Kan. House and Senate conferees said they had reconciled chambers...
Kan. House and Senate conferees said they had reconciled chambers’ differing versions of wireless E-911 funding bill (HB- 2034). They had been divided on whether program to provide funds for automatic location identification on 911 calls from wireless phones…
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should be administered locally (House) or centrally at state level (Senate). Under compromise, wireless companies and local govts. each would get 22.5% of roughly $9 million per year expected from bill’s new 75-cent monthly surcharge per wireless number. Balance of fund would be controlled by administrator named by Kan. Corp. Commission and approved by current Kan. E 911 Board. If both chambers accept compromise, bill will be sent to governor.