Tex. Health & Safety Code § 772.611 · Subchapter H. REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: STATE PLANNING REGIONS WITH 9-1-1 POPULATION SERVED LESS THAN 1.5 MILLION
PROVISION OF 9-1-1 SERVICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.772.htm
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