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H. B. 2235


(By Delegates Beach and Perry)
[Introduced January 15, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend article six, chapter twenty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section fourteen, relating to local emergency telephone systems; providing for the establishment of local policies for the receiving of emergency police, fire, medical and other alarms, and the method of alarms; and establishing penalties for excessive false alarms.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter twenty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section fourteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. LOCAL EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
§24-6-14. Handling of emergency calls for police, fire or emergency medical service assistance from public or private alarm systems.

(a) The county commission or its designated entity of each county or the municipality operating an emergency telephone system may develop a local policy for the receipt and handling of alarms from alarm systems that alert for police, fire and emergency medical service emergencies.
(b) As part of the policy established for the receipt of alarms, the county commission or its designated entity shall establish policies for the handling of false alarms created by the alarm systems and provide for necessary penalties to ensure the alarm systems are maintained and monitored to eliminate unnecessary false alarms.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for establishment by counties or municipalities of local policies for the receipt and handling of alarms from alarm systems that alert emergency service entities. The bill provides for counties to establish policies and penalties relating to false alarms.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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