January 25, 2005, Introduced by Senator CHERRY and referred to the Committee on Technology and Energy.
A bill to amend 1986 PA 32, entitled
"Emergency telephone service enabling act,"
(MCL 484.1101 to 484.1717) by adding section 408a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 408a. (1) Any entity that installs or operates a private
business switch service and provides telecommunications facilities
or services to businesses shall assure that the system is connected
to the public switched network in a manner that calls to 9-1-1
result in automatic number and location identification.
(2) For buildings having their own street address and
containing workspace of 40,000 square feet or less, location
identification shall include the building's street address. For
buildings having their own street address and containing workspace
of more than 40,000 square feet, location identification shall
include the building's street address and 1 distinct location
identification per 40,000 square feet of workspace. Separate
buildings containing workspace of 40,000 square feet or less having
a common public street address shall have a distinct location
identification for each building in addition to the street address.
(3) Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 square
feet are exempt from the multiple location identification
requirements of this section if the building maintains, at all
times, alternative and adequate means of signaling and responding
to emergencies. Those means shall include, but not be limited to, a
telephone system that provides the physical location of 9-1-1 calls
coming from within the building. Health care facilities are
presumed to meet the requirements of this section if the facilities
are staffed with medical or nursing personnel 24 hours per day and
if an alternative means of providing information about the source
of an emergency call exists. Buildings provided for under this
subsection must provide 9-1-1 service that provides the building's
street address.
(4) Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 square
feet are exempt from this section if the building maintains, at all
times, alternative and adequate means of signaling and responding
to emergencies, including a telephone system that provides the
location of a 9-1-1 call coming from within the building, and the
building is serviced by its own medical, fire, and security
personnel.
(5) Buildings in communities not serviced by enhanced 9-1-1
service are exempt from this section.
(6) This section does not apply to any PBX telephone extension
that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical signals directly
between the telephone extension and the serving PBX.
(7) The commission, following a contested case, shall issue an
order establishing the means and timelines for the development and
implementation of location technology required under this section.
The order shall include equipment standards for providers and
private entities to ensure that 9-1-1 dispatchers can identify the
exact location of persons making emergency calls within large
buildings or from a point within a private exchange or
telecommunication system.
(8) The CMRS suppliers, local exchange providers, and private
entities may apply to the fund created under section 407 to recover
costs required as a result of the order issued under this section.