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Ch. 67
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(13) "ADDITIONAL CHARGE" MEANS THE CHARGE IMPOSED BY
A COUNTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 204H-5(C) OF THIS SUBTITLE ON THE
TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS IN THAT COUNTY.
204H-2.
(A) On or before July 1, 1985 all counties shall have in
operation a 911 system.
[(1)] (B) This system may operate as part of a
multicounty system [provided] IF that implementation is preceded
by cooperative planning.
[(2)] (C) Service available through a 911 system
shall include police, fire fighting, and emergency ambulance
services. Other emergency and civil defense services may be
incorporated into the 911 system at the discretion of the county
or counties being served by the system.
[(3)] (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.
[(4)] (E) 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.
[(5)] (F) 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.
204H-3.
(a) There is [created] an Emergency Number Systems Board
consisting of 11 members appointed by the Governor with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The members of the Board
[shall be] 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;
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