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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 772.611

PROVISION OF 9-1-1 SERVICE

Known as the Regional Emergency Communication Districts Act

The act spans §§ 772.601 to 772.622 (22 sections).

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff

(a) A district shall provide 9-1-1 service to each participating county or municipality through one or a combination of the following methods and features or equivalent state-of-the-art technology:

(1) the transfer method;

(2) the relay method;

(3) the dispatch method;

(4) automatic number identification;

(5) automatic location identification; or

(6) selective routing.

(b) The district shall design, implement, and operate a 9-1-1 system for each participating county and municipality in the district.

(c) For each individual telephone subscriber in the district, 9-1-1 service is mandatory and is not an optional service under any definition of terms relating to telephone service.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.