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CHAPTER 57-40.6EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS57-40.6-01. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwiserequires:1.&quot;Active prepaid wireless service&quot; means a prepaid wireless service that has been<br>used by the customer during the month to complete a telephone call for which the<br>customer's card or balance was decremented.2.&quot;Assessed communications service&quot; means a software service, communication<br>connection, cable or broadband transport facilities, or a combination of these<br>facilities, between a billed retail end user and a service provider's network that<br>provides the end user, upon dialing 911, access to a public safety answering point<br>through a permissible interconnection to the dedicated 911 network.The termincludes telephone exchange access service, wireless service, active prepaid<br>wireless service, and voice over internet protocol service.3.&quot;Automated notification system&quot; means that portion of a telecommunications system<br>that provides rapid notice of emergency situations to the public.4.&quot;Communication connection&quot; means a telephone access line, wireless access line,<br>unique voice over internet protocol service connection, or functional equivalent<br>uniquely identifiable by a number, internet address, or other designation.5.&quot;Emergency services communication system&quot; means a statewide, countywide, or<br>citywide radio system, land lines communication network, wireless service network,<br>or enhanced 911 (E911) telephone system, which provides rapid public access for<br>coordinated dispatching of services, personnel, equipment, and facilities for law<br>enforcement, fire, medical, or other emergency services.6.&quot;FCC order&quot; means federal communications commission order 94-102 [961 Federal<br>Register 40348] and any other FCC order that affects the provision of wireless<br>enhanced 911 service.7.&quot;Prepaid wireless service&quot; means wireless service that is activated in advance by<br>payment for a finite dollar amount of service or for a finite set of minutes that<br>terminates either upon use by a customer and delivery by the wireless provider of an<br>agreed-upon amount of service corresponding to the total dollar amount paid in<br>advance or within a certain period of time following the initial purchase or activation,<br>unless the customer makes additional payments.8.&quot;Public safety answering point&quot; or &quot;PSAP&quot; means a communications facility or<br>combination of facilities operated on a twenty-four-hour basis which first receives<br>911 calls from persons in a 911 service area and which, as appropriate, may directly<br>dispatch public safety services or extend, transfer, or relay 911 calls to appropriate<br>public safety agencies.9.&quot;Subscriber service address&quot; means, for purposes of wire line subscribers, the<br>address where the telephone subscriber's wire line telephone device is used and, for<br>purposes of wireless subscribers, the place of primary use, as that term is defined in<br>section 57-34.1-02.10.&quot;Telephone access line&quot; means the principal access to the telephone company's<br>switched network, including an outward dialed trunk or access register.11.&quot;Telephone exchange access service&quot; means service to any wire line telephone<br>access line identified by a unique telephone number that provides local wire linePage No. 1access to the telecommunications network to a service subscriber and which<br>enables the subscriber to access the emergency services communications system<br>by dialing the digits 9-1-1 on the subscriber's telephone device.12.&quot;Unpublished&quot; means information that is not published or available from directory<br>assistance.13.&quot;Voice over internet protocol service&quot; means a service that enables real-time<br>two-way voice communications; requires a broadband connection from the user's<br>location; requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and<br>permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched<br>telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network.14.&quot;Wireless access line&quot; means each active wireless and prepaid wireless telephone<br>number assigned to a commercial mobile radio service subscriber, including end<br>users of resellers.15.&quot;Wireless enhanced 911 service&quot; means the service required to be provided by<br>wireless service providers pursuant to the FCC order.16.&quot;Wireless service&quot; means commercial mobile radio service as defined in 47 U.S.C.<br>332(d)(1) and includes:a.Services commonly referred to as wireless; andb.Services provided by any wireless real-time two-way voice communication<br>device, including radio-telephone communications used in:(1)Cellular telephone service;(2)Personal communications service; or(3)Thefunctionalorcompetitiveequivalentofaradio-telephonecommunications line used in cellular telephone service, personal<br>communications service, or a network radio access line.17.&quot;Wirelessserviceprovider&quot;meansanyentityauthorizedbythefederalcommunications commission to provide wireless service within the state of North<br>Dakota.57-40.6-02.(Effective through June 30, 2012) Authority of counties or cities toimpose fee on assessed communications service - Procedure. The governing body of a<br>county or city may impose a fee on all assessed communications services in accordance with the<br>following requirements:1.The governing body shall adopt a resolution that proposes the adoption of the fee<br>permitted under this section. The resolution must specify an effective date for the<br>fee which is no more than two years before the expected implementation date of the<br>emergency services communication system to be funded by the fee. The resolution<br>must include a provision for submitting the proposed fee to the electors of the county<br>or city before the imposition of the fee is effective. The resolution must specify a fee<br>that does not exceed one dollar per month per communication connection and must<br>be applied equally upon all assessed communications services.2.The question of the adoption of the fee must be submitted on a petition on which the<br>petition title of the proposition includes the maximum monthly rate of the proposed<br>fee authorized under subsection 1. The question of the adoption of the fee may be<br>submitted to electors at a general, primary, or special election or at a school district<br>election if the boundaries of the school district are coterminous with the boundariesPage No. 2of the governing body adopting the resolution proposing the adoption of the fee. The<br>fee is not effective unless it is approved by a majority of the electors voting on the<br>proposition. The ballot must be worded so that a &quot;yes&quot; vote authorizes imposition of<br>the fee for an initial six-year period.3.If the electors have approved imposition of a fee under this section before July 1,<br>2005, and the governing body of the city or county has not implemented that fee by<br>June 30, 2005, the approval by the electors remains valid until the fee is<br>implemented and, upon implementation, the fee may be imposed for a six-year<br>period and is subject to reimposition under subsection 4.4.Any political subdivision that desires to increase the fee, subject to the limitations in<br>subsection 1, before the end of the six-year term, must use the same ballot<br>procedure originally used to authorize the fee. The new ballot question may apply to<br>only the proposed increase and not to the original amount or the original term. If the<br>increase is approved, the new amount may be collected for the balance of the<br>original six-year term.If the fee authorized by this section is approved by theelectors, the fee may be reimposed for six additional years without resubmitting the<br>question to the electors.5.In any geographic area, only one political subdivision may impose the fee and<br>imposition must be based on the subscriber service address.6.In the interest of public safety, where the subscriber's telephone exchange access<br>service boundary and the boundary of the political subdivision imposing the fee do<br>not coincide, and where all of the political subdivisions within the subscriber's<br>telephone exchange access service boundary have not complied with subsection 1,<br>and where a majority of the E911 subscribers within the subscriber's telephone<br>exchange access service boundary have voted for the fee, a telephone exchange<br>access service subscriber whose subscriber service address is outside the political<br>subdivision may receive E911 services by signing a contract agreement with the<br>political subdivision providing the emergency services communication system. The<br>telephone exchange access service provider may collect an additional fee, equal in<br>amount to the basic fee on those subscribers within the exchange boundary. The<br>additional fee amounts collected must be remitted as provided in this chapter.7.A fee imposed under this section before August 1, 2007, on telephone exchange<br>access service is extended to all assessed communications services and remains in<br>effect until changed under this section.8.Political subdivisions within an intrastate multicounty public safety answering point<br>may exceed the maximum fee of one dollar to an amount not to exceed one dollar<br>and fifty cents. The governing body of the political subdivision may increase the fee<br>by resolution subject to a vote in that political subdivision at the next general<br>election.(Effective after June 30, 2012) Authority of counties or cities to impose fee onassessed communications service - Procedure. The governing body of a county or city may<br>impose a fee on all assessed communications services in accordance with the following<br>requirements:1.The governing body shall adopt a resolution that proposes the adoption of the fee<br>permitted under this section. The resolution must specify an effective date for the<br>fee which is no more than two years before the expected implementation date of the<br>emergency services communication system to be funded by the fee. The resolution<br>must include a provision for submitting the proposed fee to the electors of the county<br>or city before the imposition of the fee is effective. The resolution must specify a fee<br>that does not exceed one dollar per month per communication connection and must<br>be applied equally upon all assessed communications services.Page No. 32.The question of the adoption of the fee must be submitted on a petition on which the<br>petition title of the proposition includes the maximum monthly rate of the proposed<br>fee authorized under subsection 1. The question of the adoption of the fee may be<br>submitted to electors at a general, primary, or special election or at a school district<br>election if the boundaries of the school district are coterminous with the boundaries<br>of the governing body adopting the resolution proposing the adoption of the fee. The<br>fee is not effective unless it is approved by a majority of the electors voting on the<br>proposition. The ballot must be worded so that a &quot;yes&quot; vote authorizes imposition of<br>the fee for an initial six-year period.3.If the electors have approved imposition of a fee under this section before July 1,<br>2005, and the governing body of the city or county has not implemented that fee by<br>June 30, 2005, the approval by the electors remains valid until the fee is<br>implemented and, upon implementation, the fee may be imposed for a six-year<br>period and is subject to reimposition under subsection 4.4.Any political subdivision that desires to increase the fee, subject to the limitations in<br>subsection 1, before the end of the six-year term, must use the same ballot<br>procedure originally used to authorize the fee. The new ballot question may apply to<br>only the proposed increase and not to the original amount or the original term. If the<br>increase is approved, the new amount may be collected for the balance of the<br>original six-year term.If the fee authorized by this section is approved by theelectors, the fee may be reimposed for six additional years without resubmitting the<br>question to the electors.5.In any geographic area, only one political subdivision may impose the fee and<br>imposition must be based on the subscriber service address.6.In the interest of public safety, where the subscriber's telephone exchange access<br>service boundary and the boundary of the political subdivision imposing the fee do<br>not coincide, and where all of the political subdivisions within the subscriber's<br>telephone exchange access service boundary have not complied with subsection 1,<br>and where a majority of the E911 subscribers within the subscriber's telephone<br>exchange access service boundary have voted for the fee, a telephone exchange<br>access service subscriber whose subscriber service address is outside the political<br>subdivision may receive E911 services by signing a contract agreement with the<br>political subdivision providing the emergency services communication system. The<br>telephone exchange access service provider may collect an additional fee, equal in<br>amount to the basic fee on those subscribers within the exchange boundary. The<br>additional fee amounts collected must be remitted as provided in this chapter.7.A fee imposed under this section before August 1, 2007, on telephone exchange<br>access service is extended to all assessed communications services.57-40.6-03.Payment of fee by assessed communications service subscriber orcustomer.The assessed communications service provider shall collect the fee from thesubscriber or customer of the service.1.For prepaid wireless service, the provider shall remit the monthly fee authorized by<br>section 57-40.6-02 based either upon each active prepaid wireless telephone<br>associated with this state for each active prepaid wireless telephone customer that<br>has a sufficient positive balance as of the last day of each month or upon a two<br>percent assessment on the gross revenue received from the sale of prepaid wireless<br>services each month. The provider shall remit the fee in a manner consistent with<br>the provider's existing operating or technological abilities, including by customer<br>address, location associated with the wireless telephone number, or reasonable<br>allocation method based upon other relevant data. The fee amount or an equivalent<br>number of minutes may be reduced from the prepaid customer's account. However,<br>collection of the fee in the manner of a reduction of value or minutes from thePage No. 4prepaid customer's account does not constitute a reduction in the sales price for<br>purposes of taxes that are collected at the point of sale.2.For assessed communications service that involves a monthly billing, in the billing<br>statement or invoice to the subscriber, the provider shall state the amount of the fee<br>separately.57-40.6-03.1.Enhanced 911 data base management charges.Any telephoneexchange access service provider charges for enhanced 911 data base management must be on<br>a per telephone exchange access service basis.57-40.6-04. Fee collection procedure. An assessed communications service providermay retain the actual costs of administration in collection of the fee, not to exceed five percent of<br>the fee collected. The fee proceeds must be paid by the assessed communications service<br>provider within thirty days after it is collected from the subscriber or customer unless the provider<br>has fewer than ten subscribers or customers in a jurisdiction, in which case the provider may pay<br>the proceeds quarterly.57-40.6-05. Restriction on use of fee proceeds. The governing body may use theproceeds of the fee imposed under section 57-40.6-02 solely for implementing, maintaining, or<br>operating the emergency services communication system and may enter into agreements to<br>effectuate the same. The governing body or its designee shall deposit the fee proceeds in a<br>separate fund and keep records to show all expenditures from the fee proceeds.57-40.6-06.Data base.Any telephone exchange access service provider providingemergency 911 service shall provide current customer names, addresses, and telephone<br>numbers to each 911 coordinator, the coordinator's designee, or public safety answering point<br>within each 911 system. Information provided under this section must be provided in accordance<br>with the transactional record disclosure requirements of the federal Electronics Communications<br>Privacy Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C. 2703(c)(1)(B)(iii), and in a manner that identifies the names and<br>telephone numbers that are unpublished.The provider shall report data base informationregarding new service or a change of service within two business days of the actual service<br>change unless a longer period is permitted by the jurisdiction. The provider shall report data<br>base information regarding dropped service at least monthly.57-40.6-07.Use of the furnished information.Unpublished names and telephonenumbers generated by a 911 coordinator or 911 public safety answering point or provided to a<br>911 coordinator or public safety answering point under section 57-40.6-06 are confidential and<br>may be used only for verifying the location or identity, or both, for response purposes, of a person<br>calling a 911 answering point for emergency help or by the 911 coordinator or public safety<br>answering point for the purpose of a public safety agency notifying a person of an emergency.<br>Published names and telephone numbers maintained by a 911 coordinator or public safety<br>answering point are exempt records as defined in section 44-04-17.1 but must be provided upon<br>request to the treasurer and auditor of the county served by the 911 coordinator for the purpose<br>of verifying and correcting names and addresses used for official purposes. A record obtained<br>for the purpose of providing services in an emergency and which reveals the address of a person<br>requesting emergency service or reporting an emergency by accessing an emergency telephone<br>number 911 system is exempt from section 44-04-18 and may be redacted from the record<br>before it is released.57-40.6-08.Emergency services communication system, automated notificationsystem, or emergency instructions - Liability.1.A public agency, public safety agency, assessed communications service provider,<br>or person that provides access to an emergency services communication system or<br>an automated notification system, or any officer, agent, or employee of any public<br>agency, public safety agency, assessed communications service provider, or person<br>is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission except willful andPage No. 5wanton misconduct or gross negligence in connection with developing, adopting,<br>operating, or implementing any plan or system as provided under this chapter.2.A person who gives emergency instructions through a system as provided under this<br>chapter, to persons rendering services in an emergency at another location, or any<br>person following such instructions in rendering such services, is not liable for any<br>civil damages as a result of issuing or following the instructions, unless issuing or<br>following the instructions constitutes willful and wanton misconduct or gross<br>negligence.3.This section does not waive, limit, or modify any existing immunity or other defense<br>of the state or any political subdivision, or any of its agencies, departments,<br>commissions, boards, officers, or employees, nor does it create any claim for relief<br>against any of these entities.57-40.6-09. Governor to appoint an emergency services communication systemadvisory committee - Standards and guidelines - Report. 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means a telephone access line, wireless access line,\u003cbr\u003eunique voice over internet protocol service connection, or functional equivalent\u003cbr\u003euniquely identifiable by a number, internet address, or other designation.5.\u0026quot;Emergency services communication system\u0026quot; means a statewide, countywide, or\u003cbr\u003ecitywide radio system, land lines communication network, wireless service network,\u003cbr\u003eor enhanced 911 (E911) telephone system, which provides rapid public access for\u003cbr\u003ecoordinated dispatching of services, personnel, equipment, and facilities for law\u003cbr\u003eenforcement, fire, medical, or other emergency services.6.\u0026quot;FCC order\u0026quot; means federal communications commission order 94-102 [961 Federal\u003cbr\u003eRegister 40348] and any other FCC order that affects the provision of wireless\u003cbr\u003eenhanced 911 service.7.\u0026quot;Prepaid wireless service\u0026quot; means wireless service that is activated in advance by\u003cbr\u003epayment for a finite dollar amount of service or for a finite set of minutes that\u003cbr\u003eterminates either upon use by a customer and delivery by the wireless provider of an\u003cbr\u003eagreed-upon amount of service corresponding to the total dollar amount paid in\u003cbr\u003eadvance or within a certain period of time following the initial purchase or activation,\u003cbr\u003eunless the customer makes additional payments.8.\u0026quot;Public safety answering point\u0026quot; or \u0026quot;PSAP\u0026quot; means a communications facility or\u003cbr\u003ecombination of facilities operated on a twenty-four-hour basis which first receives\u003cbr\u003e911 calls from persons in a 911 service area and which, as appropriate, may directly\u003cbr\u003edispatch public safety services or extend, transfer, or relay 911 calls to appropriate\u003cbr\u003epublic safety agencies.9.\u0026quot;Subscriber service address\u0026quot; means, for purposes of wire line subscribers, the\u003cbr\u003eaddress where the telephone subscriber's wire line telephone device is used and, for\u003cbr\u003epurposes of wireless subscribers, the place of primary use, as that term is defined in\u003cbr\u003esection 57-34.1-02.10.\u0026quot;Telephone access line\u0026quot; means the principal access to the telephone company's\u003cbr\u003eswitched network, including an outward dialed trunk or access register.11.\u0026quot;Telephone exchange access service\u0026quot; means service to any wire line telephone\u003cbr\u003eaccess line identified by a unique telephone number that provides local wire linePage No. 1access to the telecommunications network to a service subscriber and which\u003cbr\u003eenables the subscriber to access the emergency services communications system\u003cbr\u003eby dialing the digits 9-1-1 on the subscriber's telephone device.12.\u0026quot;Unpublished\u0026quot; means information that is not published or available from directory\u003cbr\u003eassistance.13.\u0026quot;Voice over internet protocol service\u0026quot; means a service that enables real-time\u003cbr\u003etwo-way voice communications; requires a broadband connection from the user's\u003cbr\u003elocation; requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and\u003cbr\u003epermits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched\u003cbr\u003etelephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network.14.\u0026quot;Wireless access line\u0026quot; means each active wireless and prepaid wireless telephone\u003cbr\u003enumber assigned to a commercial mobile radio service subscriber, including end\u003cbr\u003eusers of resellers.15.\u0026quot;Wireless enhanced 911 service\u0026quot; means the service required to be provided by\u003cbr\u003ewireless service providers pursuant to the FCC order.16.\u0026quot;Wireless service\u0026quot; means commercial mobile radio service as defined in 47 U.S.C.\u003cbr\u003e332(d)(1) and includes:a.Services commonly referred to as wireless; andb.Services provided by any wireless real-time two-way voice communication\u003cbr\u003edevice, including radio-telephone communications used in:(1)Cellular telephone service;(2)Personal communications service; or(3)Thefunctionalorcompetitiveequivalentofaradio-telephonecommunications line used in cellular telephone service, personal\u003cbr\u003ecommunications service, or a network radio access line.17.\u0026quot;Wirelessserviceprovider\u0026quot;meansanyentityauthorizedbythefederalcommunications commission to provide wireless service within the state of North\u003cbr\u003eDakota.57-40.6-02.(Effective through June 30, 2012) Authority of counties or cities toimpose fee on assessed communications service - Procedure. The governing body of a\u003cbr\u003ecounty or city may impose a fee on all assessed communications services in accordance with the\u003cbr\u003efollowing requirements:1.The governing body shall adopt a resolution that proposes the adoption of the fee\u003cbr\u003epermitted under this section. The resolution must specify an effective date for the\u003cbr\u003efee which is no more than two years before the expected implementation date of the\u003cbr\u003eemergency services communication system to be funded by the fee. The resolution\u003cbr\u003emust include a provision for submitting the proposed fee to the electors of the county\u003cbr\u003eor city before the imposition of the fee is effective. The resolution must specify a fee\u003cbr\u003ethat does not exceed one dollar per month per communication connection and must\u003cbr\u003ebe applied equally upon all assessed communications services.2.The question of the adoption of the fee must be submitted on a petition on which the\u003cbr\u003epetition title of the proposition includes the maximum monthly rate of the proposed\u003cbr\u003efee authorized under subsection 1. The question of the adoption of the fee may be\u003cbr\u003esubmitted to electors at a general, primary, or special election or at a school district\u003cbr\u003eelection if the boundaries of the school district are coterminous with the boundariesPage No. 2of the governing body adopting the resolution proposing the adoption of the fee. The\u003cbr\u003efee is not effective unless it is approved by a majority of the electors voting on the\u003cbr\u003eproposition. The ballot must be worded so that a \u0026quot;yes\u0026quot; vote authorizes imposition of\u003cbr\u003ethe fee for an initial six-year period.3.If the electors have approved imposition of a fee under this section before July 1,\u003cbr\u003e2005, and the governing body of the city or county has not implemented that fee by\u003cbr\u003eJune 30, 2005, the approval by the electors remains valid until the fee is\u003cbr\u003eimplemented and, upon implementation, the fee may be imposed for a six-year\u003cbr\u003eperiod and is subject to reimposition under subsection 4.4.Any political subdivision that desires to increase the fee, subject to the limitations in\u003cbr\u003esubsection 1, before the end of the six-year term, must use the same ballot\u003cbr\u003eprocedure originally used to authorize the fee. The new ballot question may apply to\u003cbr\u003eonly the proposed increase and not to the original amount or the original term. If the\u003cbr\u003eincrease is approved, the new amount may be collected for the balance of the\u003cbr\u003eoriginal six-year term.If the fee authorized by this section is approved by theelectors, the fee may be reimposed for six additional years without resubmitting the\u003cbr\u003equestion to the electors.5.In any geographic area, only one political subdivision may impose the fee and\u003cbr\u003eimposition must be based on the subscriber service address.6.In the interest of public safety, where the subscriber's telephone exchange access\u003cbr\u003eservice boundary and the boundary of the political subdivision imposing the fee do\u003cbr\u003enot coincide, and where all of the political subdivisions within the subscriber's\u003cbr\u003etelephone exchange access service boundary have not complied with subsection 1,\u003cbr\u003eand where a majority of the E911 subscribers within the subscriber's telephone\u003cbr\u003eexchange access service boundary have voted for the fee, a telephone exchange\u003cbr\u003eaccess service subscriber whose subscriber service address is outside the political\u003cbr\u003esubdivision may receive E911 services by signing a contract agreement with the\u003cbr\u003epolitical subdivision providing the emergency services communication system. The\u003cbr\u003etelephone exchange access service provider may collect an additional fee, equal in\u003cbr\u003eamount to the basic fee on those subscribers within the exchange boundary. The\u003cbr\u003eadditional fee amounts collected must be remitted as provided in this chapter.7.A fee imposed under this section before August 1, 2007, on telephone exchange\u003cbr\u003eaccess service is extended to all assessed communications services and remains in\u003cbr\u003eeffect until changed under this section.8.Political subdivisions within an intrastate multicounty public safety answering point\u003cbr\u003emay exceed the maximum fee of one dollar to an amount not to exceed one dollar\u003cbr\u003eand fifty cents. The governing body of the political subdivision may increase the fee\u003cbr\u003eby resolution subject to a vote in that political subdivision at the next general\u003cbr\u003eelection.(Effective after June 30, 2012) Authority of counties or cities to impose fee onassessed communications service - Procedure. The governing body of a county or city may\u003cbr\u003eimpose a fee on all assessed communications services in accordance with the following\u003cbr\u003erequirements:1.The governing body shall adopt a resolution that proposes the adoption of the fee\u003cbr\u003epermitted under this section. The resolution must specify an effective date for the\u003cbr\u003efee which is no more than two years before the expected implementation date of the\u003cbr\u003eemergency services communication system to be funded by the fee. The resolution\u003cbr\u003emust include a provision for submitting the proposed fee to the electors of the county\u003cbr\u003eor city before the imposition of the fee is effective. The resolution must specify a fee\u003cbr\u003ethat does not exceed one dollar per month per communication connection and must\u003cbr\u003ebe applied equally upon all assessed communications services.Page No. 32.The question of the adoption of the fee must be submitted on a petition on which the\u003cbr\u003epetition title of the proposition includes the maximum monthly rate of the proposed\u003cbr\u003efee authorized under subsection 1. The question of the adoption of the fee may be\u003cbr\u003esubmitted to electors at a general, primary, or special election or at a school district\u003cbr\u003eelection if the boundaries of the school district are coterminous with the boundaries\u003cbr\u003eof the governing body adopting the resolution proposing the adoption of the fee. The\u003cbr\u003efee is not effective unless it is approved by a majority of the electors voting on the\u003cbr\u003eproposition. The ballot must be worded so that a \u0026quot;yes\u0026quot; vote authorizes imposition of\u003cbr\u003ethe fee for an initial six-year period.3.If the electors have approved imposition of a fee under this section before July 1,\u003cbr\u003e2005, and the governing body of the city or county has not implemented that fee by\u003cbr\u003eJune 30, 2005, the approval by the electors remains valid until the fee is\u003cbr\u003eimplemented and, upon implementation, the fee may be imposed for a six-year\u003cbr\u003eperiod and is subject to reimposition under subsection 4.4.Any political subdivision that desires to increase the fee, subject to the limitations in\u003cbr\u003esubsection 1, before the end of the six-year term, must use the same ballot\u003cbr\u003eprocedure originally used to authorize the fee. The new ballot question may apply to\u003cbr\u003eonly the proposed increase and not to the original amount or the original term. If the\u003cbr\u003eincrease is approved, the new amount may be collected for the balance of the\u003cbr\u003eoriginal six-year term.If the fee authorized by this section is approved by theelectors, the fee may be reimposed for six additional years without resubmitting the\u003cbr\u003equestion to the electors.5.In any geographic area, only one political subdivision may impose the fee and\u003cbr\u003eimposition must be based on the subscriber service address.6.In the interest of public safety, where the subscriber's telephone exchange access\u003cbr\u003eservice boundary and the boundary of the political subdivision imposing the fee do\u003cbr\u003enot coincide, and where all of the political subdivisions within the subscriber's\u003cbr\u003etelephone exchange access service boundary have not complied with subsection 1,\u003cbr\u003eand where a majority of the E911 subscribers within the subscriber's telephone\u003cbr\u003eexchange access service boundary have voted for the fee, a telephone exchange\u003cbr\u003eaccess service subscriber whose subscriber service address is outside the political\u003cbr\u003esubdivision may receive E911 services by signing a contract agreement with the\u003cbr\u003epolitical subdivision providing the emergency services communication system. The\u003cbr\u003etelephone exchange access service provider may collect an additional fee, equal in\u003cbr\u003eamount to the basic fee on those subscribers within the exchange boundary. The\u003cbr\u003eadditional fee amounts collected must be remitted as provided in this chapter.7.A fee imposed under this section before August 1, 2007, on telephone exchange\u003cbr\u003eaccess service is extended to all assessed communications services.57-40.6-03.Payment of fee by assessed communications service subscriber orcustomer.The assessed communications service provider shall collect the fee from thesubscriber or customer of the service.1.For prepaid wireless service, the provider shall remit the monthly fee authorized by\u003cbr\u003esection 57-40.6-02 based either upon each active prepaid wireless telephone\u003cbr\u003eassociated with this state for each active prepaid wireless telephone customer that\u003cbr\u003ehas a sufficient positive balance as of the last day of each month or upon a two\u003cbr\u003epercent assessment on the gross revenue received from the sale of prepaid wireless\u003cbr\u003eservices each month. The provider shall remit the fee in a manner consistent with\u003cbr\u003ethe provider's existing operating or technological abilities, including by customer\u003cbr\u003eaddress, location associated with the wireless telephone number, or reasonable\u003cbr\u003eallocation method based upon other relevant data. The fee amount or an equivalent\u003cbr\u003enumber of minutes may be reduced from the prepaid customer's account. However,\u003cbr\u003ecollection of the fee in the manner of a reduction of value or minutes from thePage No. 4prepaid customer's account does not constitute a reduction in the sales price for\u003cbr\u003epurposes of taxes that are collected at the point of sale.2.For assessed communications service that involves a monthly billing, in the billing\u003cbr\u003estatement or invoice to the subscriber, the provider shall state the amount of the fee\u003cbr\u003eseparately.57-40.6-03.1.Enhanced 911 data base management charges.Any telephoneexchange access service provider charges for enhanced 911 data base management must be on\u003cbr\u003ea per telephone exchange access service basis.57-40.6-04. Fee collection procedure. An assessed communications service providermay retain the actual costs of administration in collection of the fee, not to exceed five percent of\u003cbr\u003ethe fee collected. The fee proceeds must be paid by the assessed communications service\u003cbr\u003eprovider within thirty days after it is collected from the subscriber or customer unless the provider\u003cbr\u003ehas fewer than ten subscribers or customers in a jurisdiction, in which case the provider may pay\u003cbr\u003ethe proceeds quarterly.57-40.6-05. Restriction on use of fee proceeds. The governing body may use theproceeds of the fee imposed under section 57-40.6-02 solely for implementing, maintaining, or\u003cbr\u003eoperating the emergency services communication system and may enter into agreements to\u003cbr\u003eeffectuate the same. The governing body or its designee shall deposit the fee proceeds in a\u003cbr\u003eseparate fund and keep records to show all expenditures from the fee proceeds.57-40.6-06.Data base.Any telephone exchange access service provider providingemergency 911 service shall provide current customer names, addresses, and telephone\u003cbr\u003enumbers to each 911 coordinator, the coordinator's designee, or public safety answering point\u003cbr\u003ewithin each 911 system. Information provided under this section must be provided in accordance\u003cbr\u003ewith the transactional record disclosure requirements of the federal Electronics Communications\u003cbr\u003ePrivacy Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C. 2703(c)(1)(B)(iii), and in a manner that identifies the names and\u003cbr\u003etelephone numbers that are unpublished.The provider shall report data base informationregarding new service or a change of service within two business days of the actual service\u003cbr\u003echange unless a longer period is permitted by the jurisdiction. The provider shall report data\u003cbr\u003ebase information regarding dropped service at least monthly.57-40.6-07.Use of the furnished information.Unpublished names and telephonenumbers generated by a 911 coordinator or 911 public safety answering point or provided to a\u003cbr\u003e911 coordinator or public safety answering point under section 57-40.6-06 are confidential and\u003cbr\u003emay be used only for verifying the location or identity, or both, for response purposes, of a person\u003cbr\u003ecalling a 911 answering point for emergency help or by the 911 coordinator or public safety\u003cbr\u003eanswering point for the purpose of a public safety agency notifying a person of an emergency.\u003cbr\u003ePublished names and telephone numbers maintained by a 911 coordinator or public safety\u003cbr\u003eanswering point are exempt records as defined in section 44-04-17.1 but must be provided upon\u003cbr\u003erequest to the treasurer and auditor of the county served by the 911 coordinator for the purpose\u003cbr\u003eof verifying and correcting names and addresses used for official purposes. A record obtained\u003cbr\u003efor the purpose of providing services in an emergency and which reveals the address of a person\u003cbr\u003erequesting emergency service or reporting an emergency by accessing an emergency telephone\u003cbr\u003enumber 911 system is exempt from section 44-04-18 and may be redacted from the record\u003cbr\u003ebefore it is released.57-40.6-08.Emergency services communication system, automated notificationsystem, or emergency instructions - Liability.1.A public agency, public safety agency, assessed communications service provider,\u003cbr\u003eor person that provides access to an emergency services communication system or\u003cbr\u003ean automated notification system, or any officer, agent, or employee of any public\u003cbr\u003eagency, public safety agency, assessed communications service provider, or person\u003cbr\u003eis not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission except willful andPage No. 5wanton misconduct or gross negligence in connection with developing, adopting,\u003cbr\u003eoperating, or implementing any plan or system as provided under this chapter.2.A person who gives emergency instructions through a system as provided under this\u003cbr\u003echapter, to persons rendering services in an emergency at another location, or any\u003cbr\u003eperson following such instructions in rendering such services, is not liable for any\u003cbr\u003ecivil damages as a result of issuing or following the instructions, unless issuing or\u003cbr\u003efollowing the instructions constitutes willful and wanton misconduct or gross\u003cbr\u003enegligence.3.This section does not waive, limit, or modify any existing immunity or other defense\u003cbr\u003eof the state or any political subdivision, or any of its agencies, departments,\u003cbr\u003ecommissions, boards, officers, or employees, nor does it create any claim for relief\u003cbr\u003eagainst any of these entities.57-40.6-09. 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