Section 650.330

Title XL ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Chapter 650

Effective - 28 Aug 1999, 5 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  650.330.  Committee for 911 service oversight members, qualifications, duties — department of public safety to provide staff. — 1.  The committee for 911 service oversight shall consist of sixteen members, one of which shall be chosen from the department of public safety who shall serve as chair of the committee and only vote in the instance of a tie vote among the other members, and the other members shall be selected as follows:

  (1)  One member chosen to represent an association domiciled in this state whose primary interest relates to counties;

  (2)  One member chosen to represent the Missouri public service commission;

  (3)  One member chosen to represent emergency medical services;

  (4)  One member chosen to represent an association with a chapter domiciled in this state whose primary interest relates to a national emergency number;

  (5)  One member chosen to represent an association whose primary interest relates to issues pertaining to fire chiefs;

  (6)  One member chosen to represent an association with a chapter domiciled in this state whose primary interest relates to issues pertaining to public safety communications officers;

  (7)  One member chosen to represent an association whose primary interest relates to issues pertaining to police chiefs;

  (8)  One member chosen to represent a league or association domiciled in this state whose primary interest relates to issues pertaining to municipalities;

  (9)  One member chosen to represent an association domiciled in this state whose primary interest relates to issues pertaining to sheriffs;

  (10)  One member chosen to represent 911 service providers in counties of the second, third and fourth classification;

  (11)  One member chosen to represent 911 service providers in counties of the first classification, with and without charter forms of government, and cities not within a county;

  (12)  One member chosen to represent telecommunications service providers with at least one hundred thousand access lines located within Missouri;

  (13)  One member chosen to represent telecommunications service providers with less than one hundred thousand access lines located within Missouri;

  (14)  One member chosen to represent a professional association of physicians who conduct with emergency care; and

  (15)  One member chosen to represent the general public of Missouri who represents an association whose primary interest relates to education and training, including that of 911, police and fire dispatchers.

  2.  Each of the members of the committee for 911 service oversight shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for a term of four years; except that, of those members first appointed, four members shall be appointed to serve for one year, four members shall be appointed to serve for two years, four members shall be appointed to serve for three years and four members shall be appointed to serve for four years.  Members of the committee may serve multiple terms.

  3.  The committee for 911 service oversight shall meet at least quarterly at a place and time specified by the chairperson of the committee and it shall keep and maintain records of such meetings, as well as the other activities of the committee.  Members shall not be compensated but shall receive actual and necessary expenses for attending meetings of the committee.

  4.  The committee for 911 service oversight shall:

  (1)  Organize and adopt standards governing the committee's formal and informal procedures;

  (2)  Provide recommendations for primary answering points and secondary answering points on statewide technical and operational standards for 911 services;

  (3)  Provide recommendations to public agencies concerning model systems to be considered in preparing a 911 service plan;

  (4)  Provide requested mediation services to political subdivisions involved in jurisdictional disputes regarding the provision of 911 services, except that such committee shall not supersede decision-making authority of local political subdivisions in regard to 911 services;

  (5)  Provide assistance to the governor and the general assembly regarding 911 services;

  (6)  Review existing and proposed legislation and make recommendations as to changes that would improve such legislation;

  (7)  Aid and assist in the timely collection and dissemination of information relating to the use of a universal emergency telephone number;

  (8)  Perform other duties as necessary to promote successful development, implementation and operation of 911 systems across the state; and

  (9)  Advise the department of public safety on establishing rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of sections 650.320 to 650.340.

  5.  The department of public safety shall provide staff assistance to the committee for 911 service oversight as necessary in order for the committee to perform its duties pursuant to sections 650.320 to 650.340.

  6.  The department of public safety is authorized to adopt those rules that are reasonable and necessary to accomplish the limited duties specifically delegated within section 650.340.  Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, shall become effective only if it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536.  This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 1999, shall be invalid and void.

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(L. 1997 H.B. 816, A.L. 1999 S.B. 436)