The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today issued an order keeping in effect the current state 9-1-1 charge and disbursement percentages.

The Emergency 9-1-1 Service Enabling Act (Act) mandated an initial state 9-1-1 charge of 19 cents per communications devise per month, beginning July 1.  The 19-cent charge is disbursed as follows:  82.5 percent to counties for 9-1-1 services as allowed under the Act; 7.75 percent for local exchange providers for costs related to wireless emergency service; 6 percent for local 9-1-1 centers for basic training of personnel; 1.88 percent to the Michigan State Police to operate a regional 9-1-1 dispatch center, and 1.87 percent for the costs to administer the Act and maintain the office of the state 9-1-1 coordinator.

The Act directed that any adjustment to the charge be made no later than Oct. 1 of the preceding year and be based on the recommendation of the emergency 9-1-1 service committee.

The emergency 9-1-1 service committee submitted its annual report to the Michigan Legislature on Aug. 1, recommending no changes to the charge amount or the distribution percentages.  The MPSC notes that the report does not contain the service costs and detailed record of expenditures called for by the Act.

The MPSC on June 10 issued an order soliciting written comments from interested persons regarding the state 9-1-1 charge and the disbursement percentiles.  All parties that commented recommended no change to the state 9-1-1 charge.

The MPSC is an agency within the Department of Labor & Economic Growth.

Case No. U-15552