SB2835: Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Create The Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act; To Define Terms; To Establish The Mississippi Communications Authority Within The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency; To Create An Advisory Board To Advise The Authority; To Require The Authority To Administer, Receive, And Audit Emergency Communications Service Charges; To Require The Authority To Develop, Establish, And Publish A State Ng911 Plan; To Require The Authority To Publish Minimum Standards, Specifications, And Requirements For Each Ecd Ng911 Plan; To Prescribe The Authority's Duties And Responsibilities; To Establish The Ng911 Cmrs Grant Fund; To Describe The Authority's Powers; To Stipulate That All Monies Received By The Authority Pursuant To This Act Shall Be Deemed Trust Funds; To Stipulate That This Act Shall Be Liberally Construed To Effect The Purposes Of This Act For The Welfare Of The State And Its Inhabitants; To Establish Confidentiality For Information Submitted To The Authority Or The Department; To Stipulate That The Attorney General Shall Provide Legal Services To The Authority; To Outline Emergency Communications Service Charges; To Stipulate That Charges Collected By Service Providers Shall Be Remitted To The Department According To Chapter 65 Of Title 27; To Create Certain Provisions For The Remittance Of Charges; To Provide For The Application Of The Emergency Communication Service Charge; To Establish Liability For The Emergency Communications Service Charge; To Account For Prepaid Wireless Communications Service; To Provide For Audit And Appeal Procedures; To Create A Timeline For Introducing The New System; To Stipulate That Wireless Emergency Telephone Service Shall Not Be Used For Personal Use; To Account For Deposit And Disbursement Of Funds Collected Under This Act; To Require Ecds To Submit Financial And Program Reports To The Authority Advisory Board On An Annual Basis; To Require Each Ecd To Adopt An Ng911 Plan No Later Than December 31, 2030; To Amend Section 19-5-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Creation Of An Ecd; To Amend Section 19-5-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 19-5-315, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 19-5-317, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 33-15-14, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Agency To Serve As The Statewide Coordinator For Emergency Communications; To Repeal Sections 19-5-303, 19-5-311, 19-5-313, 19-5-331, 19-5-333, 19-5-335, 19-5-337, 19-5-339, 19-5-341, 19-5-343, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Related To The Emergency Telephone Service; And For Related Purposes.