WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 510

(d) The digits 911 shall be the primary emergency telephone number within the
system, but a public safety agency whose services are available on the 911 system may
maintain a separate secondary backup number for emergency calls and shall maintain a
separate number for nonemergency telephone calls.

(E) ANY EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO EMERGENCY
SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE BY THE STATE OR A COUNTY SHALL
DESIGNATE THE NUMBER 911 AS THE PRIMARY EMERGENCY NUMBER.
THE INFORMATION ALSO MAY INCLUDE A SEPARATE SECONDARY
BACKUP NUMBER FOR EMERGENCY CALLS.

[(e)] (F) Public safety agencies within a county 911 system shall in all cases be
notified by the public safety answering point of a request for service in that county.
There shall be where possible written guidelines to govern the assignment of calls for
assistance to the appropriate public safety agency and there shall be written agreements
among State, county and local public safety agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction
so that there is a clear understanding as to which specific calls for assistance will be
referred to individual public safety agencies.

[(f)] (G) Counties, public safety agencies, public safety answering points and
other local governmental units may enter into cooperative agreements for the allocation
of maintenance, operational and capital costs attributable to the 911 system.

18-103.

(a) There is an Emergency Number Systems Board IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

(B) [consisting of] THE BOARD HAS 11 members appointed by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The members of the Board serve for terms of
4 years each and are as follows:

(1) One member representing a telephone utility company operating in
Maryland;

(2) One member representing the Maryland Institute for Emergency
Medical Services;

(3) One member representing the Maryland State Police;

(4) One member representing the Maryland Public Service Commission;

(5) One member representing the Association of Public Safety
Communications Officers;

(6) Two members representing the county fire services in Maryland; one
shall represent the career fire services and one shall represent the volunteer fire
services;

(7) [Two] ONE [members] MEMBER representing police services in
Maryland; [and]

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