HB662 Summary

• Renames the Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) Board to the Alabama Wireless E-911 Board and increases membership from seven to nine members.

• Board members shall reflect racial, gender, geographic, urban and rural, and economic diversity of the state, with annual reporting to the Legislature on compliance with diversity provisions.

• Authorizes the board to request the Attorney General to commence legal proceedings and defend against lawsuits, with legal expenses paid from legislative appropriations rather than service charges.

• Attaches the board to the Alabama Public Service Commission for administrative purposes and subjects it to oversight and regulation by the commission.

• Specifies that board member reimbursements for expenses and travel, auditor costs, and other administrative expenses must be paid from legislative appropriations and cannot be funded from emergency telephone service charges.