69-2-203. Audit of public safety answering points within a county -- Reports -- Consequence of failure to comply.

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Effective 5/7/2025

(1)A county that by June 30, 2024, failed to achieve a transfer rate, as defined in Section 69-2-204 , of 2% or less shall:

(a)utilize a qualified third party to conduct an audit of each public safety answering point within the county; and

(b)require the audit to be completed no later than January 1, 2025.

(2)The audit described in Subsection

(1)shall evaluate:

(a)how best to provide the emergency services within the county;

(b)what needs to happen for the PSAPs within the county to achieve a transfer rate, as defined in Section 69-2-204 , of 2% or less;

(c)whether the county could provide more cost efficient emergency service or improve public safety by establishing a single public safety answering point for the county; and

(d)the extent to which the dispatch center's policies, procedures, or interlocal agreements cause a PSAP to experience difficulty in meeting the standards described in Section 69-2-204 .

(3)No later than February 28, 2025, a county required to have an audit conducted under Subsection

(1)shall submit to the Utah Communications Authority:

(a)a copy of the audit report;

(b)a written plan of how and when the public safety answering point will implement the audit recommendations and achieve compliance with the standards described in Section 69-2-204 ; and

(c)on or before January 1 of each year, beginning in 2026 and ending in 2029, submit to the Utah Communications Authority an implementation report that describes:

(i)the progress made in implementing the audit recommendations; and

(ii)the status of achieving compliance with the standards described in Section 69-2-204 .

Amended by Chapter 346 , 2025 General Session