SECTION 251.12. Commission and Regional Planning Commission Contracts for 9-1-1 Service

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to implement the requirement in Health and Safety Code §771.078 that the Commission adopt by rule the standard provisions for a contract between the Commission and a Regional Planning Commission (RPC) to provide 9-1-1 service.

(b) Per Health and Safety Code §771.078(c), a contract under this section must provide for:

(1) the reporting of financial information regarding administrative expenses in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(2) the reporting of information regarding the current performance, efficiency, and degree of implementation of emergency communications services in an RPC's 9-1-1 service area;

(3) the collection of efficiency data on the operation of 9-1-1 answering points;

(4) standards for the use of and the creation of new public safety answering points;

(5) quarterly disbursements of money due under the contract, except as provided by paragraph (6) of this subsection;

(6) the Commission to withhold disbursement to an RPC that does not follow a standard imposed by the contract, a Commission rule, or a statute; and

(7) a means for the Commission to give an advance on a quarterly distribution under the contract to an RPC that has a financial emergency.

(c) Per Commission Program Policy Statement (PPS) Contracts for 9-1-1 Service, the Commission provides a standard form for contracts under this section.

(d) Per Commission PPS Regional Planning Commission Advance Quarterly Funding, the Commission provides advance funding to an RPC at the beginning of each fiscal quarter to fund operating costs attributable to providing 9-1-1 service.

Source Note: The provisions of this §251.12 adopted to be effective November 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 10044; amended to be effective February 10, 2003, 28 TexReg 1171; amended to be effective August 24, 2003, 28 TexReg 6535; amended to be effective May 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 3956; amended to be effective August 21, 2005, 30 TexReg 4633; amended to be effective December 7, 2008, 33 TexReg 9971; amended to be effective March 5, 2014, 39 TexReg 1357; amended to be effective June 9, 2021, 46 TexReg 3515