PRINTER'S NO. 680
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
96
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, MENSCH, BAKER, BROOKS, FONTANA, GORDNER
AND MARTIN, APRIL 27, 2021
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
APRIL 27, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a performance audit on the provision of 911
communications service under 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 53.
WHEREAS, It is critical to the health and safety of the
residents of this Commonwealth to have a highly functional 911
communications service; and
WHEREAS, A performance audit of 911 communications service in
this Commonwealth is necessary to understand which remedial and
regulatory changes will improve 911 communications service;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate direct the Legislative Budget and
Finance Committee to conduct a performance audit on the
provision of 911 communications service under 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 53;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee,
in conducting the performance audit, have the following duties:
(1) Address the performance of 911 communications
service regarding administrative and regulatory activities.
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(2) Make recommendations for remedial and regulatory
changes to implement 911 communications service for the
purposes specified under 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 53.
(3) Review the annual reports required under this
chapter, 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 53, the legislative report under 35
Pa.C.S. § 5313 and the inventory report under 35 Pa.C.S. §
5314.
(4) Review county public safety answering point
operations, including costs, hours of operation, staffing,
technologies and equipment, and similar operations in other
states.
(5) Make recommendations on the reauthorization of the
provisions of 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 53 regarding revenues, fees,
surcharges, funding formulas, incentives for regional
cooperation and consolidation, having all 911 calls
dispatched from county public safety answering points, the
use of the Pennsylvania Amber Alert System and alternative
approaches to the collection of fees and surcharges;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
make available all records, documents and any other information
to the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee that reasonably
relates to the conduct of the performance audit; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
submit a report on the performance audit to all of the following
no later than November 30, 2022:
(1) The Governor.
(2) The director of the agency.
(3) The chair and minority chair of the Veterans Affairs
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and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the Senate.
(4) The chair and minority chair of the Veterans Affairs
and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the House of
Representatives.
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