Bill No.: HB0086 Drafter: LGC
LSO No.: 08LSO-0307 Effective Date: 7/1/2008
Enrolled Act No.: HEA0039
Chapter No.:
Prime Sponsor: Representative Brown
Catch Title: Reverse 911 emergency systems.
Subject: Allows use of 911 emergency taxes to purchase and support systems to disseminate warnings to the public.
Summary/Major Elements:
· The act defines 911 reporting systems, for which a special tax may be collected, to include reverse 911 systems.
· Reverse 911 systems are systems which use 911 databases and public safety answering points to disseminate warnings to the public of impending hazards.
· The act requires a quarterly test of any warning system.
· The act requires an annual report of gross receipts and expenditures of taxes raised for 911 emergency reporting systems.