SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 772.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Automatic location identification" means a feature corresponding to automatic number identification by which the number provided by the automatic number identification...
- Texas Section 772.002 - Information Relating To Collection And Remittance Of 9-1-1 Emergency Service Fee
(a) This section applies only to a district created under this chapter that collects a 9-1-1 emergency service fee from a service supplier or business...
SUBCHAPTER B EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OVER TWO MILLION
- Texas Section 772.003 - Obligations Or Requirements Concerning Voice Over Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol Enabled Service, Or Commercial Mobile Service Or Wireline Service
Defining "9-1-1 service" as a communications service and other amendments effective September 1, 2013, do not expand or change the authority or jurisdiction of a...
- Texas Section 772.101 - Short Title
This subchapter may be cited as the 9-1-1 Emergency Number Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 772.102 - Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish the number 9-1-1 as the primary emergency telephone number for use by certain local governments in...
- Texas Section 772.103 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the board of managers of a district. (2) "District" means a communication district created under this subchapter. (3) "Principal...
- Texas Section 772.104 - Application Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million and the adjacent territory described by Section 772.105 in which a...
- Texas Section 772.105 - Territory Of District
(a) The territory of a district consists of: (1) the territory of the county for which the district is established; and (2) for each municipality...
- Texas Section 772.106 - Board Of Managers
(a) The district is governed by a board of managers consisting of: (1) one member appointed by the commissioners court of the county; (2) two...
- Texas Section 772.107 - Powers And Duties Of Board
(a) The board shall name, control, and manage the district. (b) The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district. (c) The board...
- Texas Section 772.108 - Director Of District
(a) The board shall appoint a director of the district and shall establish the director's compensation. The director must be qualified by training and experience...
- Texas Section 772.109 - Budget; Annual Report; Audit
(a) The director shall prepare under the direction of the board an annual budget for the district. To be effective, the budget must be approved...
- Texas Section 772.110 - Establishment Of 9-1-1 Service
(a) A district shall provide 9-1-1 service to each participating jurisdiction through one or a combination of the following methods and features or equivalent state-of-the-art...
- Texas Section 772.111 - Primary Emergency Telephone Number
The digits 9-1-1 are the primary emergency telephone number in a district. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system may...
- Texas Section 772.112 - Transmitting Requests For Emergency Aid
(a) A 9-1-1 system established under this subchapter must be capable of transmitting requests for fire-fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, and medical services to a public...
- Texas Section 772.113 - Powers Of District
(a) The district is a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or convenient to...
- Texas Section 772.114 - 9-1-1 Emergency Service Fee
(a) The board may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on service users in the district if authorized to do so by a majority of...
- Texas Section 772.115 - Collection Of Fee
(a) Each billed service user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.114 until the fee is paid to the service supplier. The fee...
- Texas Section 772.116 - District Depository
(a) The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository. (b) A...
- Texas Section 772.117 - Allowable Expenses
Allowable operating expenses of a district include all costs attributable to designing a 9-1-1 system and to all equipment and personnel necessary to establish and...
- Texas Section 772.118 - Number And Location Identification
(a) As part of computerized 9-1-1 service, a service supplier shall furnish for each call the telephone number of the subscribers and the address associated...
- Texas Section 772.119 - Public Review
(a) Periodically, the board shall solicit public comments and hold a public review hearing on the continuation of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service...
- Texas Section 772.120 - Dissolution Procedures
(a) If a district is dissolved, 9-1-1 service must be discontinued on the date of the dissolution. The commissioners court of the county in which...
- Texas Section 772.121 - Issuance Of Bonds
The board may issue and sell bonds in the name of the district to finance: (1) the acquisition by any method of facilities, equipment, or...
- Texas Section 772.122 - Repayment Of Bonds
The board may provide for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds by pledging all or any part of the district's revenues...
- Texas Section 772.123 - Additional Security For Bonds
(a) The bonds may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on part or all of the physical properties of the...
- Texas Section 772.124 - Form Of Bonds
(a) A district may issue its bonds in various series or issues. (b) Bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after...
- Texas Section 772.125 - Provisions Of Bonds
(a) In the orders or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, the board may provide for the flow of funds and the...
- Texas Section 772.126 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
(a) Bonds issued by a district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. (b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have...
- Texas Section 772.127 - Refunding Bonds
(a) A district may issue bonds to refund all or any part of its outstanding bonds, including matured but unpaid interest coupons. (b) Refunding bonds...
- Texas Section 772.128 - Bonds As Investments And Security For Deposits
(a) District bonds are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a savings and loan...
SUBCHAPTER C EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OVER 1.5 MILLION
- Texas Section 772.129 - Tax Status Of Bonds
Because a district created under this subchapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to...
- Texas Section 772.201 - Short Title
This subchapter may be cited as the Emergency Communication District Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 772.202 - Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish the number 9-1-1 as the primary emergency telephone number for use by certain local governments in...
- Texas Section 772.203 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the board of managers of a district. (2) "Director" means the director of communication for a district. (3) "District"...
- Texas Section 772.204 - Application Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies to a county with a population of more than 1.5 million in which an emergency communication district was created under Chapter 7,...
- Texas Section 772.205 - Additional Territory
(a) If a municipality that is part of a district annexes territory that is not part of the district, the annexed territory becomes part of...
- Texas Section 772.206 - Board Of Managers
(a) A district is governed by a board of managers consisting of: (1) one member appointed by the commissioners court of the county for which...
- Texas Section 772.207 - Powers And Duties Of Board
(a) The board shall control and manage the district. (b) The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district. (c) The board may...
- Texas Section 772.208 - Director Of District
(a) The board shall appoint a director of communication for the district and shall establish the director's compensation. The director must be qualified by training...
- Texas Section 772.209 - Budget; Annual Report; Audit
(a) The director shall prepare under the direction of the board an annual budget for the district. To be effective, the budget must: (1) be...
- Texas Section 772.210 - Establishment Of 9-1-1 Service
(a) A district shall provide 9-1-1 service to each participating jurisdiction through one or a combination of the following methods and features: (1) the transfer...
- Texas Section 772.211 - Primary Emergency Telephone Number
The digits 9-1-1 are the primary emergency telephone number in a district. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system may...
- Texas Section 772.212 - Transmitting Requests For Emergency Aid
(a) A 9-1-1 system established under this subchapter must be capable of transmitting requests for fire-fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, and medical services to a public...
- Texas Section 772.213 - Powers Of District
(a) The district is a body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry...
- Texas Section 772.214 - 9-1-1 Emergency Service Fee
(a) The board may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on service users in the district. (b) The fee may be imposed only on the...
- Texas Section 772.215 - Collection Of Fee
(a) Each billed service user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.214 until the fee is paid to the service supplier. The fee...
- Texas Section 772.216 - District Depository
(a) The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository. (b) A...
- Texas Section 772.217 - Allowable Expenses
Allowable operating expenses of a district include all costs attributable to designing and operating a 9-1-1 system and costs for related services that the board...
- Texas Section 772.218 - Number And Location Identification
(a) As part of computerized 9-1-1 service, a service supplier shall furnish for each call the telephone number of the subscriber and the address associated...
- Texas Section 772.219 - Public Review
(a) Periodically, the board shall solicit public comments and hold a public review hearing on the continuation of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service...
- Texas Section 772.220 - Dissolution Procedures
(a) If a district is dissolved, 9-1-1 service must be discontinued on the date of the dissolution. The commissioners court of the county in which...
- Texas Section 772.221 - Issuance Of Bonds
The board may issue and sell bonds in the name of the district to finance: (1) the acquisition by any method of facilities, equipment, or...
- Texas Section 772.222 - Repayment Of Bonds
The board may provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds by pledging all or any part of the district's...
- Texas Section 772.223 - Additional Security For Bonds
(a) The bonds may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on part or all of the physical properties of the...
- Texas Section 772.224 - Form Of Bonds
(a) A district may issue its bonds in various series or issues. (b) Bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after...
- Texas Section 772.225 - Provisions Of Bonds
(a) In the orders or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, the board may provide for the flow of funds and the...
- Texas Section 772.226 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
(a) Bonds issued by a district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. (b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have...
- Texas Section 772.227 - Refunding Bonds
(a) A district may issue bonds to refund all or any part of its outstanding bonds, including matured but unpaid interest coupons. (b) Refunding bonds...
- Texas Section 772.228 - Bonds As Investments And Security For Deposits
(a) District bonds are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a savings and loan...
SUBCHAPTER D EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OVER 20,000
- Texas Section 772.229 - Tax Status Of Bonds
Because a district created under this subchapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to...
- Texas Section 772.301 - Short Title
This subchapter may be cited as the Emergency Telephone Number Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 772.302 - Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish the number 9-1-1 as the primary emergency telephone number for use by certain local governments in...
- Texas Section 772.303 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the board of managers of a district. (2) "Director" means the director of communication for a district. (3) "District"...
- Texas Section 772.304 - Application Of Subchapter
(a) This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of more than 20,000 or to a group of two or more contiguous counties...
- Texas Section 772.305 - Additional Territory
(a) If a municipality that is part of a district annexes territory that is not part of the district, the annexed territory becomes part of...
- Texas Section 772.306 - Board Of Managers
(a) A district is governed by a board of managers. (b) If the most populous municipality in the district has a population of more than...
- Texas Section 772.307 - Powers And Duties Of Board
(a) The board shall control and manage the district. (b) The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district. (c) The board may...
- Texas Section 772.308 - Director Of District
(a) The board shall appoint a director of communication for the district and shall establish the director's compensation. The director must be qualified by training...
- Texas Section 772.309 - Budget; Annual Report; Audit
(a) The director shall prepare under the direction of the board an annual budget for the district. To be effective, the budget must: (1) be...
- Texas Section 772.310 - Establishment Of 9-1-1 Service
(a) A district shall provide 9-1-1 service to each participating jurisdiction through one or a combination of the following methods and features: (1) the transfer...
- Texas Section 772.311 - Primary Emergency Telephone Number
The digits 9-1-1 are the primary emergency telephone number in a district. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system may...
- Texas Section 772.312 - Transmitting Requests For Emergency Aid
(a) A 9-1-1 system established under this subchapter must be capable of transmitting requests for fire-fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, and medical services to a public...
- Texas Section 772.313 - Powers Of District
(a) The district is a body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry...
- Texas Section 772.314 - 9-1-1 Emergency Service Fee
(a) The board may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on service users in the district. (b) The fee may be imposed only on the...
- Texas Section 772.315 - Collection Of Fee
(a) Each billed service user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.314 until the fee is paid to the service supplier. The fee...
- Texas Section 772.316 - District Depository
(a) The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository. (b) A...
- Texas Section 772.317 - Allowable Expenses
Allowable operating expenses of a district include all costs attributable to designing a 9-1-1 system and to all equipment and personnel necessary to establish and...
- Texas Section 772.318 - Number And Location Identification
(a) As part of computerized 9-1-1 service, a service supplier shall furnish current telephone numbers of subscribers and the addresses associated with the numbers on...
- Texas Section 772.319 - Public Review
(a) Periodically, the board shall solicit public comments and hold a public review hearing on the continuation of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service...
- Texas Section 772.320 - Dissolution Procedures
(a) If a district is dissolved, 9-1-1 service must be discontinued on the date of the dissolution. The commissioners court of the county in which...
- Texas Section 772.321 - Issuance Of Bonds
The board may issue and sell bonds in the name of the district to finance: (1) the acquisition by any method of facilities, equipment, or...
- Texas Section 772.322 - Repayment Of Bonds
The board may provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds by pledging all or any part of the district's...
- Texas Section 772.323 - Additional Security For Bonds
(a) The bonds may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on part or all of the physical properties of the...
- Texas Section 772.324 - Form Of Bonds
(a) A district may issue its bonds in various series or issues. (b) Bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after...
- Texas Section 772.325 - Provisions Of Bonds
(a) In the orders or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, the board may provide for the flow of funds and the...
- Texas Section 772.326 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
(a) Bonds issued by a district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. (b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have...
- Texas Section 772.327 - Refunding Bonds
(a) A district may issue bonds to refund all or any part of its outstanding bonds, including matured but unpaid interest coupons. (b) Refunding bonds...
- Texas Section 772.328 - Bonds As Investments And Security For Deposits
(a) District bonds are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a savings and loan...
SUBCHAPTER E EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICE: COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OVER TWO MILLION
- Texas Section 772.329 - Tax Status Of Bonds
Because a district created under this subchapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to...
- Texas Section 772.402 - Application Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a county having a population of more than two million in which a communication district has not been created under...
- Texas Section 772.403 - Implementation Of 9-1-1 Service And Fee
(a) A county to which this subchapter applies may implement a system for providing 9-1-1 service in the unincorporated areas of the county and may...
- Texas Section 772.404 - Collection Of Fee
(a) A telecommunications carrier providing local exchange service in a county that imposes a fee under this subchapter shall collect the fees and deliver them...
- Texas Section 772.405 - Audit Of Service Provider
The commissioners court of a county may require at the county's expense an audit of a local exchange service provider collecting fees or surcharges under...
- Texas Section 772.406 - Number And Location Identification
A business service user that provides residential facilities and owns or leases a publicly or privately owned telephone switch used to provide telephone service to...
SUBCHAPTER F CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS
- Texas Section 772.407 - Liability Of Service Providers
A service supplier involved in providing 9-1-1 service, a manufacturer of equipment used in providing 9-1-1 service, or an officer or employee of a service...
- Texas Section 772.451 - Consolidation Procedure
(a) Two or more districts governed by this chapter may consolidate into a single district as provided by this section. (b) If the board of...
- Texas Section 772.452 - Consolidation Planning
(a) If a majority of the voters voting at the election approve the consolidation, the board of managers of the district shall conduct a planning...
- Texas Section 772.453 - Creation Of Consolidated District
(a) When the board of managers of each district has adopted the same consolidation plan, the combined boards of managers shall declare the consolidated district...
- Texas Section 772.454 - Board Of Managers
(a) The consolidated district is governed by a board of managers appointed in accordance with the order issued by the temporary board of managers under...
SUBCHAPTER G REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICTS: STATE PLANNING REGION WITH POPULATION OVER 1.5 MILLION
- Texas Section 772.455 - Governance Of Consolidated District
The consolidated district and its board of managers are governed by the provisions of this chapter that governed the most populous of the districts before...
- Texas Section 772.501 - Short Title
This subchapter may be cited as the Regional Emergency Communications District Act. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 628), Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 772.502 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the board of managers of a district. (2) "District" means a regional emergency communications district created under this subchapter....
- Texas Section 772.503 - Application Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies to a region: (1) with a population of more than 1.5 million; (2) composed of counties and municipalities that operate a 9-1-1...
- Texas Section 772.504 - Creation Of District
(a) A district is created when the governing bodies of each county and the principal municipality in a region adopt a resolution approving the district's...
- Texas Section 772.505 - Political Subdivision; District Powers
(a) A district is a political subdivision of this state created to carry out essential governmental functions. (b) A district may exercise all powers necessary...
- Texas Section 772.506 - Territory Of District
(a) The territory of a district consists of: (1) the territory of the region in which the district is established; and (2) for each municipality...
- Texas Section 772.507 - Board
(a) A district is governed by a board of managers composed of the members of the governing body of the regional planning commission for the...
- Texas Section 772.508 - Powers And Duties Of Board
(a) The board shall name, control, and manage the district. (b) The board may adopt orders, rules, and policies governing the operations of the board...
- Texas Section 772.509 - Advisory Committee
(a) The board shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of representatives of the participating jurisdictions. The advisory committee shall review, advise, and provide recommendations to...
- Texas Section 772.510 - Director Of District; Staff
(a) The executive director of the regional planning commission in the district's region serves as director of the district. (b) The director shall: (1) perform...
- Texas Section 772.511 - Budget; Annual Report; Audit
(a) The director shall prepare, under the direction of the board, an annual budget for the district. The budget and any revision of the budget...
- Texas Section 772.512 - Provision Of 9-1-1 Service
(a) A district shall provide 9-1-1 service to each participating jurisdiction through one or a combination of the following methods and features or equivalent state-of-the-art...
- Texas Section 772.513 - Liability
A service supplier involved in providing 9-1-1 service, a manufacturer of equipment used in providing 9-1-1 service, or an officer or employee of a service...
- Texas Section 772.514 - Primary Emergency Telephone Number
The digits 9-1-1 are the primary emergency telephone number in a district. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system: (1)...
- Texas Section 772.515 - Transmitting Requests For Emergency Aid
(a) A 9-1-1 system established under this subchapter must be capable of transmitting requests for firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, and medical services to a public...
- Texas Section 772.516 - 9-1-1 Emergency Service Fee
(a) The board may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on service users in the district. (b) The fee may be imposed only on the...
- Texas Section 772.517 - Collection Of Fee
(a) Each billed service user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.516 until the fee is paid to the service supplier. The fee...
- Texas Section 772.518 - District Depository
(a) The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository. (b) A...
- Texas Section 772.519 - Allowable Expenses
A district's allowable operating expenses include all costs attributable to designing a 9-1-1 system and all equipment and personnel necessary to establish and operate a...
- Texas Section 772.520 - Number And Location Identification
(a) As part of computerized 9-1-1 service, a service supplier shall furnish, for each call, the telephone number of the subscriber and the address associated...
- Texas Section 772.521 - Public Review
(a) Periodically, the board shall solicit public comments and hold a public review hearing on the continuation of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service...
- Texas Section 772.522 - Dissolution Procedures
(a) If a district is dissolved, 9-1-1 service must be discontinued. The regional planning commission for the district's region shall assume the district's assets, provide...
- Texas Section 772.523 - Issuance Of Bonds
The board may issue bonds in the name of the district to finance: (1) the acquisition by any method of facilities, equipment, or supplies necessary...
- Texas Section 772.524 - Repayment Of Bonds
The board may provide for the payment of principal of and interest on district bonds by pledging all or part of the district's revenues from...
- Texas Section 772.525 - Additional Security For Bonds
(a) District bonds may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on all or part of the district's physical properties and...
- Texas Section 772.526 - Form Of Bonds
(a) A district may issue bonds in various series or issues. (b) Bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after the...
- Texas Section 772.527 - Provisions Of Bonds
(a) In this section, "resolution" means a board resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds. (b) In a resolution, the board may: (1)...
- Texas Section 772.528 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
(a) Bonds issued by a district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. (b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have...
- Texas Section 772.529 - Refunding Bonds
(a) A district may issue bonds to refund all or any part of the district's outstanding bonds, including matured and unpaid interest coupons. (b) Refunding...
- Texas Section 772.530 - Bonds As Investments And Security For Deposits
(a) District bonds are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a credit union; (4) a trust company; (5)...
- Texas Section 772.531 - Exemption From Taxation
A bond issued by the district under this subchapter, any transaction relating to the bond, and profits made in the sale or redemption of the...
SUBCHAPTER H REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: STATE PLANNING REGIONS WITH 9-1-1 POPULATION SERVED LESS THAN 1.5 MILLION
- Texas Section 772.532 - Transfer Of Assets
If a regional emergency communications district is established under this subchapter, the regional planning commission for the region in which the district is established may...
- Texas Section 772.601 - Short Title
This subchapter may be cited as the Regional Emergency Communication Districts Act. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 772.602 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "9-1-1 region" means the portion of a state planning region established under Chapter 391, Local Government Code, composed of counties and...
- Texas Section 772.603 - Application Of Subchapter
(a) This subchapter applies to a 9-1-1 region: (1) in which the total population served by the 9-1-1 system operated through a regional planning commission...
- Texas Section 772.604 - Creation Of District
(a) A district is created when the governing bodies of each participating county and municipality in a 9-1-1 region adopt a resolution approving the district's...
- Texas Section 772.605 - Political Subdivision; District Powers
(a) A district is a political subdivision of this state created to carry out essential governmental functions. (b) A district may exercise all powers necessary...
- Texas Section 772.606 - Territory Of District
The territory of a district: (1) consists of the territory of each participating county or municipality located in a 9-1-1 region; and (2) does not...
- Texas Section 772.607 - Board Of Managers
(a) A district is governed by a board of managers. (b) A district's initial board is composed of members who are appointed by the governing...
- Texas Section 772.608 - Powers And Duties Of Board
(a) The board shall name, control, and manage the district. (b) The board shall approve, adopt, and amend an annual budget. (c) The board may...
- Texas Section 772.609 - Director Of District; Staff; Fiscal And Administrative Agent
(a) The regional planning commission for the 9-1-1 region in which the district is established shall serve as the fiscal and administrative agent for the...
- Texas Section 772.610 - Audit And Reporting Requirements
The district shall prepare an annual report that includes: (1) the amount and source of funds received by the district; (2) the amount and source...
- Texas Section 772.611 - Provision Of 9-1-1 Service
(a) A district shall provide 9-1-1 service to each participating county or municipality through one or a combination of the following methods and features or...
- Texas Section 772.612 - Liability
The liability protection provided by Section 771.053 applies to services provided under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108),...
- Texas Section 772.613 - Primary Emergency Telephone Number
The digits 9-1-1 are the primary emergency telephone number in a district. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system: (1)...
- Texas Section 772.614 - Transmitting Requests For Emergency Aid
(a) A 9-1-1 system established under this subchapter must be capable of transmitting requests for firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, and medical services to a public...
- Texas Section 772.615 - 9-1-1 Emergency Service Fee
(a) The board may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on service users in the district. (b) The fee may be imposed only on the...
- Texas Section 772.616 - Collection Of Fee
(a) A service supplier or a business service user that provides residential facilities and owns or leases a publicly or privately owned telephone switch used...
- Texas Section 772.617 - District Depository
The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B....
- Texas Section 772.618 - Allowable Expenses
A district's allowable operating expenses include all costs attributable to designing a 9-1-1 system and all equipment and personnel necessary to establish and maintain a...
- Texas Section 772.619 - Number And Location Identification
(a) As part of 9-1-1 service, a service supplier shall furnish, for each call, the telephone number of the subscriber and the address associated with...
- Texas Section 772.620 - Public Review
(a) Periodically, the board shall solicit public comments and hold a public review hearing on the continuation of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service...
- Texas Section 772.621 - Dissolution Procedures
(a) If a district is dissolved, 9-1-1 service must be discontinued in compliance with the district's policies and bylaws and must be administered in accordance...
- Texas Section 772.622 - Transfer Of Assets
If a district is established under this subchapter, the regional planning commission for the 9-1-1 region in which the district is established may transfer to...