Subdivision 1. System coordination, improvements, variations, and agreements. The commissioner shall coordinate the maintenance of 911 systems. The commissioner shall aid counties in the formulation of concepts, methods, and procedures which will improve the operation and maintenance of 911 systems. The commissioner shall establish procedures for determining and evaluating requests for variations from the established design standards. The commissioner shall respond to requests by wireless or wire-line telecommunications service providers or by counties or other governmental agencies for system agreements, contracts, and tariff language promptly and no later than within 45 days of the request unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties.
Subd. 1a. Biennial budget; annual financial report. The commissioner shall prepare a biennial budget for maintaining the 911 system. By December 15 of each year, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature detailing the expenditures for maintaining the 911 system, the 911 fees collected, the balance of the 911 fund, the 911-related administrative expenses of the commissioner, and the most recent forecast of revenues and expenditures for the 911 emergency telecommunications service account, including a separate projection of E911 fees from prepaid wireless customers and projections of year-end fund balances. The commissioner is authorized to expend money that has been appropriated to pay for the maintenance, enhancements, and expansion of the 911 system.
Subd. 2. Waiver. Any county, other governmental agency, wireless telecommunications service provider, or wire-line telecommunications service provider may petition the commissioner for a waiver of all or portions of the requirements. A waiver may be granted upon a demonstration by the petitioner that the requirement is economically infeasible.
1977 c 311 s 6; 2002 c 372 s 8; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 103; 2013 c 143 art 13 s 13
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities
Chapter 403 — 911 Emergency And Public Safety Communications
Section 403.025 — 911 Emergency Telecommunications System Required.
Section 403.03 — 911 Services To Be Provided.
Section 403.05 — 911 System Operation And Maintenance.
Section 403.06 — Commissioner's Duties.
Section 403.07 — Standards Established; Data Privacy.
Section 403.08 — Wireless Telecommunications Service Provider.
Section 403.10 — Cooperative Agreement.
Section 403.11 — 911 System Cost Accounting Requirements; Fee.
Section 403.113 — Enhanced 911 Service Costs; Fee.
Section 403.15 — Multiline Telephone System 911 Requirements.
Section 403.161 — Prepaid Wireless Fees Imposed; Collection; Remittance.
Section 403.162 — Administration Of Prepaid Wireless E911 Fees.
Section 403.163 — Liability Protection For Sellers And Providers.
Section 403.164 — Exclusivity Of Prepaid Wireless E911 Fee.
Section 403.27 — Revenue Bonds; Obligations.
Section 403.275 — State 911 Revenue Bonds.
Section 403.29 — Use Of Bond Proceeds.
Section 403.30 — Appropriation; Transfers.
Section 403.31 — Operating Costs.
Section 403.32 — Sale Of General Obligation Bonds.
Section 403.34 — Optional Local Use Of Statewide System.
Section 403.36 — Statewide Radio Board.
Section 403.37 — Powers Of Statewide Radio Board.
Section 403.38 — Statewide Armer Integration.
Section 403.382 — Statewide Emergency Communication Board.
Section 403.39 — Regional Radio Boards.
Section 403.392 — Regional Emergency Communication Boards.
Section 403.40 — Advisory Committees.
Section 403.51 — Automatic External Defibrillation; Registration.