Senate Bill 408 Summary

• Establishes an 11-member statewide 911 board chaired by the state treasurer to develop, implement, and oversee a unified statewide 911 system across Indiana.

• Creates a statewide 911 fund and requires the board to impose a statewide 911 fee on standard and prepaid communications service users to fund the system, with fees deposited in the fund and distributed to public safety answering points (PSAPs).

• Prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from imposing additional fees for 911 service and specifies permitted uses of distributed funds including equipment, personnel, training, and emergency notification systems.

• Requires after December 31, 2014, that counties contain no more than two PSAPs (with exceptions for state educational institutions and airport authorities), and mandates interlocal agreements among multiple PSAP operators in the same county to consolidate or eliminate excess PSAPs.

• Effective July 1, 2010 for most provisions and July 1, 2011 for fee collection; consolidates previous wireless and wireline 911 funding systems and transfers remaining funds from expiring emergency telephone system funds to new county 911 funds.