Reverse 911 emergency systems.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0086

ENROLLED ACT NO. 39, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2008 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to
local governments; providing for use of 911 emergency taxes to purchase and support systems to disseminate warnings to the public of impending hazards and emergencies;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 16
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9
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102(a)(iv) and (vii)
is
amended to read:

16
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9
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102.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(iv)

"911 emergency reporting system" or "911 system" means a telephone system consisting of network, database, services and equipment, including operating and personnel costs as specified in W.S. 16
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9
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105, using the single three-digit number 911 for reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations and enabling the users of a public telephone system, other technology or wireless telecommunications system to reach a public safety answering point to report emergencies by dialing 911.
911 emergency reporting systems may include systems consisting of network, database, services and equipment, including

operating and personnel costs as specified in W.S. 16
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9
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105, using
911 databases and public safety answering points to disseminate warnings to the public of impending hazards, including storms, floods, hazardous materials incidents or other emergencies that could compromise the public safety.

For any 911 emergency reporting system that operates a reverse 911 warning system, a quarterly test on the warning system will be conducted by calling random numbers.
The level of technology for provision of the 911 emergency reporting system is to be determined by the governing body and may include enhanced wireless 911 services, however, the 911 system shall include a device for telecommunications for the deaf
. Effective January 1, 2009, the governing body shall file with the Wyoming public service commission a certified statement of its annual gross receipts and detailed and itemized annual expenditures of any taxes collected pursuant to this act from 2004 through and including the most recent calendar year
;

(vii)

"Public safety answering point" means a twenty
‑
four (24) hour local jurisdiction communications facility receiving 911 service calls and directly dispatching emergency response services or relaying calls to the appropriate public or private safety agency
or disseminating warnings to the public of impending hazards, including storms, floods, hazardous materials incidents or other emergencies that could compromise the public safety
;

Section
2
.

This act is effective July 1, 2008.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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