2005 Idaho Code - 31-4816 — IDAHO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION -- PURPOSES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

                                  TITLE  31
                           COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
                                  CHAPTER 48
                         EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ACT
    31-4816.  IDAHO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION -- PURPOSES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES. The purposes and responsibilities of the commission are to:
    (1)  Determine the status and operability of consolidated emergency
communications systems statewide;
    (2)  Determine the needs for the upgrade of consolidated emergency
communications systems;
    (3)  Determine the costs for the upgrades;
    (4)  Recommend guidelines and standards for operation of consolidated
emergency communications systems;
    (5)  Recommend funding mechanisms for future implementation of upgrades;
    (6)  Serve as a conduit for the future allocation of federal grant funds
to support the delivery of consolidated emergency communications systems;
    (7)  Report annually to the legislature of the state of Idaho on the
planned expenditures for the next fiscal year, the collected revenues and
moneys disbursed from the fund and programs or projects in progress, completed
or anticipated;
    (8)  Enter into contracts with experts, agents, employees or consultants
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and
    (9)  Promulgate rules pursuant to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67,
Idaho Code, to carry out the purposes of the commission's duties.