Ohio Revised Code Chapter 128 - Emergency Telephone Number System

• Section 128.01 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "9-1-1 system" means a system through which individuals can request emergency service using the telephone number 9-1-1. (B)...
• Section 128.02 - Statewide Emergency Services Internet Protocol Network Steering Committee.
  (A) (1) There is hereby created the statewide emergency services internet protocol network steering committee, consisting of the following ten members: (a) The state...
• Section 128.021 - Adoption Of Rules Establishing Technical And Operational Standards For Public Safety Answering Points.
  (A) Not later than January 1, 2014, and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the steering committee shall adopt rules that...
• Section 128.022 - Guidelines For Disbursements.
  The steering committee shall establish guidelines for the tax commissioner to use when disbursing money from the next generation 9-1-1 fund to countywide 9-1-1...
• Section 128.03 - Countywide 9-1-1 System.
  (A) (1) A countywide 9-1-1 system shall include all of the territory of the townships and municipal corporations in the county and any portion...
• Section 128.06 - Planning Committee And Technical Advisory Committee.
  (A) A board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation in the county that contains at least thirty per cent...
• Section 128.07 - Proposal To Implement System; Final Plan.
  (A) The 9-1-1 planning committee shall prepare a proposal on the implementation of a countywide 9-1-1 system and shall hold a public meeting on...
• Section 128.08 - Resolution To Approve Or Disapprove Plan.
  (A) Within sixty days after receipt of the final plan pursuant to division (C) of section 128.07 of the Revised Code, the board of...
• Section 128.09 - Municipal Corporations Or Townships Establishing Own System.
  (A) If a final plan is disapproved under division (B) of section 128.08 of the Revised Code, by resolution, the legislative authority of a...
• Section 128.12 - Amendment Of Plan.
  (A) An amended final plan is required for any of the following purposes: (1) Expanding the territory included in the countywide 9-1-1 system; (2)...
• Section 128.15 - Deadline For Installation Of 9-1-1 System.
  (A) Within three years from the date an initial final plan becomes effective under division (B) of section 128.08 of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 128.18 - Determining Rates And Charges.
  (A) In accordance with this chapter and Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., and 4909. of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall determine the...
• Section 128.22 - Imposing Charges On Improved Realty To Pay For Public Safety Answering Points.
  (A) (1) For the purpose of paying the costs of establishing, equipping, and furnishing one or more public safety answering points as part of...
• Section 128.25 - Election On Adding Monthly Charge To Telephone Bills To Fund 9-1-1 System.
  (A) This section applies only to a county that meets both of the following conditions: (1) A final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system...
• Section 128.26 - Election On Monthly Charge On Telephone Access Lines To Fund Certain Systems.
  (A) This section applies only to a county that has a final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that either has not been approved...
• Section 128.27 - Billing And Collection Of Charges.
  (A) As part of its normal monthly billing process, each telephone company with customers in the area served by a 9-1-1 system shall bill...
• Section 128.32 - Immunity; Prohibited Conduct.
  (A) (1) The state, the state highway patrol, a subdivision, or a regional council of governments participating in a 9-1-1 system established under this...
• Section 128.34 - Proceedings To Enforce Compliance.
  (A) The attorney general, upon request of the steering committee, or on the attorney general's own initiative, shall begin proceedings against a telephone company...
• Section 128.40 - 9-1-1 Program Office.
  There is hereby created within the department of administrative services the 9-1-1 program office, headed by an administrator in the unclassified civil service pursuant...
• Section 128.42 - Wireless 9-1-1 Charge Imposed On Subscribers.
  (A) There is hereby imposed a wireless 9-1-1 charge of twenty-five cents per month as follows: (1) On each wireless telephone number of a...
• Section 128.44 - Notice Of Changes To Wireless 9-1-1 Charges.
  Beginning January 1, 2014, the tax commissioner shall provide notice to all known wireless service providers, resellers, and sellers of prepaid wireless calling services...
• Section 128.45 - Recordkeeping.
  Beginning January 1, 2014: (A) Each wireless service provider and reseller shall keep complete and accurate records of bills for wireless service, together with...
• Section 128.46 - [Operative Until 1/1/2016] Wireless 9-1-1 Charges Remitted To Coordinator; Filing Returns; Subscriber Liability; Audit; Collection.
  (A) Prior to January 1, 2014: (1) A wireless service provider or reseller, not later than the last day of each month, shall remit...
• Section 128.46 - [Operative 1/1/2016] Wireless 9-1-1 Charges Remitted To Coordinator; Filing Returns; Subscriber Liability; Audit; Collection.
  (A) Prior to January 1, 2014: (1) A wireless service provider or reseller, not later than the last day of each month, shall remit...
• Section 128.461 - Interest On Remitted Charges.
  Beginning January 1, 2014, any wireless 9-1-1 charge required to be remitted under section 128.46 of the Revised Code shall be subject to interest...
• Section 128.462 - Limitations On Assessments.
  Beginning January 1, 2014: (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no assessment shall be made or issued against a wireless service provider,...
• Section 128.47 - Refunds.
  Beginning January 1, 2014: (A) A wireless service provider, reseller, seller, wireless service subscriber, or consumer of a prepaid wireless calling service may apply...
• Section 128.52 - Sales Subject To Taxes On Retail Sales.
  (A) Beginning on July 1, 2013, each seller of a prepaid wireless calling service required to collect prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charges under division (B)...
• Section 128.53 - [Repealed].
  Renumbered and amended from § 5507.53 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.188,...
• Section 128.54 - Funds Established For Receipt, Distribution, And Accounting For Amounts Received From Wireless 9-1-1 Charges.
  (A) (1) For the purpose of receiving, distributing, and accounting for amounts received from the wireless 9-1-1 charges imposed under section 128.42 of the...
• Section 128.55 - Disbursement Of Government Assistance Fund Monies.
  (A) (1) The tax commissioner, not later than the last day of each month, shall disburse moneys from the wireless 9-1-1 government assistance fund,...
• Section 128.57 - County Systems Receiving Disbursements To Provide Wireless 9-1-1 Service.
  Except as otherwise provided in section 128.571 of the Revised Code: (A) A countywide 9-1-1 system receiving a disbursement under section 128.55 of the...
• Section 128.571 - Limitation On Use Of Rc 128.57 Payments.
  (A) Payment of costs specified in divisions (A) to (D) of section 128.57 of the Revised Code from a disbursement under section 128.55 of...
• Section 128.60 - Service Providers To Supply Information; Confidentiality.
  (A) (1) A telephone company, the state highway patrol as described in division (J) of section 128.03 of the Revised Code, and each subdivision...
• Section 128.63 - Adoption Of Rules; Charge Prescribed By General Assembly.
  (A) The tax commissioner may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out this chapter, including rules prescribing...
• Section 128.99 - Penalties.
  (A) Whoever violates division (E) of section 128.32 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates...

Last modified: October 10, 2016