69-2-302. Distribution of 911 emergency service charge revenue.

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Effective 5/7/2025

(1)As used in this section:

(a)"Proportional distribution" means the amount of a public safety answering point's proportion of 911 emergency service charge revenue calculated under Subsection

(3).

(b)"Proportion of total call volume" means the number of 911 emergency communications that a public safety answering point receives in a year divided by the number of total 911 emergency communications for the state for the year.

(2)The commission shall transmit to a public safety answering point each month an amount equal to the public safety answering point's proportional distribution of funds collected under Section 69-2-402 .

(3)A public safety answering point's proportion of 911 emergency service charge revenue is an amount equal to the total funds collected under Section 69-2-402 for the current month multiplied by the average proportion of total call volume for the public safety answering point over the three years previous to the current year.

(a)For the purpose of the calculation described in Subsection

(3), the Utah Communications Authority shall determine for each year:

(i)the number of total 911 emergency communications for the state;

(ii)the number of 911 emergency communications received by each public safety answering point; and

(iii)the average per year, over the last three years before the current year, of total 911 emergency communications for the state and 911 emergency communications received by each public safety answering point in the state.

(b)The Utah Communications Authority shall report the numbers described in Subsection (4)(a) to the commission on or before January 15 of each year.

Amended by Chapter 346 , 2025 General Session