7-86-307 - Plan for providing statewide 911 and enhanced wireless 911 service. - Tennessee Statutes

7-86-307. Plan for providing statewide 911 and enhanced wireless 911 service.

(a)  The board shall develop and implement a plan for providing 911 service and wireless enhanced 911 service to all citizens of Tennessee. The plan shall provide for:

     (1)  A schedule for the implementation, installation, operation, maintenance, and enhancement of statewide wireless enhanced 911 service, and the funding of the service;

     (2)  A schedule for the implementation and coordination of a 911 system plan for the state of Tennessee, which shall include the funding of the plan. With respect to an emergency communications district's financial standing and the level and quality of 911 service, the board shall act as the deciding agency whenever such issues arise between an emergency communications district and other governmental units involving the 911 system;

     (3)  A review and analysis of progress maintained by emergency communications districts in complying with technical, operating, and financial standards adopted by the board;

     (4)  A plan for each emergency communications district not meeting technical, financial, and operating standards as established in this part by the board to come into compliance with such standards; and

     (5)  An implementation schedule that accounts for the progress achieved by each district in attaining and maintaining financial, technical, and operating standards.

(b)  (1)  The board shall encourage and promote the planning, development, and implementation of 911 service for each newly created emergency communications district. Any emergency communications district newly created after May 20, 1998, shall have its 911 system plan approved by the board prior to implementation. The plan for each such district shall include specific local requirements. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services and may include, but not be limited to, other emergency services such as poison control, animal control, suicide prevention, and emergency management services.

     (2)  Such plan shall also include funding requirements necessary to implement and operate the 911 system; provided, that if anticipated revenues are not adequate to achieve and maintain technical and operating standards as established by the board in this part, the board shall undertake a study to determine other options for the provision of 911 service to that area.

(c)  The board shall not require the commercial mobile radio service providers to select or deploy particular commercial solutions to meet any federal communications commission rulings or orders, or other requirements concerning wireless enhanced 911 service; provided, that the solutions chosen are compatible with the operations of emergency communications districts and the technical and operating standards for wireless enhanced 911 service adopted by the board.

[Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 11.]