2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 65 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES, CITIES, AND OTHER LOCAL UNITS 65.7629 Powers and duties of board.
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65.7629 Powers and duties of board.
The board shall administer the provisions of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643, and shall
have the following powers and duties:
(1) To review, evaluate, and approve or disapprove the plans or plan modifications
that are submitted to the board for complying with the wireless E911 service
requirements established by the FCC order and by any rules or regulations
which are or may be adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in
carrying out the FCC order;
(2) To develop standards to be followed by the board in reviewing, evaluating,
approving, or disapproving the plans or plan modifications that are submitted to
the board;
(3) To collect the CMRS service charge from each CMRS connection:
(a) With a place of primary use, as defined in 4 U.S.C. sec. 124, within the
Commonwealth; or
(b) For prepaid CMRS connections:
1.
With a place of primary use, as defined in 4 U.S.C. sec. 124, within
the Commonwealth; or
2.
With a geographical location associated with the first six (6) digits, or
NPA/NXX, of the mobile telephone number is inside the geographic
boundaries of the Commonwealth.
The CMRS service charge shall be seventy cents ($0.70) per month per CMRS
connection, and shall be collected in accordance with KRS 65.7635 beginning
August 15, 1998. The amount of the CMRS service charge shall not be
increased except by act of the General Assembly;
(4) To review the rate of the CMRS service charge at least once every twenty-four
(24) months and, at its discretion, to decrease the rate or recommend that the
General Assembly increase the rate if the board determines that changing the
rate is necessary to achieve the purposes of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643. The first
cost study shall be completed on or before July 1, 1999, and shall be submitted
to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and the board shall recommend, on the basis of the cost
study, whether legislation to increase the CMRS service charge should be
proposed during the 2000 Regular Session of the General Assembly;
(5) To administer and maintain the CMRS fund according to the provisions of KRS
65.7627, and promptly to deposit all revenues from the CMRS service charge
into the CMRS fund;
(6) To make disbursements from the CMRS fund, according to the allocations and
requirements established in KRS 65.7631;
(7) To establish procedures and guidelines to be followed by the board in
reviewing, evaluating, and approving or disapproving disbursements from the
CMRS fund and requests for disbursements made in accordance with KRS
65.7631;
(8) To resolve conflicts regarding reimbursable costs and expenses under KRS
65.7631 (3) and (4);
(9) To submit annual reports to the Auditor of Public Accounts no later than sixty
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(60) days after the close of each fiscal year, which shall provide an accounting
for all CMRS service charges deposited into the CMRS fund during the
preceding fiscal year and all disbursements to CMRS providers and PSAPs
during the preceding fiscal year;
To employ consultants, engineers, and other persons and employees as may
be, in the judgment of the board, essential to the board's operations, functions,
and responsibilities, and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available
to the CMRS board;
To acquire, by gift, purchase, installment purchase, or lease, any equipment
necessary to carry out the board's purposes and duties;
To retain any and all information, including all proprietary information, that is
submitted to the board by CMRS providers and PSAPs, for the purposes of
maintaining it and verifying its accuracy;
To retain, with approval by the Auditor of Public Accounts, an independent
certified public accountant who shall audit, once every twenty-four (24) months,
the books of the board, CMRS providers, and PSAPs eligible to request or
receive disbursements from the CMRS fund under KRS 65.7631 for the
following purposes:
(a) To verify the accuracy of collection, receipts, and disbursements of all
revenues derived from the CMRS service charge and the number of
wireless E911 calls received by each PSAP eligible to request or receive
disbursements from the CMRS fund;
(b) To determine whether the revenues generated by the CMRS service
charge equal, exceed, or are less than the costs incurred in order to
comply with the FCC order; and
(c) To determine the sufficiency of the funds currently being withheld for
administrative purposes under KRS 65.7631(1).
The independent certified public accountant shall make a report of the audits to
the board and to the appropriate chief executive officer or officers of the CMRS
providers and PSAPs. The board shall incorporate the auditor's findings in its
studies of the CMRS service charge required by subsection (4) of this section.
All information with respect to the audits shall be released to the public or
published only in aggregate amounts which do not identify or allow
identification of numbers of subscribers or revenues attributable to individual
CMRS providers;
To ensure that all carriers have an equal opportunity to participate in the
wireless E911 system;
To ensure that wireless E911 systems are compatible with wireline E911
systems;
To determine the appropriate method for disbursing funds to PSAP's based on
wireless workload under KRS 65.7631(3)(b);
To develop standards and protocols for the improvement and increased
efficiency of 911 services in Kentucky; and
To provide direct grants or state matches for federal, state, or private grants for
the establishment or improvement of the 911 emergency telecommunications
system in the Commonwealth.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 219, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
2001 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 535, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2002). The amendments made to
subsection (3) of this statute in 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 3, "take effect for
customer service bills issued after August 1, 2002." 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 6.
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