Utah § 69-2-203 - Audit of public safety answering points within a county -- Reports -- Consequence of failure to comply.
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§ 69-2-203. Audit of public safety answering points within a county -- Reports -- Consequence of failure to comply.
Effective 5/7/2025 69-2-203.
Audit of public safety answering points within a county -- Reports -- Consequence of failure to comply.
(1)
A county that by June 30, 2024, failed to achieve a transfer rate, as defined in Section 69-2-204, of 2% or less shall:
(a)
utilize a qualified third party to conduct an audit of each public safety answering point within the county; and
(b)
require the audit to be completed no later than January 1, 2025.
(2)
The audit described in Subsection (1) shall evaluate:
(a)
how best to provide the emergency services within the county;
(b)
what needs to happen for the PSAPs within the county to achieve a transfer rate, as defined in Section 69-2-204, of 2% or less;
(c)
whether the county could provide more cost efficient emergency service or improve public safety by establishing a single public safety answering point for the county; and
(d)
the extent to which the dispatch center's policies, procedures, or interlocal agreements cause a PSAP to experience difficulty in meeting the standards described in Section 69-2-204.
(3)
No later than February 28, 2025, a county required to have an audit conducted under Subsection (1) shall submit to the Utah Communications Authority:
(a)
a copy of the audit report;
(b)
a written plan of how and when the public safety answering point will implement the audit recommendations and achieve compliance with the standards described in Section 69-2-204; and
(c)
on or before January 1 of each year, beginning in 2026 and ending in 2029, submit to the Utah Communications Authority an implementation report that describes:
(i)
the progress made in implementing the audit recommendations; and
(ii)
the status of achieving compliance with the standards described in Section 69-2-204.
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