STAND. COM. REP. 1172
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.R. No. 103
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.R. No. 103 entitled:
"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE STATE OF HAWAII PURSUE A WIRELESS E911 INTERIM WORKING GROUP,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this resolution is to establish a Wireless Enhanced 911 Working Group (Working Group) to propose an ongoing source of funding to support enhanced 911 service.
Testimony in support of this resolution was received from T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and AT&T Wireless.
Your Committee finds that an enhanced 911 service allows the routing of a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point along with a display of the caller's identification and location, and should be available to all users of telecommunication services. Your Committee further finds that it is in the public interest to support enhanced 911 service and to create a cost recovery process for counties and wireless carriers that invest in the new technology.
This resolution proposes that a Working Group consisting of representatives of this new technology be established to:
(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 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.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 103 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce,
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____________________________ KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair |
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