From the News and Tribune:
"A new law, signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels on Monday, aims to stop the financial bleeding and stabilize the funding for the 911 emergency system throughout the state.
Among other things, the law equalizes the 911 surcharge placed on landlines and cellphones and creates a statewide pool of 911 money. It eliminates a fractured system that lets counties set their own surcharge rate on landlines, and it raises the 911 surcharge on cellphones from 50 cents a month to 90 cents a month.
State Rep. Randy Frye, R-Greensburg, a retired firefighter who co-sponsored the bill, said the new law is critical to saving the 911 system in Indiana.
“The system was going broke,” Frye said. “The lion’s share of the funding has resided on landlines. We’ve seen a massive technology shift.”
Frye said counties in Indiana were seeing up to 10 percent drops each year in revenues collected through the 911 surcharge placed on phone lines.
That drop started around 2006, when there was a surge in the number of people who cut their landlines but kept their cellphones."
http://newsandtribune.com/statenews/x223905317/New-law-seeks-to-shore-up-draining-revenues-from-unplugged-landlines
