(a) The Commission shall use the most recent annual
population estimates from the Texas Demographic Center to determine
the proportionate amount of wireless and prepaid wireless emergency
service fees remitted per Health and Safety Code §771.0711(c)
and §771.0712(a) attributable to each regional planning commission
(RPC) and emergency communication district (ECD).
(b) Within 90 days of the publication of the state
demographer's population estimates, Commission staff shall provide
the RPCs and ECDs with the proposed proportionate distribution percentages.
RPCs and ECDs may provide comments to the proposed percentages within
the timeframe set by Commission staff. Commission staff's proposed
percentages are provided to allow RPCs and ECDs whose 9-1-1 service
boundaries and therefore population totals are not fully accounted
for in the state demographer's population estimates. It is the joint
responsibility of affected RPCs and ECDs to provide the Commission
with agreed adjustments to the proposed population distributions and
proposed percentages to accurately reflect their 9-1-1 service populations.
(c) The Commission shall adopt proportionate distribution
percentages in an open meeting. Notice of the adopted percentages
shall be provided by Commission staff to the RPCs and ECDs within
thirty (30) days of adoption.
(d) Upon request by an RPC, ECD, or Commission staff,
the Commission shall review and modify the adopted distribution percentages
to account for changes in 9-1-1 service boundaries not reflected in
the state demographer's population estimates.
(e) In accordance with Health and Safety Code §771.0711(c),
Commission staff shall use the adopted percentages to distribute to
each ECD not participating in the state system its pro-rata share
of remitted wireless and prepaid wireless emergency service fees,
and notify each ECD when a distribution is made.
(f) Commission staff shall use the adopted percentages
to distribute to each ECD not participating in the state system the
interest earned on remitted wireless and prepaid wireless emergency
service fees and credited by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. Distributions
of interest shall be made no less than once each fiscal year.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §252.6 adopted to be effective November 6, 1997, 22 TexReg 10637; amended to be effective October 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 8583; amended to be effective December 7, 2008, 33 TexReg 9972; amended to be effective August 23, 2012, 37 TexReg 6295; amended to be effective April 17, 2019, 44 TexReg 1835 |