SENATE BILL No. 1339

 

 

July 6, 2004, Introduced by Senators CHERRY, TOY, PRUSI, SCOTT, OLSHOVE, BRATER, SWITALSKI, EMERSON and JACOBS and referred to the Committee on Technology and Energy.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1986 PA 32, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "Emergency telephone service enabling act,"                                 

                                                                                

    (MCL 484.1101 to 484.1717) by adding section 408a.                          

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 408a.  (1) Any entity that installs or operates a                      

                                                                                

2   private business switch service and provides telecommunications             

                                                                                

3   facilities or services to businesses shall assure that the system           

                                                                                

4   is connected to the public switched network in a manner that                

                                                                                

5   calls to 9-1-1 result in automatic number and location                      

                                                                                

6   identification.                                                             

                                                                                

7       (2) For buildings having their own street address and                       

                                                                                

8   containing workspace of 40,000 square feet or less, location                

                                                                                

9   identification shall include the building's street address.  For            

                                                                                

10  buildings having their own street address and containing                    

                                                                                

11  workspace of more than 40,000 square feet, location                         

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   identification shall include the building's street address and 1            

                                                                                

2   distinct location identification per 40,000 square feet of                  

                                                                                

3   workspace.  Separate buildings containing workspace of 40,000               

                                                                                

4   square feet or less having a common public street address shall             

                                                                                

5   have a distinct location identification for each building in                

                                                                                

6   addition to the street address.                                             

                                                                                

7       (3) Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 square               

                                                                                

8   feet are exempt from the multiple location identification                   

                                                                                

9   requirements of this section if the building maintains, at all              

                                                                                

10  times, alternative and adequate means of signaling and responding           

                                                                                

11  to emergencies.  Those means shall include, but not be limited              

                                                                                

12  to, a telephone system that provides the physical location of               

                                                                                

13  9-1-1 calls coming from within the building.  Health care                   

                                                                                

14  facilities are presumed to meet the requirements of this section            

                                                                                

15  if the facilities are staffed with medical or nursing personnel             

                                                                                

16  24 hours per day and if an alternative means of providing                   

                                                                                

17  information about the source of an emergency call exists.                   

                                                                                

18  Buildings provided for under this subsection must provide 9-1-1             

                                                                                

19  service that provides the building's street address.                        

                                                                                

20      (4) Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 square               

                                                                                

21  feet are exempt from this section if the building maintains, at             

                                                                                

22  all times, alternative and adequate means of signaling and                  

                                                                                

23  responding to emergencies, including a telephone system that                

                                                                                

24  provides the location of a 9-1-1 call coming from within the                

                                                                                

25  building, and the building is serviced by its own medical, fire,            

                                                                                

26  and security personnel.                                                     

                                                                                

27      (5) Buildings in communities not serviced by enhanced 9-1-1                 


                                                                                

1   service are exempt from this section.                                       

                                                                                

2       (6) This section does not apply to any PBX telephone                        

                                                                                

3   extension that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical                

                                                                                

4   signals directly between the telephone extension and the serving            

                                                                                

5   PBX.                                                                        

                                                                                

6       (7) The commission, following a contested case, shall issue                 

                                                                                

7   an order establishing the means and timelines for the development           

                                                                                

8   and implementation of location technology required under this               

                                                                                

9   section.  The order shall include equipment standards for                   

                                                                                

10  providers and private entities to ensure that 9-1-1 dispatchers             

                                                                                

11  can identify the exact location of persons making emergency calls           

                                                                                

12  within large buildings or from a point within a private exchange            

                                                                                

13  or telecommunication system.                                                

                                                                                

14      (8) The CMRS suppliers, local exchange providers, and private               

                                                                                

15  entities may apply to the fund created under section 407 to                 

                                                                                

16  recover costs required as a result of the order issued under this           

                                                                                

17  section.