Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:843 – Records required
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:843
- Emergency: means an actual or imminent threat to public health or safety which may result in loss of life, injury, or property damage. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:841
- Emergency alert provider: means a third party which is designated by a parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness to provide emergency alert services for that parish and which is certified as such by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness1. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:841
- Emergency alert services: means the placement of telephone calls to notify the public of an emergency or to provide information relative to an emergency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:841
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness: means an agency of local government established pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:841
- Telephone company: means an entity which provides local telephone service to subscribers for a fee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:841
A.(1) Each telephone company doing business within this state shall, upon request, and subject to the rates, terms, and conditions approved by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, provide a record of all listed and unlisted telephone numbers within a parish where 911/E911 service exists to the parish office of emergency preparedness providing emergency alert services or, upon proof of certification by the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness1, to its emergency alert provider. Such record shall be provided on computer disc or by other electronic means. Each telephone number shall be identified by address, including street name, street address, and city.
(2) Each telephone company shall provide its 911/E911 database snapshot record of telephone numbers provided pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection upon request of the parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness or its certified emergency alert provider, and subject to the terms, rates, and conditions approved by the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Such requests shall not exceed four requests per year.
(3) A telephone company, including its officers and employees, shall be immune from all civil or criminal liability for any damage or injury due to its performance or nonperformance of any obligation imposed on the telephone company under this Section, except where the damage or injury is a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the telephone company or its officers or employees acting within the course and scope of their employment.
B. The Louisiana Public Service Commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations further specifying the procedures for provision of the records required by this Section.
Acts 1997, No. 199, §2, eff. June 13, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 40, §4, eff. May 23, 2003; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, eff. March 1, 2006.
1See Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, which changes the term “state office of homeland security and emergency preparedness” to “Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness” and §10, which provides for the termination of the Act and the reversion to the law in effect prior to the Act on July 1, 2010.