BILL NUMBER: SB 911	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  21
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 28, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 27, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 18, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Dunn

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to amend Section 2892 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to telecommunications.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 911, Dunn  Telecommunications: 911 system.
   Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to require
that every facilities-based commercial mobile radio service provider,
as defined in specified federal law, provide access for end users on
its system to the local emergency telephone services described in a
specified provision of the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, that
they utilize the "911" code as the primary access number for those
services, and that "911" calls from commercial mobile radio service
units be routed to the nearest appropriate Department of the
California Highway Patrol communications center. Existing law
requires that a provider of commercial mobile radio service not
charge any airtime, access, or similar usage charge for any "911"
call placed from a commercial mobile radio service telecommunications
device to a local emergency telephone system. Existing law provides
that a "911" call from a commercial mobile radio service
telecommunications device may be routed to a public safety answering
point other than the Department of the California Highway Patrol only
if the alternate routing meets specified requirements. One of the
requirements is that the "911" call originate from a location other
than from a highway or county road under the jurisdiction of the
Department of the California Highway Patrol.
   This bill would provide with respect to the above-described
requirement, that the "911" call originate from a location other than
from a freeway, as defined, under the jurisdiction of the Department
of the California Highway Patrol.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2892 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   2892.  (a) As used in this section, the term "commercial mobile
radio service" has the same meaning as the term "commercial mobile
service," as defined in subsection (d) of Section 332 of Title 47 of
the United States Code.
   (b) A provider of commercial mobile radio service shall provide
access for end users of that service to the local emergency telephone
systems described in the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act
(Article 6 (commencing with Section 53100) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of
Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). "911" shall be the
primary access number for those emergency systems. A provider of
commercial mobile radio service, in accordance with all applicable
Federal Communication Commission orders, shall transmit all "911"
calls from technologically compatible commercial mobile radio service
communication devices without requiring user validation or any
similar procedure. A provider of commercial mobile radio service may
not charge any airtime, access, or similar usage charge for any "911"
call placed from a commercial mobile radio service
telecommunications device to a local emergency telephone system.
   (c) A "911" call from a commercial mobile radio service
telecommunications device may be routed to a public safety answering
point other than the Department of the California Highway Patrol only
if the alternate routing meets all of the following requirements:
   (1) The "911" call originates from a location other than from a
freeway, as defined in Section 23.5 of the Streets and Highways Code,
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the California Highway
Patrol.
   (2) The alternate routing is economically and technologically
feasible.
   (3) The alternate routing will benefit public safety and reduce
burdens on dispatchers for the Department of the California Highway
Patrol.
   (4) The Department of the California Highway Patrol, the
Department of General Services, and the proposed alternate public
safety answering point, in consultation with the wireless industry,
providers of "911" selective routing service, and local law
enforcement officials, determine that it is in the best interest of
the public and will provide more effective emergency service to the
public to route "911" calls that do not originate from a freeway, as
defined in Section 23.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, under the
jurisdiction of the Department of the California Highway Patrol to
another public safety answering point.