Bill Text: VA HB893 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: E-911 Services Board; Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator to serve as advisor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036) [HB893 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB893-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 36 An Act to amend and reenact §56-484.13 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the E-911 Services Board; the Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator to serve as advisor. [H 893] Approved February 28, 2012

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §56-484.13 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§56-484.13. E-911 Services Board; membership; terms; compensation.

A. The Wireless E-911 Services Board is hereby continued as the E-911 Services Board. The Board shall plan, promote and offer assistance:

1. In the statewide development, deployment, and maintenance of enhanced wireless emergency telecommunications services and technologies; and

2. In the development and deployment of enhanced wireline emergency telecommunications services and technologies only in specific local jurisdictions that were not wireline E-911 capable by July 1, 2000.

The Board shall exercise the powers and duties conferred in this article.

B. The E-911 Services Board may promote and offer planning assistance:

1. In the statewide development, deployment, and maintenance of VoIP E-911 and any other future communications technologies accessing E-911 for emergency purposes;

2. To the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), and other stakeholder agencies, in the development and deployment of a statewide public safety network that will support future E-911 and other public safety applications; and

3. However, the Board shall seek funding from sources other than CMRS providers or customers of CMRS to support efforts that exceed the scope of wireless E-911 service.

C. The Board shall consist of 15 members as follows: the Director of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, who shall serve as chairman of the Board; the Comptroller, who shall serve as the treasurer of the Board; the Chief Information Officer; and the following 12 members to be appointed by the Governor: one member representing the Virginia State Police, one member representing a local exchange carrier providing E-911 service in Virginia, two members representing wireless service providers authorized to do business in Virginia, three county, city or town PSAP directors or managers representing diverse regions of Virginia, one Virginia sheriff, one chief of police, one fire chief, one emergency medical services manager, and one finance officer of a county, city, or town.

D. The Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator shall serve as an advisor to the Board in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred in this article so as to ensure, among other matters, that enhanced wireless emergency telecommunications services and technologies are compliant with the statewide interoperability strategic plan.

E. All members appointed by the Governor shall serve five-year terms. The CIO and the Comptroller shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. No gubernatorial appointee shall serve more than two consecutive terms.

E. F. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall meet at least quarterly or at the call of its chairman.

F. G. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation; however, members of the Board shall be reimbursed for expenses as provided in §§2.2-2813 through 2.2-2826.

G. H. The Division shall provide staff support to the Board. The Geographic Information Network Division created in §2.2-2026 and the Virginia Department of Transportation shall provide such technical advice as the Board requires.