§ 7053 - Board; responsibilities and powers
§ 7053. Board; responsibilities and powers
(a) The board shall be the single governmental agency responsible for statewide enhanced 911. To the extent feasible, the board shall consult with the agency of human services, the department of public safety, and the department of public service, on the development of policies, system design, standards, and procedures. The board shall proceed on the assumption that a fully operational E-911 system will be completed by July 1, 1997. The board shall develop designs, standards and procedures consistent with that assumption and shall also adopt rules on the following:
(1) the technical and operational standards for public safety answering points;
(2) the system data base, standards and procedures for developing and maintaining the data base. The system data base shall be the property of the board;
(3) statewide, locatable means of identifying customer location, such as addressing, geo-coding or other means which provide for reliable emergency response; and
(4) standards and procedures to ensure system and data base security.
(b) When the enhanced 911 system is fully implemented, the board shall ensure that all telephones in all communities are or can be selectively routed to one or more public safety answering points.
(c) The board shall review and may approve plans for the creation of enhanced 911 systems to serve a logical group of municipalities, gores or grants.
(d) The board shall review and may approve enhanced 911 systems in existence prior to implementation of the statewide system.
(e) The board is authorized:
(1) to make or cause to be made studies of any aspect of the enhanced 911 system, including service, operations, training, data base development, and public awareness;
(2) to accept and use in the name of the state, subject to review and approval by the joint fiscal committee, any and all donations or grants, both real and personal, from any governmental unit or public agency or from any institution, person, firm, or corporation, consistent with the rules established by the board and the purpose or conditions of the donation or grant; and
(3) to exercise all powers and conduct such activities as are necessary in carrying out the board's responsibilities in fulfilling the purposes of this chapter.
(f) The board shall adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(g) The board shall annually, on or before January 15, report to the governor and the general assembly on the development and performance of the enhanced 911 system in the previous fiscal year.
(h) The board is attached to the department of public service for the purpose of receiving administrative support. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)