PRINTER'S NO. 973
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
859
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, SAINATO, DeLUCA, FARRY, GILLEN, HILL-
EVANS, JAMES, MILLARD, NEILSON, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW,
RYAN, SAYLOR, WHEELAND AND ZIMMERMAN, MARCH 18, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 18, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication
services, further providing for counties, for inventory and
for termination.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 5304(c), 5314(a) and (c) and 5398 of
Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
to read:
§ 5304. Counties.
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[(c) Cities of second class, second class A and third
class.--A city of the second class, second class A or third
class that has established a 911 system prior to September 4,
1990, may exercise the powers and duties of counties under this
chapter or may join a county or regional PSAP.]
§ 5314. Inventory.
(a) Comprehensive inventory required.--The agency, in
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consultation with the board, shall [conduct] maintain and update
on a biennial basis a comprehensive inventory of each county
PSAP's facilities, hardware, software, communications
infrastructure, network capabilities and related equipment and
services procured to determine the status of each PSAP's 911
system's stage of advancement to NG911.
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(c) Counties to cooperate.--Counties shall cooperate with
the agency by providing the information identified in this
section and other information deemed necessary by the agency to
complete an inventory as required under subsection (a). Counties
that do not provide the information requested by the agency
within 45 days of the request shall be suspended from any grant
or funding program or be required to forfeit fund disbursements.
[The agency, in consultation with the board and the Governor's
Interoperability Council, shall complete the inventory and issue
a report detailing its findings and recommendations to the
General Assembly by March 31, 2016. The agency shall be
responsible for maintaining and updating the inventory on a
biannual basis.]
§ 5398. Termination.
This chapter shall expire June 30, [2019] 2023.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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