Section 11.2. Powers and duties of agency.
(a) Administration.--The agency shall have the following powers and duties in relation to a wireless E-911 system:
(1) To designate at least one employee of the agency who
shall serve as a point of contact at the agency for all
matters involving wireless E-911 systems in this
Commonwealth.
(2) To oversee the development, implementation,
operation and maintenance of a Statewide integrated wireless
E-911 system, formulate technical standards and determine
permitted uses of and amounts disbursed from the Wireless E-
911 Emergency Services Fund established in section 11.4(a),
including the costs of PSAPs and wireless providers that are
eligible for payment from the fund; and
(3) to approve each county's county plan, or amendment
to its agency-approved county plan, incorporating wireless E-
911 service capabilities as may be submitted by the county to
the agency.
(b) Wireless E-911 State plan.--The agency shall prepare, maintain and keep current, after adequate public notice and opportunity to comment and after consideration of the recommendations of the wireless subcommittee of the advisory committee, a wireless E-911 State plan providing for all aspects of the development, implementation, operation and maintenance of a Statewide integrated wireless E-911 system in accordance with the FCC E-911 Order. Pursuant to such plan, the agency shall:
(1) Establish model agreements for mutual aid
agreements, cross-service agreements, service contracts and
all other documents by and among public agencies, PSAPs and
wireless providers that may be required in the implementation
of the wireless E-911 State plan, review such agreements and
documents for consistency with the applicable county plan and
assist the parties in assuring their execution.
(2) Require each wireless provider to notify the agency
of each county in which it is licensed on the effective date
of this section and provides wireless service and, at the
time new service is initiated, each county in which it is
licensed and initiates wireless service; and to notify
counties of wireless service within each county, specifically
noting wireless service to more than one county. In the event
of disputes among PSAPs regarding the PSAP to which a
wireless provider routes 911 calls, the routing shall be
determined by the agency.
(3) Establish uniform Statewide standards for the format
and content of wireless automatic location information and
wireless automatic number identification, which standards
shall be the standards adopted by the National Emergency
Number Association, as from time to time amended by that
organization. Wireless providers will use the applicable
National Emergency Number Association data transmission
format standards to deliver such data to the wireless E-911
system.
(4) Forward a copy of the completed plan and any
revision thereof to all affected counties, PSAPs, wireless
providers, local exchange carriers, competitive local
exchange carriers and interexchange carriers.
(5) Require each wireless provider to provide the agency
with a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week contact telephone number or
pager number for use by PSAPs in emergency situations.
(11.2 added Dec. 30, 2003, P.L.384, No.56)