Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 24, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 24, 2022
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The state would change how it collects information about the costs of running 911 call centers. Under this new rule, the auditor of state would no longer help decide how to collect this data or perform audits on it. Instead, the 911 program manager would focus on gathering data specifically related to the operation of these public safety answering points.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to public safety answering point cost and expense data collection and the responsibilities of the auditor of state. _____ methodology for determining and collecting comprehensive public safety answering point cost and expense data through the county joint 911 service boards including the collection of data for all costs and expenses. Data collection is subject to an audit by the auditor of state. The report and the results of the initial audit shall be submitted to the general assembly and a new report regarding data collection and the results of an ongoing audit for each successive two-year period shall be submitted by March every two years. Expenses associated with the audit are paid to the auditor of state by the program manager from the 911 emergency communications fund. The bill amends current law to eliminate the auditor of state from inclusion in establishing a methodology for determining and collecting comprehensive public safety answering point cost and expense data through the county joint 911 service boards. The bill provides that the methodology shall include the collection of data for costs and expenses related to the operation of a public safety answering point, and removes the reference to all costs and expenses. The bill removes the requirement for an initial audit or continuing audit by the auditor of state in preparing reports for the general assembly regarding such data collection.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 24, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.
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