An Act To Create Efficiency in E-9-1-1 Call Centers
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2923-A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 622, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§ 2923-A. Public safety answering point service
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 566, §9, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§2, ¶I, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. EEEE, §3, is further amended to read:
Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§2, ¶J, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. EEEE, §4, is amended to read:
Sec. 5. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§2, ¶K is enacted to read:
(1) To the department's public safety answering point service if the call is initiated one mile from or within one mile of the Interstate 95 corridor or the Interstate 295 corridor; and
(2) To a public safety answering point serving the municipality in which the tower receiving the call is located if the call is initiated more than one mile from the Interstate 95 corridor or the Interstate 295 corridor unless the bureau determines it is necessary to route such calls to a different public safety answering point.
Sec. 6. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 420, Pt. A, §28, is further amended to read:
Sec. 7. Transition. The following provisions govern the reduction of public safety answering points from 26 to a total of 15 to 17 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 2926, subsection 2-A.
1. The Public Utilities Commission, Emergency Services Communication Bureau shall reduce the number of public safety answering points in conjunction with the implementation of its contract or contracts for E-9-1-1 services to be executed in 2012.
2. The bureau shall establish public safety answering points in the locations identified in its Public Safety Answering Point Reconfiguration Plan dated November 1, 2010.
3. By August 1, 2012, a municipality shall identify which of the 17 established public safety answering points will be providing public safety answering point service to that municipality.
4. Nothing in this section limits the bureau from reconfiguring, in accordance with applicable laws, the location of public safety answering points after establishing the 17 public safety answering points identified in its Public Safety Answering Point Reconfiguration Plan dated November 1, 2010.
summary
This bill changes the goal of the Public Utilities Commission, Emergency Services Communication Bureau to establish a total of 16 to 24 public safety answering points to a requirement that the bureau establish a total of 15 to 17 public safety answering points. It requires the bureau to design the E-9-1-1 system to route a wireless E-9-1-1 call initiated more than one mile from the Interstate 95 or 295 corridor to the public safety answering point serving the municipality in which the tower receiving the call is located unless the bureau determines the wireless calls should be routed to a different public safety answering point. It requires the bureau to design the E-9-1-1 system to route a wireless E-9-1-1 call initiated one mile or less from the Interstate 95 or 295 corridor to the Department of Public Safety. This bill clarifies that municipalities may arrange for public safety answering point service through an agreement with another government entity and prohibits a contract to provide public safety answering point service from having a term of less than 5 years.