CHAPTER 359

H.P. 1042 - L.D. 1423

An Act To Facilitate the Implementation, Maintenance and

Operation of the E-9-1-1 Emergency System

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

Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2921, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 566, §2, is amended to read:

2-A. Bureau. "Bureau" means the Emergency Services Communication Bureau in within the Department of Public Safety Public Utilities Commission, which is responsible for the statewide implementation and management of E-9-1-1.

Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 566, §9, is amended to read:

1. Bureau established. The Emergency Services Communication Bureau is established within the department Public Utilities Commission to implement and manage E-9-1-1.

Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

2-A.__Goal.__To the extent possible, the bureau shall establish a total of between 16 and 24 public service answering points.__The bureau shall seek to coordinate any reduction in the number of public service answering points to achieve this goal with any contractual obligations it may have or may enter into that are or could be affected by that reduction.

Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 584, §1 and affected by §10, is further amended to read: