Legislature(2003 - 2004)
2004-05-07 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2004-05-07 House Journal Page 3953 HB 461 The following, which had been moved to follow CSSB 365(FIN) (page 3947), was again before the House: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 461(STA) am "An Act relating to enhanced 911 surcharges and to 911 and emergency services dispatch systems." Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Wolf: 2004-05-07 House Journal Page 3954 Page 1, line 4, through page 2, line 20: Delete all material. Page 2, line 21: Delete "Sec. 2" Insert "Section 1" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Wolf moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Holm objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 461(STA) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Anderson, Berkowitz, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Masek, McGuire, Morgan, Moses, Stoltze, Wolf Nays: Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kott, Lynn, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wilson Excused: Kookesh Absent: Meyer And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. **The voting record was changed to reflect that Representative Kookesh was excused (page 3962). Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Wolf: 2004-05-07 House Journal Page 3955 Page 3, line 21, through page 4, line 5: Delete all material and insert: "* Sec. 4. AS 29.35.131(a) is amended to read: (a) A municipality may, by resolution or ordinance, elect to provide an emergency services dispatch system or an enhanced 911 system at public safety answering points, may purchase or lease the enhanced 911 equipment or service required to establish or maintain an enhanced 911 system at public safety answering points from a local exchange telephone company or other qualified vendor, and may impose an enhanced 911 surcharge, in an amount to be determined by the municipality, on all local exchange access lines that provide telephone service to wireline telephones in the area to be served by the enhanced 911 system. A municipality that provides services under an enhanced 911 system may also by resolution or ordinance impose an enhanced 911 surcharge on each wireless telephone number that is billed to an address within the enhanced 911 service area. An [FOR A MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF 100,000 OR MORE, AN] enhanced 911 surcharge may not exceed $1 a [50 CENTS PER] month for each wireless telephone billing statement [NUMBER] or $1 a [50 CENTS PER] month for each local exchange billing" Representative Wolf moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative Holm objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Gruenberg: Under (a), following "municipality may, by": Delete "resolution or" Under (a) following "may also by": Delete "resolution or" Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment to Amendment No. 6 be adopted. There being no objection, Amendment to Amendment No. 6 was adopted. 2004-05-07 House Journal Page 3956 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 461(STA) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 as amended YEAS: 12 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Anderson, Berkowitz, Chenault, Croft, Gruenberg, Kohring, Kott, Masek, McGuire, Morgan, Stoltze, Wolf Nays: Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gara, Gatto, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Lynn, Meyer, Moses, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Stepovich, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wilson Excused: Kookesh Absent: Seaton And so, Amendment No. 6 as amended was not adopted. **The voting record was changed to reflect that Representative Kookesh was excused (page 3962). Amendment No. 7 was not offered. Amendment No. 8 was not offered New Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Berkowitz and Holm: Page 6, line 5: Insert a new bill section to read: * Sec. 10. AS 42.05 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 42.05.295. Routing 911 calls. Notwithstanding AS 42.05.711, to ensure statewide access by all residents to 911 wireline services, traditional or enhanced, each local exchange telephone company that provides wireline service to an area outside a municipality must route all 911 calls originating from within its customer service base through a toll free number to a regional public safety answering point identified by the state. In this section, "municipality" has the meaning given in AS 29.35.137. 2004-05-07 House Journal Page 3957 Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that New Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, New Amendment No. 4 was adopted. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 461(STA) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. Objection was heard. CSHB 461(STA) am will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.