CONCEPT DRAFT

SUMMARY

This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill seeks to accomplish the following:

1. It would provide for the payment to local exchange carriers for their assistance in transforming the current customer information maintained by the local exchange carrier into a format usable by the E-9-1-1 database. This payment also would include payment for costs incurred by local exchange carriers in updating customer information in the State's E-9-1-1 databases on an ongoing basis; and

2. It would lower the fee charged to users for replacement equipment costs in the E-9-1-1 system.