Whereas, many of the unorganized territories are currently known by their township and range designations; and

Whereas, the township and range designations may be difficult to relay accurately during emergency dispatching and response following a request for assistance using the enhanced 9-1-1 system; and

Whereas, standardized alphabetical names for unorganized territories are desirable to promote consistency and ease of dispatching and response; and

Whereas, the counties have already begun addressing the unorganized territories for the purposes of the enhanced 9-1-1 system; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2931, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 291, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

1.__Prohibited use.__A person is guilty of misuse of the E-9- 1-1 system if without reasonable cause the person, after having been forbidden to do so by a public safety answering point manager or administrator or a law enforcement officer:

A.__Makes repeated telephone calls to a public safety answering point by dialing 9-1-1 to make nonemergency reports or inquiries; or

B.__Causes telephone calls to be made to a public safety answering point using an alarm or other alerting device that automatically dials 9-1-1 and transmits a prerecorded signal or message.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §7501, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1995, c. 607, §2, is further amended to read:

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