ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                            S.B. 549

(2)     A public safety agency whose services are available through the
9-1-1 system:

(i) may maintain a separate secondary backup telephone number
for emergency calls; and

(ii) shall maintain a separate telephone number for nonemergency
calls,

(c) Educational information that relates to emergency services made available
by the State or a county:

(1)     shall designate the number 9-1-1 as the primary emergency
telephone number; and

(2) may include a separate secondary backup telephone number for
emergency calls.

(f) (1) Each public safety answering point shall notify the public safety
agencies in a county 9-1-1 system of calls for assistance in the county.

(2) Written guidelines shall be developed to govern the referral of calls
for assistance to the appropriate public safety agency.

(3) State, county, and local public safety agencies with concurrent
jurisdiction shall have written agreements to ensure a clear understanding of which
specific calls for assistance will be referred to which public safety agency.

(g) Counties, other units of local government, public safety agencies, and
public safety answering points may enter into cooperative agreements for the
allocation of maintenance, operational, and capital costs attributable to the 9-1-1
system.

1-305.

(a)     There is an Emergency Number Systems Board in the Department of Public
Safety and Correctional Services.

(b)     (1) The Board consists of 13 15 members.

(2) Of the 13 15 members:

(i) one member shall represent a telephone company operating in
the State;

(ii) one member shall represent the wireless telephone industry in
the State;

(iii) one member shall represent the Maryland Institute for
Emergency Medical Services Systems;

(iv) one member shall represent the Department of State Police;

(v) one member shall represent the Public Service Commission;

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