PRINTER'S NO. 90
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
127
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY REGAN, L. WILLIAMS, COSTA, GORDNER, PHILLIPS-HILL
AND YAW, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JANUARY 28, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication
services, further providing for telecommunications management
and for fund, providing for Legislative Budget and Finance
Committee review and further providing for termination of
chapter.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 5303(b)(1), (3) and (4) and 5306.1(d)(2)
of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are
amended to read:
§ 5303. Telecommunications management.
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(b) Establishment of 911 board.--There is established a
board within the agency to be known as the 911 board. The board
shall be comprised of the following:
(1) The following State officials, who shall serve as
voting members:
(i) The director of the agency, who shall act as
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chairperson.
(ii) The State 911 coordinator.
(iii) The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State
Police.
(iv) The chairman of the Veterans Affairs and
Emergency Preparedness Committee of the Senate.
(v) The minority chairman of the Veterans Affairs
and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the Senate.
(vi) The chairman of the Veterans Affairs and
Emergency Preparedness Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(vii) The minority chairman of the Veterans Affairs
and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(viii) The State Fire Commissioner.
(ix) The chairperson of the State Geospatial
Coordinating Board.
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(3) A representative from the following State agencies,
who shall serve as nonvoting members, to be appointed by the
chief executive or administrative officer of each agency:
(i) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
[(ii) The Office of the State Fire Commissioner.]
(iii) The Governor's Office of Administration.
(4) A representative from the following Statewide
associations, who shall serve as nonvoting members:
(i) The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.
(ii) The Fraternal Order of Police.
(iii) The Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services
Council.
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(iv) The Pennsylvania Fire and Emergency Services
Institute.
(v) The Association of Public-Safety Communications
Officials.
(vi) The Pennsylvania Chapter of the National
Emergency Number Association.
(vii) The Keystone Emergency Management Association.
(viii) The Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters
Association.
(ix) The Firemen's Association of the State of
Pennsylvania.
(x) The Pennsylvania Wireless Association.
(xi) The Pennsylvania Telephone Association.
(xii) The Broadband Cable Association of
Pennsylvania.
(xiii) The Pennsylvania Municipal League.
(xiv) The Pennsylvania State Association of
Boroughs.
(xv) The Pennsylvania State Association of Township
Supervisors.
(xvi) The Pennsylvania State Association of Township
Commissioners.
(xvii) The Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania.
(xviii) The Pennsylvania Association of Councils of
Governments.
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§ 5306.1. Fund.
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(d) Distribution.--Within 30 days after the end of each
quarter, the agency shall determine the amount available from
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the fund for distribution and make disbursements in accordance
with the Statewide 911 plan and this chapter and in accordance
with the following:
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(2) Up to 15% of the amount in the fund shall be used by
the agency to establish, enhance, operate or maintain
Statewide interconnectivity of 911 systems, including, but
not limited to, the use or obligations of money for debt
service related to regional or Statewide interconnectivity.
Money under this paragraph may also be used to purchase a
Statewide system designed to allow individuals to associate
their phone numbers with personal information, such as a
physical disability, so that when an individual makes a 911
call, the PSAP has the individual's personal information.
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Section 2. Title 35 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 5315. Legislative Budget and Finance Committee review.
The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall review the
annual reports required under this chapter as well as the
inventory report under section 5314 (relating to inventory) and
shall make recommendations on the reauthorization of the
provisions of this chapter by June 30, 2021.
Section 3. Section 5398 of Title 35 is amended to read:
§ 5398. Termination.
[This] (a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection
(b), this chapter shall expire June 30, [2019] 2021.
(b) Exception.--Section 5304(c) (relating to counties) shall
expire June 30, 2019.
Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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