§ 12-10-305 - Multiagency and multijurisdictional answering points or centers. - Arkansas Statutes

12-10-305. Multiagency and multijurisdictional answering points or centers.

(a) (1) The chief executive of the political subdivision may designate the 911 public safety communications center of another political subdivision either to serve his or her political subdivision as public safety answering point only and retain one (1) or more dispatch centers or to serve both public safety answering point and dispatch functions.

(2) This designation shall be in the form of a written mutual aid agreement between the political subdivisions and will include the stipulation of the fair share of funding to be contributed by the political subdivision being served to the political subdivision operating the 911 public safety communications center.

(3) Part or all of the moneys necessary for the fair share of funding may be generated as authorized in 12-10-318, 12-10-319, 12-10-321, 12-10-322, and by the emergency telephone service charge collected by the service supplier and paid by them directly to the political subdivision operating the 911 public safety communications center.

(4) If such a designation and mutual aid agreement has been made, an additional 911 communications center may not be created without official termination of the mutual aid agreement.

(b) Any 911 public safety communications center established pursuant to this subchapter may serve the jurisdiction of more than one (1) public agency of the political subdivision or, through proper agreements, more than one (1) political subdivision.

(c) No provision of this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit or discourage in any manner the formation of multiagency or multijurisdictional public safety answering points.