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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6302
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1791
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGIONALIZATION OF CERTAIN
PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTERS
AND A STUDY OF CONSOLIDATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 1
in consultation with municipal chief elected officials and municipal 2
public safety leaders, shall develop and report to the General Assembly 3
by July 1, 2022, a public safety answering points consolidation plan, 4
specifying that on or after July 1, 2028, public safety answering points 5
must serve populations of at least forty thousand persons in order to be 6
eligible for enhanced 9-1-1 funding, provided resources from the 7
Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund may be used to develop such 8
plan. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public
Protection, in consultation with municipal chief elected officials and
municipal public safety leaders, to develop a public safety answering
points consolidation plan.