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HB 392 Original 2022 Regular Session Hughes
Abstract: Provides that certain employees of communications districts are first responders.
Present law authorizes the governing authority of any parish to create communications districts
composed of territory lying within the parish. Provides for the establishment of the number 911 as
the primary emergency telephone number for use in communications districts and for the
identification of all streets, roads, highways, and dwelling places in the districts. Provides that the
districts are political subdivisions of the state and are generally governed by a seven-member board
of commissioners. Provides that the Jefferson Parish communications district is governed by the
parish governing authority.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law authorizes the governing board to employ employees, experts, and consultants as it may
deem necessary to assist the commission in the discharge of its responsibilities to the extent that
funds are made available.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that district employees who are
emergency response operators or emergency services dispatchers who provide communications
support services for an agency by responding to requests for assistance in emergencies are considered
first responders. Defines "first responder" as a public employee or volunteer whose duties include
responding rapidly to an emergency.
(Amends R.S. 33:9103(D) and 9124(B))