Pennsylvania HB 366: An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alternative form of regulation of telecommunications services, providing for compensation to volunteer fire companies for outages of 911 systems.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 322
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 366
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, BANTA, PICKETT AND KAUFFMAN,
JANUARY 27, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JANUARY 27, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in alternative form of regulation of
telecommunications services, providing for compensation to
volunteer fire companies for outages of 911 systems.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 3020. Compensation to volunteer fire companies for outages of
911 systems.
(a) Compensation.--A local exchange telecommunications
company with a system failure that results in an outage of a 911
system shall compensate a volunteer fire company that is
required to physically maintain a volunteer firefighter at the
company's fire station as a result of the outage. The
compensation rate under this subsection shall be $1,000 for each
hour a volunteer fire company is required to physically maintain
a volunteer firefighter at the company's fire station as a
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result of the outage.
(b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"911 system." As defined in 35 Pa.C.S. § 5302 (relating to
definitions).
"Volunteer fire company." As defined in 35 Pa.C.S. § 7802
(relating to definitions).
"Volunteer firefighter." As defined in 35 Pa.C.S. § 7412
(relating to definitions).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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