HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

103

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

  

STATE OF HAWAII

  
   

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

REQUESTING THAT THE STATE OF HAWAII PURSUE A WIRELESS E911 INTERIM WORKING GROUP.

 

 

WHEREAS, statewide enhanced 911 has proven to be a lifesaving service; and

WHEREAS, enhanced 911 allows the routing of a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point with a display of the caller’s identification and location and should be available to all users of telecommunications services, regardless of the technology used to make and transmit the call; and

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to ensure adequate ongoing funding to support enhanced 911 service and to create a cost recovery process for counties and wireless carriers that invest in this new technology; and

WHEREAS, there is a need for all interested parties including the State of Hawaii, the counties, wireless carriers, and consumers, to work together to propose an ongoing source of funding from wireless subscribers who represent a growing group of users of the enhanced 911 system; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2003, that a Wireless Enhanced 911 Working Group (Working Group) be created consisting of the following 11 members:

(1) The Director of the Department of Health or the director's designee, who shall serve as the chair;

(2) The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau or the director's designee who shall serve as staff research and report writer;

(3) A representative, plus an alternate, of each of the following wireless providers: AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless;

(4) A representative, plus an alternate, of the Police Department of the City and County of Honolulu;

(5) A representative, plus an alternate, of each of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui; and

(6) The Consumer Advocate or the Consumer Advocate's designee;

and

	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Working Group have the following responsibilities and create subcommittees and technical advisory committees as needed to fulfil these responsibilities:

	(1)	Determine the level of funding necessary to support new wireless identification and location services that comply with the rules of the Federal Communication Commission for the transmission of 911 calls from wireless carriers to enhanced 911 emergency communications systems;

	(2)	Recommend a wireless subscriber surcharge to provide funding for county provision of wireless enhanced 911 services;

	(3)	Develop the means by which carriers will recover costs of providing emergency enhanced 911 services; and 

	(4)	Submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2004;
and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Mayor and Police Chief of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, Director of Health, Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, Consumer Advocate, and Hawaii government affairs representative for AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.

 
 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Wireless E911 Working Group