Expanding next generation 911.

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ORIGINAL Senate

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SF0041

ENROLLED ACT NO. 38,

SENATE

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; amending the membership of the public safety communications commission; amending the duties of the public safety communications commission to include duties related to next generation 911 emergency communications systems; authorizing the use of funds collected under the Emergency Telephone Service Act for next generation 911 emergency communications systems; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 9
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1102(a)(intro) and by creating new paragraphs (xviii) and (xix), 9
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1104(a) by creating new paragraphs (viii) and (ix) and 16
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105(b) are amended to read:

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1102.

Commission; composition; appointment of members; removal; terms; officers; vacancies; meetings.

(a)

The commission shall consist of
eleven (11)
thirteen (13)
voting members to be appointed by the governor and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9
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202.
The director of the Wyoming department of transportation, or his designee, shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting member of the commission.
The
eleven (11)
voting members shall be appointed from each of the following associations and agencies from their membership:

(xviii)

A member of the Wyoming chapter of the association of public safety communications officials or the national emergency number association;

(xix)

The Wyoming office of homeland security.

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1104.

Commission; powers and duties; advisory capacity to promote system development; public meetings; clerical and administrative support.

(a)

The commission shall:

(viii)

Recommend guidelines and standards for the development, implementation and operation of next generation 911 emergency communications systems and interoperable public safety communications and data systems in the state, including strategies for improving Wyoming's current 911 system. As part of the recommendations developed under this paragraph, the commission may identify short
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term and long
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term technological and policy solutions that integrate existing legacy communications infrastructure into an interoperable system and may develop and submit recommendations for legislation or other state action to further develop and support next generation 911 operations in Wyoming;

(ix)

Promulgate necessary rules and regulations governing next generation 911 system operation and participation.

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105.

Agreements or contract for 911 emergency reporting systems; use of funds collected.

(b)

Funds collected from the 911 emergency tax imposed pursuant to this act shall be spent solely to pay for public safety answering point and service suppliers' equipment and service costs, installation costs, maintenance costs, monthly recurring charges and other costs directly related to the continued operation of a 911 system including enhanced wireless 911 service
and next generation 911 emergency communications systems
. Funds may
also be expended for personnel expenses necessarily incurred by a public safety answering point. "Personnel expenses necessarily incurred" means expenses incurred for persons employed to:

(i)

Take emergency telephone calls and dispatch them appropriately;
or

(ii)

Maintain the computer
data base
database
of the public safety answering point
;
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or

(iii)

Integrate legacy communications infrastructure for 911 systems into interoperable next generation 911 emergency communications systems.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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