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House Journal: Page 1141: Wednesday, April 1, 1998

25   providers' costs for upgrades necessary to provide
26   E911 service.  When two or more joint E911 service
27   boards have agreed to pool funds for the purpose of
28   purchasing necessary equipment to be used in providing
29   E911 service, the authority shall issue bonds and
30   notes as provided in sections 34A.20 through 34A.22.
31     Sec. 3.  Section 34A.2, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
32   amended to read as follows:
33     2.  "Administrator" means the E911 administrator
of
34   the division of emergency management of the department
35   of public defense appointed pursuant to section
36   34A.2A.
37     Sec. 4.  Section 34A.2, subsection 3, Code 1997, is
38   amended by striking the subsection.
39     Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  34A.2A  ADMINISTRATOR -
40   APPOINTMENT - DUTIES.
41     The administrator of the division of emergency
42   management of the department of public defense shall
43   appoint an E911 administrator to administer this
44   chapter.  The E911 administrator shall act under the
45   supervisory control of the administrator of the
46   division of emergency management of the department of
47   public defense, and in consultation with the E911
48   communications council, and perform the duties
49   specifically set forth in this chapter.
50     Sec. 6.  Section 34A.3, subsection 1, Code 1997, is

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 1   amended to read as follows:
 2     1.  JOINT 911 SERVICE BOARDS TO SUBMIT PLANS.  The
 3   board of supervisors of each county shall establish a
 4   joint 911 service board not later than January 1,
 5   1989.  Each political subdivision of the state having
 6   a public safety agency serving territory within the
 7   county is entitled to voting membership on the joint
 8   911 service board.  Each private safety agency
 9   operating within the area is entitled to nonvoting
10   membership on the board.  A township which does not
11   operate its own public safety agency, but contracts
12   for the provision of public safety services, is not
13   entitled to membership on the joint 911 service board,
14   but its contractor is entitled to membership according
15   to the contractor's status as a public or private
16   safety agency.  The joint 911 service board shall
17   develop an enhanced 911 service plan encompassing at
18   minimum the entire county, unless an exemption is
19   granted by the administrator permitting a smaller E911
20   service area.  The administrator may grant a
21   discretionary exemption from the single county minimum
22   service area requirement based upon an E911 joint
23   service board's or other E911 service plan operating
24   authority's presentation of evidence which supports

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