[As Further Amended by Senate Committee of the
Whole]
As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 2000
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1641
By Committee on Commerce
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11 A
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION forming the enhanced 911 task
12 force.
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14 WHEREAS, The
ability of the public to contact police, fire and emer-
15 gency medical services by dialing the three
digit 911 number has con-
16 tributed greatly to the public's safety,
health and welfare; and
17 WHEREAS,
Advances in telecommunications technology have made
18 enhanced 911 services available to users of
wireless telephones; and
19 WHEREAS, The
deployment of enhanced 911 services has created
20 several important public policy issues
including the method of its de-
21 ployment, the amount and means of revenue
used to support it and the
22 need for coordination between local
governments: Now, therefore,
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24 Be it resolved by
the Senate of the State of Kansas, the House of Rep-
25 resentatives concurring
therein: That there shall be established an en-
26 hanced 911 task force which shall develop a
strategy for funding and
27 deploying wireless emergency telephone
services. Such plan shall include
28 suggestions for future action by the
Legislature with respect to deploying
29 efficient and economical enhanced 911
services; implementing equitable
30 and adequate means to fund such services.
Specifically, the task force
31 shall make recommendations and propose
legislation, if appropriate, con-
32 cerning the following: The mechanism for
administering wireless 911
33 service, with a focus on whether such
service shall be administered on a
34 centralized basis; the possible formation
of an oversight board to address
35 future technological, coordination and
regulatory issues related to de-
36 ployment of wireless emergency telephone
service; the fairness and ad-
37 equacy of the mechanism for funding such
service; the method for re-
38 covering costs incurred by public safety
answering points and the
39 mechanism, if any, by wireless
telecommunications service providers in
40 providing emergency telephone service; and
any other issues the task
41 force deems relevant to the deployment of
emergency telephone service.
42 Be it further
resolved: The the task force consist of
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[17] mem-
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1 bers. Two members shall be
representatives of wireless telecommunica-
2 tions carriers to be appointed by the
Legislative Coordinating Council.
3 The remainder of the task force
shall be appointed as follows: One
4 member representing a local exchange
carrier other than a rural tele-
5 phone company to be
designated by the Kansas Telecommunications As-
6 sociation. One
and one member representing a rural telephone
company
7 to be appointed
shall be recommended by the Kansas Telecommu-
8 nications Industry
Association by the Legislative Coordinating
Coun-
9 cil. Two members
appointed shall be recommended by
the Kansas As-
10 sociation of Counties. Two
and two members designated
shall be
11 recommended by the League of
Kansas Municipalities. One member
12 shall be a person with a
communication disability recommended by
13 the Kansas Commission for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing. [One
14 member shall be recommended by the
Kansas Emergency Medical
15 Services Association.]
The names of the recommended members
16 shall be transmitted to the
Legislative Coordinating Council for fi-
17 nal approval. No such recommended
member shall serve unless ap-
18 proved by the Council. The
Adjutant General or the Adjutant General's
19 designee. The Superintendent of the Highway
Patrol or the Superinten-
20 dent's designee. The Secretary of
Revenue or the Secretary's designee.
21 The Chair of the Kansas Corporation
Commission or the Chair's
22 designee. Four legislators as
follows: one member appointed by the
23 Speaker of the House of Representatives;
one member appointed by the
24 House Minority Leader; one member appointed
by the President of the
25 Senate; and one member appointed by the
Senate minority Leader. The
26 Legislative Coordinating Council shall
appoint one legislative member as
27 chair of the task force. All meetings shall
be on call of the chair. Legis-
28 lators serving on the taskforce shall be
compensated at the rate prescribed
29 in K.S.A. 75-3223 and amendments thereto
for each day of actual at-
30 tendance at task force meetings and any
subcommittee meeting approved
31 by the chair. All other task force members
shall serve without compen-
32 sation. Legislative members shall be
compensated from funds appropri-
33 ated for legislative operating expenses
pursuant to vouchers prepared by
34 the Director of Legislative and
Administrative Services and approved by
35 the Legislative Coordinating Council
pursuant to law; and
36 Be it further
resolved: That the task force shall report its findings
and
37 conclusion to the House Committee on
Utilities and the Senate Com-
38 mittee on Commerce during the first week of
the 2001 legislative session.
39 The Legislative Research Department and the
Office of the Revisor of
40 Statutes shall provide staff support to the
task force as necessary. Such
41 legislative staff shall prepare the report
and any legislation recommended
42 by the task force.
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