2013 Maryland Code
PUBLIC SAFETY
§ 1-306 - Responsibilities of Board -- Coordination of enhancement of 9-1-1 systems

§1-306.

(a) The Board shall coordinate the enhancement of county 9-1-1 systems.

(b) The Board’s responsibilities include:

(1) establishing planning guidelines for enhanced 9-1-1 system plans and deployment of wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service in accordance with this subtitle;

(2) establishing procedures to review and approve or disapprove county plans and to evaluate requests for variations from the planning guidelines established by the Board;

(3) establishing procedures for the request for reimbursement of the costs of enhancing a 9-1-1 system by a county or counties in which a 9-1-1 system is in operation, and procedures to review and approve or disapprove the request;

(4) transmitting the planning guidelines and procedures established under this section, and any amendments to them, to the governing body of each county;

(5) submitting to the Secretary each year a schedule for implementing the enhancement of county or multicounty 9-1-1 systems, and an estimate of funding requirements based on the approved county plans;

(6) developing, with input from counties, and publishing on or before July 1, 2004, an implementation schedule for deployment of wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service;

(7) reviewing and approving or disapproving requests for reimbursement of the costs of enhancing 9-1-1 systems, and submitting to the Secretary each year a schedule for reimbursement and an estimate of funding requirements;

(8) reviewing the enhancement of 9-1-1 systems;

(9) providing for an audit of county expenditures for the operation and maintenance of 9-1-1 systems;

(10) ensuring inspections of public safety answering points;

(11) reviewing and approving or disapproving requests from counties with operational enhanced 9-1-1 systems to be exempted from the expenditure limitations under § 1-312 of this subtitle;

(12) authorizing expenditures from the 9-1-1 Trust Fund that:

(i) are for enhancements of 9-1-1 systems that:

1. are required by the Board;

2. will be provided to a county by a third party contractor; and

3. will incur costs that the Board has approved before the formation of a contract between the county and the contractor; and

(ii) are approved by the Board for payment:

1. from money collected under § 1-310 of this subtitle; and

2. directly to a third party contractor on behalf of a county; and

(13) establishing planning guidelines for next generation 9-1-1 services system plans and deployment of next generation 9-1-1 services in accordance with this subtitle.

(c) The guidelines established by the Board under subsection (b)(1) and (13) of this section:

(1) shall be based on available technology and equipment; and

(2) may be based on any other factor that the Board determines is appropriate, including population and area served by 9-1-1 systems.