governmental agencies for system agreements, contracts, and tariff language promptly and no later than within 45 days of the request unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. Subd. 1a. Biennial budget; annual financial report. The commissioner shall prepare a biennial budget for maintaining the 911 system. By December 15 of each year, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature detailing the expenditures for maintaining the 911 system, the 911 fees collected, the balance of the 911 fund, the 911-related administrative expenses of the commissioner, and the most recent forecast of revenues and expenditures for the 911 emergency telecommunications service account, including a separate projection of E911 fees from prepaid wireless customers and projections of year-end fund balances. The commissioner is authorized to expend money that has been appropriated to pay for the maintenance, enhancements, and expansion of the 911 system. Subd. 2. Waiver. Any county, other governmental agency, wireless telecommunications service provider, or wire-line telecommunications service provider may petition the commissioner for a waiver of all or portions of the requirements. A waiver may be granted upon a demonstration by the petitioner that the requirement is economically infeasible. History:  1977 c 311 s 6; 2002 c 372 s 8; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 103; 2013 c 143 art 13 s 13
MN Stat § 403.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.08 — Wireless Telecommunications Service Provider.

403.08 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed by amendment, 2002 c 372 s 10] Subd. 2.  [Repealed by amendment, 2002 c 372 s 10] Subd. 3.  [Repealed by amendment, 2002 c 372 s 10] Subd. 4.  [Repealed by amendment, 2002 c 372 s 10] Subd. 5.  [Repealed by amendment, 2002 c 372 s 10] Subd. 6.  [Repealed by amendment, 2002 c 372 s 10] Subd. 7. Duties. Each wireless telecommunications service provider shall cooperate in planning and implementing integration with enhanced 911 systems operating in their service territories to meet Federal Communications Commission-enhanced 911 standards. Each wireless telecommunications service provider shall annually develop and provide to the commissioner good-faith estimates of installation and recurring expenses to integrate wireless 911 service into the enhanced 911 networks to meet Federal Communications Commission phase one wireless enhanced 911 standards. The commissioner shall coordinate with counties and affected public safety agency representatives in developing a statewide design and plan for implementation. Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 2006 c 260 art 6 s 21] Subd. 9. Scope. Planning considerations must include cost, degree of integration into existing 911 systems, the retention of existing 911 infrastructure, and the potential implications of phase 2 of the Federal Communications Commission wireless enhanced 911 standards. Subd. 10. Plan integration. Counties shall incorporate the statewide design when modifying county 911 plans to provide for integrating wireless 911 service into existing county 911 systems. Subd. 11. Liability. (a) No wireless enhanced 911 emergency telecommunications service provider, its employees, or its agents are liable to any person for civil damages resulting from or caused by any act or omission in the development, design, installation, operation, maintenance, performance, or provision of enhanced 911 wireless service, except for willful or wanton misconduct. (b) No wireless carrier, its employees, or its agents are liable to any person who uses enhanced 911 wireless service for release of subscriber information required under this chapter to any public safety answering point. Subd. 12. Notification of subscriber. A provider of wireless telecommunications services shall notify its subscribers at the time of initial subscription and four times per year thereafter that a 911 emergency call made from a wireless telephone is not always answered by a local public safety answering point but may be routed to a State Patrol dispatcher and that, accordingly, the caller must provide specific information regarding the caller's location. History:  1977 c 311 s 8; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1997 c 202 art 3 s 20; 2002 c 372 s 10; 2005 c 136 art 10 s 11; 2006 c 260 art 6 s 5; 2014 c 212 art 2 s 3
MN Stat § 403.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.09 — Enforcement.

403.09 ENFORCEMENT. Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority. At the request of the commissioner of public safety, the attorney general may commence proceedings in the district court against any person or public or private body to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Subd. 2. Commission authority. At the request of the public utilities commission, the attorney general may commence proceedings before the district court pursuant to section 237.27, against any wire-line telecommunications service provider that refuses to comply with this chapter. Subd. 3. Dispute resolution. Disputes between parties must be resolved pursuant to section 403.025, subdivision 7, paragraph (c). History:  1977 c 311 s 9; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1995 c 149 s 3; 2002 c 372 s 11; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 107; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 74
MN Stat § 403.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.10 — Cooperative Agreement.

403.10 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. Subdivision 1. Authority. All public agencies and counties that are part of different 911 systems but share common boundary lines may enter into cooperative agreements to provide that once an emergency unit is dispatched in response to a request through the system, the unit shall render its services to the requesting party without regard to jurisdictional boundaries. Subd. 2. Notice to public safety agency. Public safety agencies with jurisdictional responsibilities shall in all cases be notified by the public safety answering point of a request for service in their jurisdiction. Subd. 3. Allocating costs. Counties, public agencies, operating public safety answering points, and other local governmental units may enter into cooperative agreements under section 471.59 for the allocation of operational and capital costs attributable to the 911 system. History:  1977 c 311 s 10; 2002 c 372 s 12
MN Stat § 403.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.16 — Definitions.

403.16 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 403.16 to 403.164, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Consumer. "Consumer" means a person who purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a retail transaction. Subd. 3. Department. "Department" means the Department of Revenue. Subd. 4. Prepaid wireless E911 fee. "Prepaid wireless E911 fee" means the fee that is required to be collected by a seller from a consumer as established in section 403.161, subdivision 1, paragraph (a). Subd. 5. Prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fee. "Prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fee" means the fee that is required to be collected by a seller from a consumer as established in section 403.161, subdivision 1, paragraph (b). Subd. 6. Provider. "Provider" means a person that provides prepaid wireless telecommunications service under a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission. Subd. 7. Retail transaction. "Retail transaction" means the purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a seller for any purpose other than resale. Subd. 8. Seller. "Seller" means a person who sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to another person. History:   2013 c 143 art 13 s 17
MN Stat § 403.162 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.162 — Administration Of Prepaid Wireless E911 Fees.

403.162 ADMINISTRATION OF PREPAID WIRELESS E911 FEES. Subdivision 1. Remittance. Prepaid wireless E911 and telecommunications access Minnesota fees collected by sellers must be remitted to the commissioner of revenue at the times and in the manner provided by chapter 297A with respect to the general sales and use tax. The commissioner of revenue shall establish registration and payment procedures that substantially coincide with the registration and payment procedures that apply in chapter 297A. Subd. 2. Seller's fee retention. A seller may deduct and retain three percent of prepaid wireless E911 and telecommunications access Minnesota fees collected by the seller from consumers. Subd. 3. Department of Revenue provisions. The audit, assessment, appeal, collection, refund, penalty, interest, enforcement, and administrative provisions of chapters 270C and 289A that are applicable to the taxes imposed by chapter 297A apply to any fee imposed under section 403.161. Subd. 4. Procedures for resale transactions. The commissioner of revenue shall establish procedures by which a seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications service may document that a sale is not a retail transaction. These procedures must substantially coincide with the procedures for documenting sale for resale transactions as provided in chapter 297A. Subd. 5. Fees deposited. (a) The commissioner of revenue shall, based on the relative proportion of the prepaid wireless E911 fee and the prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fee imposed per retail transaction, divide the fees collected in corresponding proportions. Within 30 days of receipt of the collected fees, the commissioner shall: (1) deposit the proportion of the collected fees attributable to the prepaid wireless E911 fee in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue fund; and (2) deposit the proportion of collected fees attributable to the prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fee in the telecommunications access fund established in section 237.52, subdivision 1. (b) The commissioner of revenue may deduct and deposit in a special revenue account an amount not to exceed two percent of collected fees. Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of revenue to reimburse its direct costs of administering the collection and remittance of prepaid wireless E911 fees and prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fees. History:  2013 c 143 art 13 s 19; 2014 c 308 art 11 s 6
MN Stat § 403.163 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.163 — Liability Protection For Sellers And Providers.

403.163 LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR SELLERS AND PROVIDERS. (a) A provider or seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications service is not liable for damages to any person resulting from or incurred in connection with providing any lawful assistance in good faith to any investigative or law enforcement officer of the United States, this or any other state, or any political subdivision of this or any other state. (b) In addition to the protection from liability provided by paragraph (a), section 403.08, subdivision 11, applies to sellers and providers. History:   2013 c 143 art 13 s 20
MN Stat § 403.164 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.164 — Exclusivity Of Prepaid Wireless E911 Fee.

403.164 EXCLUSIVITY OF PREPAID WIRELESS E911 FEE. The prepaid wireless E911 fee imposed by section 403.161 is the only E911 funding obligation imposed with respect to prepaid wireless telecommunications service in this state, and no tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge may be imposed by this state, any political subdivision of this state, or any intergovernmental agency, for E911 funding purposes, upon any provider, seller, or consumer with respect to the sale, purchase, use, or provision of prepaid wireless telecommunications service. History:   2013 c 143 art 13 s 21
MN Stat § 403.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.20 — System Name.

403.20 SYSTEM NAME. The statewide, shared, trunked radio and communication system established under section 403.36 may be referred to as "Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response" or "ARMER." History:   2004 c 201 s 1
MN Stat § 403.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.29 — Use Of Bond Proceeds.

403.29 USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2006 c 260 art 6 s 21] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2006 c 260 art 6 s 21] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2006 c 260 art 6 s 21] Subd. 4. Use of bond proceeds. The use of proceeds of all bonds issued by the Metropolitan Council for the purposes enumerated in section 403.27, subdivision 1, other than investment of all money on hand in any sinking fund or funds of the council, shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 475, the provisions of resolutions authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and by the trust indenture. History:  1995 c 195 art 1 s 10; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 10; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 135
MN Stat § 403.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.30 — Appropriation; Transfers.

403.30 APPROPRIATION; TRANSFERS. Subdivision 1. Standing appropriation; costs covered. The amount necessary to pay debt service costs and reserves for bonds issued by the Metropolitan Council under section 403.27 or by the commissioner of management and budget under section 403.275 is appropriated from the 911 emergency telecommunications service account established under section 403.11 to the commissioner of management and budget. The commissioner of management and budget shall transmit the necessary amounts to the Metropolitan Council as requested by the council. This appropriation shall be used to pay annual debt service costs and reserves for bonds issued pursuant to section 403.27 or 403.275 prior to use of fee money to pay other costs or to support other appropriations. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2006 c 260 art 6 s 21] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 10 s 21] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2006 c 260 art 6 s 21] History:  1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 117,135; 2005 c 136 art 10 s 20; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 403.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.32 — Sale Of General Obligation Bonds.

403.32 SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Subdivision 1. Amount; purposes. The Metropolitan Council may by resolution authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds of the council, in an amount outstanding and undischarged at any time not more than $3,000,000, for which its full faith and credit and taxing powers shall be pledged for the council's share of the first phase. The Metropolitan Council may also issue general obligation bonds to refund outstanding obligations issued under this section. The amount of refunding bonds that may be issued from time to time shall not be subject to the dollar limitation contained in this subdivision nor the refunding bonds be included in computing the amount of bonds that may be issued within that dollar limitation. Subd. 2. Sale, terms, security. The Metropolitan Council shall sell and issue the bonds in the manner provided in chapter 475 and shall have the same powers and duties as a municipality issuing bonds under that law, except that the approval of a majority of the electors shall not be required and the net debt limitations shall not apply. The bonds shall be secured in accordance with section 475.61, subdivision 1, and any taxes required for their payment shall be levied by the council, shall not affect the amount or rate of taxes which may be levied by the council for other purposes, and shall be levied without limitation of rate or amount upon all taxable property in the transit taxing district and transit area as provided in section 473.446, subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Temporary loans. The Metropolitan Council may, after the authorization of bonds under this section, provide funds immediately required for the purposes of subdivision 1 by effecting temporary loans upon terms as it shall by resolution determine, evidenced by notes due in not exceeding 24 months from their date, payable to the order of the lender or to the bearer, to be repaid with interest from the proceeds of the bonds when issued and delivered to the purchaser. The temporary loans may be made without public advertisement. History:  1995 c 195 art 1 s 13; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 135
MN Stat § 403.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications|Section 403.34 — Optional Local Use Of Statewide System.

403.34 OPTIONAL LOCAL USE OF STATEWIDE SYSTEM. Subdivision 1. Options. Use of the statewide public safety radio system by local governments, quasi-public service organizations, and private entities eligible to use the system shall be optional and no local government or other eligible user of the system shall be required to abandon or modify current public safety radio communication systems or purchase new equipment until the local government or other eligible user elects to join the system. Public safety radio communication service to local governments and other eligible users who do not initially join the system shall not be interrupted. No local government or other eligible users who do not join the system shall be charged a user fee for the use of the system. Subd. 2. Requirements to join. Local governments and other entities eligible to join the statewide public safety radio system which elect to join the system must do so in accordance with and meet the requirements of the provisions of the plan adopted by the board as provided in section 403.36. History:  1995 c 195 art 1 s 15; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 135; 2006 c 260 art 6 s 18