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30 V.S.A. § 7052
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services|§ 7052. Vermont Enhanced 911 Board

§ 7052. Vermont Enhanced 911 Board|(a) The Vermont Enhanced 911 Board is established to develop, implement, and supervise the operation of the statewide Enhanced 911 system.(b) The Board shall consist of nine members: one county law enforcement officer elected by the membership of the Vermont State Sheriffs' Association; one municipal law enforcement officer elected by the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police; one official of a municipality; a firefighter; an emergency medical services provider; a Department of Public Safety representative; and three members of the public. Board members shall be appointed by the Governor to three-year terms, except that the Governor shall stagger initial appointments so that the terms of no more than four members expire during a calendar year. In appointing Board members, the Governor shall give due consideration to the different geographical regions of the State, and the need for balance between rural and urban areas. Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.(c) Members who are not State employees or not otherwise compensated in the course of their employment shall receive per diem compensation and expense reimbursement for meetings in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 1010. Members who receive per diem shall receive compensation for no more than 12 meetings per year.(d) The Governor shall annually appoint a member to serve as Board chair and a member to serve as Board vice chair. The Board shall hold at least four regular meetings a year. Meetings of the Board may be held at any time or place within Vermont upon call of the Chair or a majority of the members, after reasonable notice to the other members and shall be held at such times and places as in the judgment of the Board will best serve the convenience of all parties in interest. The Board shall adopt rules and procedures with respect to the conduct of its meetings and other affairs. Membership on the Board does not constitute the holding of an office for any purpose, and members of the Board shall not be required to take and file oaths of office before serving on the Board. A member of the Board shall not be disqualified from holding any public office or employment, and shall not forfeit any office or employment, by reason of their appointment to the Board, notwithstanding any statute, ordinance, or charter to the contrary.(e) The Board shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Governor, the Executive Director who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. He or she shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the Board. The Executive Director is entitled to compensation, as established by law, and reimbursement for the expenses within the amounts available by appropriation. The Executive Director may, with the approval of the Board, hire employees, agents, and consultants and prescribe their duties. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 4, § 99, eff. April 29, 2009.)
30 V.S.A. § 7053
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services|§ 7053. Board; responsibilities and powers

§ 7053. Board; responsibilities and powers|(a) The Board shall be the single governmental agency responsible for statewide Enhanced 911. To the extent feasible, the Board shall consult with the Agency of Human Services, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Public Service, and local community service providers on the development of policies, system design, standards, and procedures. The Board shall develop designs, standards, and procedures and shall adopt rules on the following:  (1) The technical and operational standards for public safety answering points. (2) The system database standards and procedures for developing and maintaining the database. The system database shall be the property of the Board. (3) Statewide, locatable means of identifying customer location, such as addressing, geo-coding, or other methods of locating the caller. (4) Standards and procedures to ensure system and database security.   (b)-(d) [Repealed.](e) The Board is authorized:  (1) to make or cause to be made studies of any aspect of the Enhanced 911 system, including service, operations, training, database development, and public awareness; (2) to accept and use in the name of the State, subject to review and approval by the Joint Fiscal Committee, any and all donations or grants, both real and personal, from any governmental unit or public agency or from any institution, person, firm, or corporation, consistent with the rules established by the Board and the purpose or conditions of the donation or grant; and (3) to exercise all powers and conduct such activities as are necessary in carrying out the Board's responsibilities in fulfilling the purposes of this chapter.   (f) The Board shall adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, where appropriate, imposing reasonable fines or sanctions against persons that do not adhere to applicable Board rules.(g), (h) [Repealed.]  (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 64, § 1, eff. June 2, 2011.)
30 V.S.A. § 7054
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services|§ 7054. Funding

§ 7054. Funding|(a) The Enhanced 911 Fund is created as a special fund subject to the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5. Balances in the Fund on June 30 of each year shall carry forward and shall not revert to the General Fund.(b) The General Assembly shall annually review and approve an amount to be transferred by the universal service fiscal agent to the Enhanced 911 Fund and shall appropriate some or all of that amount for expenditures related to providing Enhanced 911 services.(c) Into the Enhanced 911 Fund shall be deposited monies transferred from the universal service fiscal agent, any State or federal funds appropriated to the Fund by the General Assembly, any taxes specifically required by law to be deposited into the Fund, and any grants or gifts received by the State for the benefit of the Enhanced 911 system.(d) Disbursements from the Enhanced 911 Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants drawn by the Director solely for the purposes specified in this chapter. The Director may issue such warrants pursuant to contracts or grants.(e) Disbursements may be made for:  (1) nonrecurring costs, including establishing public safety answering points, purchasing network equipment and software, developing databases, and providing for initial training and public education; (2) recurring costs, including network access fees and other telephone charges, software, equipment, database management and improvement, public education, ongoing training, and equipment maintenance; (3) expenses of the Board and the Department of Public Service incurred under this chapter; (4) costs solely attributable to statewide public safety answering point operations; and (5) costs attributable to demonstration projects designed to enhance the delivery of emergency 911 and other emergency services.   (f) Disbursements may not be made for:  (1) personnel costs for emergency dispatch answering points; (2) construction, purchase, renovation, or furnishings for buildings at emergency dispatch points; (3) two-way radios; and (4) vehicles and associated equipment. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1999, No. 62, § 82; 2007, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.025, eff. June 7, 2008; 2011, No. 64, § 1, eff. June 2, 2011.)
30 V.S.A. § 7056
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services|§ 7056. Municipal cooperation; enhanced ANI/ALI capability

§ 7056. Municipal cooperation; enhanced ANI/ALI capability|(a) Each municipality, by its legislative body, may participate in the Enhanced 911 system. Municipalities choosing to participate shall identify all building locations and other public and private locations frequented by the public and shall cooperate in the development and maintenance of the necessary databases. The Board shall work with municipalities to identify nonmonetary incentives designed to streamline and reduce the administrative burdens imposed by this requirement. Any municipality that changes its system for addresses shall ensure that the modified address system is consistent with the standards established by the Board.(b) After the effective date of this chapter, any municipality that changes its system for addresses shall ensure that the modified address system is consistent with the standards established by the Board.(c)-(e) [Repealed.]  (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1997, No. 28, § 13, eff. May 15, 1997; 2011, No. 64, § 1, eff. June 2, 2011.)
30 V.S.A. § 7057
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services|§ 7057. Enterprise communications system

§ 7057. Enterprise communications system|Any enterprise communications system shall provide to those end users the same level of 911 service that other end users receive and shall provide ANI signaling, station identification data, including dispatchable location, and updates to Enhanced 911 databases under rules adopted by the Board. The Board may waive the provisions of this section for any enterprise communications system, provided that in the judgment of the Board, the owner of the system is actively engaged in becoming compliant with this section, is likely to comply with this section in a reasonable amount of time, and will do so in accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the Board by rule. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 64, § 1, eff. June 2, 2011; 2017, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. May 28, 2018.)
30 V.S.A. § 7058
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services|§ 7058. Pay telephones

§ 7058. Pay telephones|Each provider or other owner or lessee of a pay station telephone shall permit a caller to dial 911 without first inserting a coin or paying any other charge. The provider or other owner or lessee shall prominently display on each notice advising callers to dial 911 in an emergency and that deposit of a coin is not required. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 64, § 1, eff. June 2, 2011.)
30 V.S.A. § 7060
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services|§ 7060. Limitation of liability

§ 7060. Limitation of liability|No person shall be liable in any suit for civil damages who in good faith receives, develops, collects, or processes information for the Enhanced 911 database or develops, designs, adopts, establishes, installs, participates in, implements, maintains, or provides access to telephone, mobile, or IP-enabled service for the purpose of helping persons obtain emergency assistance in accordance with this chapter unless such action constitutes gross negligence or an intentional tort. In addition, no provider of telephone, mobile, or other IP-enabled service or a provider's respective employees, directors, officers, assigns, affiliates, or agents shall be liable for civil damages in connection with the release of customer information to any governmental entity, including any public safety answering point, as required under this chapter. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 64, § 1, eff. June 2, 2011.)
30 V.S.A. § 7061
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services|§ 7061. Enforcement and penalties

§ 7061. Enforcement and penalties|(a) The Board may file a civil action for injunctive relief in Washington County Superior Court to enforce a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted by the Board under this chapter. The court shall award the Board its costs and reasonable attorney's fees in the event that the Board prevails in an action under this subsection.(b) A person who violates the provisions of section 7059 of this title shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.(c) An aggrieved individual may maintain an action in Superior Court for damages, injunctive relief, costs, and attorney's fees against any person who intentionally or with gross negligence violates any provision of, or rules adopted under, section 7059 or subsection 7055(b) of this title. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
30 V.S.A. § 7502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7502. Rulemaking

§ 7502. Rulemaking|(a) Consistent with the purposes of this chapter, the Department of Public Service may interpret the provisions of this chapter. Any person aggrieved by any such interpretation or policy may file with the Department of Public Service a petition for a declaratory ruling. Such a petition may include a request to determine whether newly created services, and other services not specifically mentioned by the definition of telecommunications service in this chapter, are telecommunications service. All services declared to be telecommunications service shall thereafter be subject to the charge imposed by subchapter 3 of this chapter.(b) By rule or general order, the Department of Public Service may adopt procedures and standards to implement its responsibilities under this chapter. To the extent applicable, the Department of Public Service shall use the procedures and standards applicable to the setting of rates for regulated utilities. Those procedures may be designed to expedite the annual establishment of amounts to be collected and distributed by the fiscal agent. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2015, No. 41, § 26, eff. June 1, 2015.)
30 V.S.A. § 7503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7503. Fiscal agent

§ 7503. Fiscal agent|(a) A fiscal agent shall be selected to receive and distribute funds under this chapter.(b) The fiscal agent shall be selected by the Commissioner of Public Service after competitive bidding. No telecommunications service provider shall be eligible to be the fiscal agent. The duties of the fiscal agent shall be determined by a contract with a term not greater than three years.(c) In order to finance grants and other expenditures that have been approved by the Commissioner of Public Service, the fiscal agent may borrow money from time to time in anticipation of receipts during the current fiscal year. No such note shall have a term of repayment in excess of one year, but the fiscal agent may pledge its receipts in the current and future years to secure repayment. Financial obligations of the fiscal agent are not guaranteed by the State of Vermont.(d) The fiscal agent shall be audited annually by a certified public accountant in a manner determined by and under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Service.(e) The financial accounts of the fiscal agent shall be available at reasonable times to any telecommunications service provider in this State. The Commissioner of Public Service may investigate the accounts and practices of the fiscal agent and may enter orders concerning the same.(f) The fiscal agent acts as a fiduciary and holds funds in trust for the ratepayers until the funds have been disbursed as provided pursuant to section 7511 of this chapter. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2005, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2013, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 33; 2015, No. 41, § 7.)
30 V.S.A. § 7504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7504. Severability

§ 7504. Severability|In the event that a court determines that some part of this chapter, or its application to a particular circumstance, violates the Constitution or laws of the United States, the remainder of this chapter shall not thereby be declared invalid. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
30 V.S.A. § 7511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7511. Distribution generally

§ 7511. Distribution generally|(a)(1) As directed by the Commissioner of Public Service, funds collected by the fiscal agent, and interest accruing thereon, shall be distributed as follows:   (A) to pay costs payable to the fiscal agent under its contract with the Commissioner; (B) to support the Vermont telecommunications relay service in the manner provided by section 7512 of this title; (C) to support the Vermont Lifeline program in the manner provided by section 7513 of this title; (D) to support Enhanced 911 services in the manner provided by section 7514 of this title; and (E) to support the Connectivity Fund established in section 7516 of this title; and  (2) for fiscal year 2016 only, any personnel or administrative costs associated with the Connectivity Initiative shall come from the Connectivity Fund, as determined by the Commissioner in consultation with the Connectivity Board.   (b) If insufficient funds exist to support all of the purposes contained in subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner shall allocate the available funds, giving priority in the order listed in subsection (a). (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2013, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 16, 2014; 2013, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 34; 2015, No. 41, § 9.)
30 V.S.A. § 7512
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7512. Telecommunications relay service

§ 7512. Telecommunications relay service|The fiscal agent shall make distributions for the Vermont telecommunications relay service to the State Treasurer. The amount of the transfer shall be determined by the Commissioner of Public Service as the amount reasonably necessary to pay the costs of a contract administered by the Department of Public Service. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
30 V.S.A. § 7513
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7513. Lifeline

§ 7513. Lifeline|The fiscal agent shall make distributions for the Vermont Lifeline program under subsection 218(c) of this title to reimburse telecommunications service providers for credits that have been granted to their customers, within annual limits approved in advance by the Public Utility Commission. The fiscal agent shall also make distributions to reimburse telecommunications companies for Lifeline program administration costs approved by the Commission. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1995, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)
30 V.S.A. § 7514
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7514. Enhanced 911

§ 7514. Enhanced 911|The fiscal agent shall make distributions to the State Treasurer, for deposit into the Enhanced 911 special fund, as annually directed by the General Assembly. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
30 V.S.A. § 7516
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7516. Connectivity Fund

§ 7516. Connectivity Fund|(a) There is created a Connectivity Fund for the purpose of providing support to the High-Cost Program established under section 7515 of this chapter and the Connectivity Initiative established under section 7515b of this chapter. The fiscal agent shall determine annually, on or before November 1, the amount of monies available to the Connectivity Fund. Such funds shall be apportioned as follows: 45 percent to the High-Cost Program and 55 percent to the Connectivity Initiative.(b) [Repealed.]  (Added 2013, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 16, 2014; amended 2015, No. 41, § 10; 2019, No. 31, § 8; 2019, No. 79, § 3, eff. June 20, 2019; 2021, No. 71, § 7a, eff. June 8, 2021.)
30 V.S.A. § 7522
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7522. Rebate for payment elsewhere

§ 7522. Rebate for payment elsewhere|When a telecommunications service is subject to the Charge imposed by section 7521 of this title and also to a similar charge imposed for similar purposes in another state, the customer shall be liable only for the difference between the amount demonstrably paid in the other state and the amount due in this State. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
30 V.S.A. § 7523
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service|§ 7523. Rate of charge

§ 7523. Rate of charge|(a) Beginning on July 1, 2014, the rate of charge shall be two percent of retail telecommunications service.(b) Beginning on July 1, 2019, the rate of charge established under subsection (a) of this section shall be increased by four-tenths of one percent of retail telecommunications service, and the monies collected from this increase shall be transferred to the Vermont Community Broadband Fund established under section 8083 of this title, and up to $120,000.00 shall be used to fund a Rural Broadband Technical Assistance Specialist whose duties shall include providing outreach, technical assistance, and other support services to communications union districts established pursuant to chapter 82 of this title and other units of government, nonprofit organizations, cooperatives, and for-profit businesses for the purpose of expanding broadband service to unserved and underserved locations. Support services also may include providing business model templates for various approaches, including formation of or partnership with a cooperative, a communications union district, a rural economic development infrastructure district, an electric utility, or a new or existing Internet service provider as operator of the network.(c) Universal Service Charges imposed and collected by the fiscal agent under this subchapter shall not be transferred to any other fund or used to support the cost of any activity other than in the manner authorized by this section and section 7511 of this title. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1995, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 22, 1996; 2005, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. June 16, 2014; 2019, No. 79, § 2, eff. June 20, 2019; 2021, No. 71, § 7b, eff. June 8, 2021.)