Del. legislature passed bill to administer and fund statewide int...
Del. legislature passed bill to administer and fund statewide integration of wireline and wireless E911 emergency calling systems. Measure (HB-283) establishes E911 Service Board charged with developing comprehensive plans for implementing statewide wireless E911 system that meets FCC requirements…
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for automatically pinpointing location of wireless callers, and carrying out integration of wireless and wireline E911 systems. Bill also will replace current wireline 911 surcharges with uniform 60-cent monthly surcharge applied to all wireless and wireline telephone subscribers. Also passed was another 911-related bill (SB-218) that expands the criminal misdemeanor of falsely reporting emergencies to also include repeated non-emergency calls to 911 that are intended to disrupt operation of 911 call centers. The legislature also passed telecom privacy bill (HB-75) that bars employers from monitoring employees’ phone conversations, e-mails or Internet access unless employees receive prior written notice of monitoring policy. Notice is one-time requirement to be done when policy is implemented and when new employees are hired. Violations are civil offense carrying $100 fine.