West Virginia Code 24-6-3 – Adoption of emergency telephone system plan
(a) The Public Service Commission shall develop, adopt, and periodically review a comprehensive plan establishing the technical and operational standards to be followed in establishing and maintaining emergency telephone systems and enhanced emergency telephone systems.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 24-6-3
- Comprehensive plan: means a plan pertaining to the installing, modifying or replacing of telephone switching equipment. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
- Emergency telephone system: means a telephone system which through normal telephone service facilities automatically connects a person dialing the primary emergency telephone number to an established public agency answering point, but does not include an enhanced emergency telephone system. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Public Service Commission: means the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 24-1-2
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Technical and operational standards: means those standards of telephone equipment and processes necessary for the implementation of the comprehensive plan as defined in subdivision (11) of this subsection. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
- Telephone company: means any public utility and any CMRS provider which is engaged in the provision of telephone service whether primarily by means of wire or wireless facilities. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
(b) In developing the comprehensive plan, the Public Service Commission shall consult with telephone companies, and with the various public agencies and public safety units, including, but not limited to, emergency services organizations.
(c) The Public Service Commission shall annually review with each operating telephone company their construction and switching replacements projections. During this review, the Public Service Commission shall ensure that all new switching facilities will accommodate the emergency telephone system.
(d) The State Auditor, in cooperation with the Public Service Commission, shall develop and adopt a comprehensive plan for periodic audits of the expenditure of emergency 911 telephone system fees and wireless enhanced 911 fees. The results of the audits shall be submitted to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, no less than annually.