CHAPTER 226. EMERGENCY HIGHWAY CALL BOX SYSTEM
TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 226. EMERGENCY HIGHWAY CALL BOX SYSTEM
Sec. 226.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "emergency response
services" means:
(1) fire-fighting, law enforcement, or emergency medical
services that are provided by a public agency; or
(2) motorist assistance services.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 226.002. APPLICABILITY; LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES. This
chapter does not:
(1) apply to a segment of a highway that the commission has
designated as a farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road; or
(2) authorize the department to make an expenditure of money for
the implementation, operation, or maintenance of the emergency
telephone call box system out of the state highway fund.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 226.003. INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF CALL
BOX SYSTEM. (a) The department may provide for the installment,
operation, and maintenance of a system of emergency telephone
call boxes along those highways in this state that are part of
the designated state highway system.
(b) The system may:
(1) be designed to enable users of those highways to request
emergency and nonemergency response services;
(2) include:
(A) wired or wireless telecommunications services; and
(B) one or more motorist assistance answering centers; and
(3) be capable of performing compatible Intelligent
Transportation System (ITS) functions.
(c) To minimize call processing loads in public safety answering
points established under Chapter 771 or 772, Health and Safety
Code, the department may contract with a private entity to
perform the functions of a motorist assistance answering center
under Subsection (b)(2)(B).
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 226.004. FUNDING. The department may implement a call box
system under this chapter if a public or private entity provides
all direct and indirect costs necessary for the installment,
operation, and maintenance of the system.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 226.005. LOCATION OF AND DISTANCE BETWEEN CALL BOXES. The
location of the emergency call boxes shall be determined by the
department in accordance with the design specifications of the
system.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 226.006. CONTRACTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND INSTALLATION.
(a) The department may award a contract for the installation,
maintenance, or operation of a call box system in the manner
provided by Chapter 223.
(b) The department may solicit proposals for and enter into one
or more lease-purchase agreements under this chapter.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 226.007. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION. The Advisory
Commission on State Emergency Communications, agencies of this
state, and each county and municipality in this state shall
cooperate in the design, establishment, operation, and
maintenance of the emergency telephone call box system.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.