§ 10-4-107

10-4-107. Department duties and powers -- 9-1-1 planning. (1) There is a 9-1-1 program administered by the department. (2) The department shall: (a) allocate and distribute 9-1-1 fees; (b) update the allocation and distribution of 9-1-1 fees in accordance with 10-4-305 and rules adopted pursuant to 10-4-108; (c) provide grants in accordance with 10-4-306. In awarding the grants, the department shall review and approve requests for funding in accordance with 10-4-306. (d) monitor the expenditure of program funds for: (i) 9-1-1 purposes by local and tribal governments that host public safety answering points; and (ii) allowable uses of grant funds by entities; (e) establish a statewide 9-1-1 plan in accordance with subsection (3); (f) staff and fund the administrative costs of the 9-1-1 advisory council established in 10-4-105; (g) accept federal funds granted by congress or by executive order and gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of administering this chapter; and (h) establish allowable uses of funds by local and tribal governments that host public safety answering points that receive distributions pursuant to 10-4-305 and ensure that funds are expended only for

establish allowable uses of funds by local and tribal governments that host public safety answering points that receive distributions pursuant to 10-4-305 and ensure that funds are expended only for allowable uses. (3) A statewide 9-1-1 plan must include: (a) to the maximum extent feasible the use of existing commercial communications infrastructure; and (b) 9-1-1 system standards and support efforts to migrate legacy technologies to next-generation 9-1-1 technologies when appropriate and to provide for the implementation of future 9-1-1 technologies. Any standards adopted by the department for legacy 9-1-1 technologies or principles adopted for baseline next-generation 9-1-1 technologies must be: (i) flexible and graduated, while ensuring minimum service levels; and (ii) based on industry standards. (4) The department, in fulfilling its duties pursuant to subsection (2), may request necessary information from local and tribal governments. If a local or tribal government does not comply with the request, the department may withhold funding distributions as provided for in 10-4-109. History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 367, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 172, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 14, L. 2021.