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2021 Utah Code
Title 69 - Telegraphic and Telephonic Transactions
Chapter 2 - Emergency Service and Prepaid Wireless Telecommunications Service
Part 2 - Public Safety Answering Points and Dispatch Centers
Section 204 - Public safety answering point 911 call transfer rate requirements.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 69-2-204 (2021)
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Effective 5/12/2020
69-2-204. Public safety answering point 911 call transfer rate requirements.
  • (1) As used in this section:
    • (a) "Fiscal year" means the period from July 1 of one year to June 30 of the following year.
    • (b) "Transfer rate" means the percentage of 911 calls that are:
      • (i) received by a public safety answering point during a fiscal year; and
      • (ii) transferred to another location in the state.
  • (2) Subject to Subsection (3), a public safety answering point shall maintain a transfer rate that is no more than 2%.
  • (3) A public safety answering point with a transfer rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 that is greater than 2% shall:
    • (a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, reduce the public safety answering point's transfer rate to at least 5% less than the transfer rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020;
    • (b) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, reduce the public safety answering point's transfer rate:
      • (i) to at least 15% less than the transfer rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020; or
      • (ii) to at least 10% less than the transfer rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021; and
    • (c) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, reduce the public safety answering point's transfer rate to no more than 5%.


Enacted by Chapter 368, 2020 General Session
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