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TN Code § 7-86-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-301. Legislative Findings

 The general assembly finds that the “Emergency Communications District Law” has been successfully embraced by the vast majority of Tennessee counties, most of which have already initiated basic or enhanced 911 service and are developing or maintaining this lifesaving service in furtherance of the purposes stated in the law. The general assembly also finds that the establishment of emergency communications services for all citizens of the state will promote the public interest. The general assembly further finds that statewide wireless enhanced 911 service is in the public interest.
TN Code § 7-86-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-305. Consolidation or Merger for Purposes of Financial Stability

  As a means to restore financial stability to financially distressed emergency communications districts and to ensure continued 911 service for the benefit of the public, the board may study the possible consolidation or merger of two (2) or more adjacent emergency communications districts, if at least one (1) such emergency communications district is financially distressed. In the event that the board determines that such a consolidation or merger is in the best interest of the public, and after holding public hearings within the service areas of the affected emergency communications districts, the board may order the consolidation or merger. The board shall establish rules and policies concerning the composition and selection of the board of directors, and shall establish technical and operating standards and a rate structure for such multi-jurisdictional emergency communications district; provided, that such action shall not threaten the financial integrity or stability of the affected emergency communications districts, or the level and quality of 911 service.   Notwithstanding subsection (a) to the contrary, a merger or consolidation affecting a non-financially distressed emergency communications district shall not become effective without the prior approval of the board of directors of such non-financially distressed emergency communications district.   For purposes of determining whether an emergency communications district is financially distressed, the board shall not consider an emergency communications district's depreciation costs as an operating expense.
TN Code § 7-86-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-307. Plan for Providing Statewide 911 and Enhanced Wireless 911 Service

  The board shall develop and implement a plan for providing 911 service and wireless enhanced 911 service to all citizens of Tennessee. The plan shall provide for:  A schedule for the implementation, installation, operation, maintenance, and enhancement of statewide wireless enhanced 911 service, and the funding of the service;   A schedule for the implementation and coordination of a 911 system plan for the state, which shall include the funding of the plan. With respect to an emergency communications district's financial standing and the level and quality of 911 service, the board shall act as the deciding agency whenever such issues arise between an emergency communications district and other governmental units involving the 911 system;   A review and analysis of progress maintained by emergency communications districts in complying with technical, operating, and financial standards adopted by the board;   A plan for each emergency communications district not meeting technical, financial, and operating standards as established in this part by the board to come into compliance with such standards; and   An implementation schedule that accounts for the progress achieved by each district in attaining and maintaining financial, technical, and operating standards.      The board shall encourage and promote the planning, development, and implementation of 911 service for each newly created emergency communications district. Any emergency communications district newly created after May 20, 1998, shall have its 911 system plan approved by the board prior to implementation. The plan for each such district shall include specific local requirements. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services and may include, but not be limited to, other emergency services such as poison control, animal control, suicide prevention, and emergency management services.   Such plan shall also include funding requirements necessary to implement and operate the 911 system; provided, that if anticipated revenues are not adequate to achieve and maintain technical and operating standards as established by the board in this part, the board shall undertake a study to determine other options for the provision of 911 service to that area.     The board shall not require the commercial mobile radio service providers to select or deploy particular commercial solutions to meet any federal communications commission rulings or orders, or other requirements concerning wireless enhanced 911 service; provided, that the solutions chosen are compatible with the operations of emergency communications districts and the technical and operating standards for wireless enhanced 911 service adopted by the board.
TN Code § 7-86-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-308. Technical Advisory Committee

 The board shall appoint a technical advisory committee, the number of members to be determined by the board. The technical advisory committee shall be composed of representatives of 911 service suppliers and non-wireline service providers, including, but not limited to, commercial mobile radio service and IP-enabled service providers, for the purpose of providing and receiving operational and technical information and advice on all aspects of wireless enhanced 911 service. The technical advisory committee members shall not be voting members of the board. No member of this committee is entitled to a salary for duties performed as a member of the committee. No member is entitled to reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
TN Code § 7-86-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-309. Other Advisory Committees

 The board shall appoint advisory committees for the purpose of providing and receiving information to the board; the number of members on such committees shall be determined by the board. Such committees may include, but not be limited to, local government officials, consumers, 911 service users, law enforcement personnel, firefighting personnel, and emergency medical services personnel. Members of such advisory committees shall not be voting members of the board. No member of any such advisory committee is entitled to a salary for duties performed as a committee member. No member is entitled to reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
TN Code § 7-86-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-310. Board Approval Required for Approval of New District Within Existing District

 After May 20, 1998, no referendum to allow the creation of a new emergency communications district within the boundaries of an existing emergency communications district shall take place without prior approval by the board. In the event that the board determines that such a creation is in the best interest of the public, and after holding a public hearing within the service area of the existing emergency communications district, the board may order that a referendum be held; provided, that such action shall not threaten the financial integrity or stability or the level or quality of 911 service of the existing emergency communications district.
TN Code § 7-86-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-311. Referendum to Create Countywide Districts — Plan to Provide Service to Counties That Fail to Approve Referendum

  In each county in which an emergency communications district has not been created by January 1, 2000, the board shall order an election to be held at the next regularly scheduled general election, pursuant to § 2-3-204, to submit to the voters of the county the question of creating a countywide emergency communications district. In the election to be held, the questions submitted to the qualified voters shall be “For the Emergency Communications District,” or “Against the Emergency Communications District.” Upon approval by a majority of those voting, an emergency communications district is created in accordance with title 7, chapter 86.   In the event that such a referendum is not approved by a majority of those voting, the board shall be authorized to develop and implement a plan for the provision of wireless enhanced 911 service to such county.
TN Code § 7-86-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-312. Request for Board Review of District Decision

 Any city or county governing body may, by resolution, request the board to review a decision of the board of directors of the emergency communications district serving such city or county affecting its financial standing and its level or quality of 911 service.
TN Code § 7-86-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-313. Request for Board Review of District Financial Statements — Petition by Board to Require District to Adopt Temporary Rate Structure

 Any county or city governing body may, by resolution, request the board to review the financial statements of an emergency communications district serving such county or city. If the board determines that such district is accumulating excess reserves or retained earnings, and if such emergency communications district is not able to justify such accumulation of revenues, the board may petition the chancery court in a jurisdiction in which such emergency communications district is operating, to require the adoption of a temporary rate structure recommended by the board, or other temporary rate structure sufficient to reduce such excess retained earnings; provided, that any such rate ordered by the chancery court must be adequate to cover all reasonable and necessary costs of operation, and shall not threaten the financial integrity of such emergency communications district or its quality and level of 911 service.
TN Code § 7-86-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-314. Removal of Member or Board

   Effective July 1, 2017, any member of the board of directors of an emergency communications district with four (4) consecutive unexcused absences or who fails to attend at least fifty percent (50%) of regularly scheduled meetings within any twelve-month period shall automatically be removed from the board.   Upon removal of a member pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), the chair of the board of directors or acting chair shall notify the appointing authority in writing that a member has been removed and that a vacancy exists on the board. A successor shall be appointed to serve the remainder of the term of the member being replaced. Any member removed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), shall be eligible for reappointment at any time by the appointing authority.      If a member of a board of directors of an emergency communications district, or a board of directors of an emergency communications district, refuses to carry out either this chapter or an order of the board after May 20, 1998, such member or board may be removed by order of the chancery court in a jurisdiction in which such emergency communications district operates, upon petition by either the board, or a city or county governing body in the service area of such district.   If a member of a board of directors of an emergency communications district or a board of directors of an emergency communications district knowingly or willfully neglects to perform the duties of such office, such member or board may be removed by order of the chancery court in the jurisdiction in which the emergency communications district operates, upon petition by either the board or a county or city governing body in the service area of such district.   Any member removed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) or (b)(2) shall not be eligible for reappointment at any time.
TN Code § 7-86-315 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-315. Report to Governor and Speakers of General Assembly

 The board shall report annually to the governor and the speakers of the general assembly on the activities of the board for the preceding year. The board shall receive and consider from any source whatsoever, whether private or governmental, suggestions for amendments to this chapter.
TN Code § 7-86-316 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-316. 911 Calls in Nonemergency Situations Prohibited — Penalty

  Contacting 911 for some purpose other than to report an emergency or an event that the person contacting 911 reasonably believes to be an emergency is a Class C misdemeanor.    Aggravated nonemergency contact of 911 is contacting 911 as described in subsection (a) where:  An individual makes nonemergency contact to 911 in an offensively repetitious manner;   The nonemergency contact of 911 creates a delay in the response to an emergency; or   The nonemergency contact of 911 results in harm to person or property.     An aggravated nonemergency contact of 911 is a Class A misdemeanor.      Harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls are ten (10) or more nonemergency calls within a one-hour period or twenty (20) or more nonemergency calls within a twenty-four-hour period made to 911 from a handset that is not registered for service with any commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) carrier.   A public safety answering point (PSAP) or a district may authorize the emergency communications board to divert harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls, for a period of no more than twelve (12) hours, to an entity designated by the emergency communications board to receive such calls.   Repetitive harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls are phone calls from a handset from which calls have previously been diverted pursuant to subdivision (c)(2).   A PSAP or a district may authorize the emergency communications board to indefinitely divert repetitive harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls to an entity designated by the emergency communications board to receive such calls; provided, that the entity notifies the caller that the caller may contact the PSAP or district to request it rescind its authorization to divert 911 calls from the caller’s handset.   The emergency communications board, CMRS service providers, providers of non-wireline service, and PSAPs, and their employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entities, if any, shall have immunity from liability for diverting or not diverting harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls to an entity designated by the emergency communications board to receive such calls.   An entity designated by the emergency communications board to receive diverted harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls shall have immunity from liability for receiving and processing such calls.
TN Code § 7-86-317 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-317. Rules and Regulations

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board shall promulgate rules and regulations to safeguard proprietary information submitted to the board. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent with determinations, actions, customs, and practices of the Tennessee regulatory agency with respect to proprietary information. Any information determined to be proprietary in accordance with such rules and regulations shall be confidential and shall not be open to the public for inspection, notwithstanding the public records provisions of title 10, chapter 7.
TN Code § 7-86-318 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-318. Part Not to Be Construed to Regulate Commercial Mobile Radio Service (Cmrs)

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to constitute the regulation of the entry or of rates charged by CMRS providers for any service or feature that they provide to their CMRS customers, or to prohibit a CMRS provider from charging a CMRS subscriber for any service or feature provided to such customer.
TN Code § 7-86-319 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 3 - Statewide Enhanced 911 Service|§ 7-86-319. Duty of Commercial Providers No Greater Than That of Noncommercial Providers

 A commercial mobile radio service provider shall not have any greater responsibility or duty to its customers or other persons with respect to 911 calls and the operation of a 911 system than does a noncommercial mobile radio service provider to its customers or other persons.
TN Code § 7-86-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 4 - Kari's Law|§ 7-86-401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as “Kari's Law.”
TN Code § 7-86-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 4 - Kari's Law|§ 7-86-402. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “911 service” has the same meaning as defined in § 7-86-103;   “Entity” means an owner or operator of a business, the state, or a local government;   “IP-enabled services” has the same meaning as defined in § 7-86-103; and   “Telephone system” includes a multiline telephone system and any equivalent system that utilizes IP-enabled services.
TN Code § 7-86-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 86 - Emergency Communications|Part 4 - Kari's Law|§ 7-86-403. Free Access to 911 Telephone Services — Upgrades to Hardware or Software Systems — Liability

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b):  An entity that owns or controls a telephone system that is capable of outbound dialing or access shall configure the telephone system to allow a person initiating a 911 call on the telephone system direct access to 911 service without an additional code, digit, prefix, postfix, or trunk access code; and   An entity that owns or operates a residential or business facility utilizing a telephone system configured in accordance with subdivision (a)(1) shall configure the telephone system to provide notification to a central location on the site of the residential or business facility when a person within the facility dials 911. This subdivision (a)(2) does not require the entity to have a person available at the central location to receive the notification.     If an entity would be required to replace or upgrade any component of its telephone system, including any hardware or software necessary for the operation of the telephone system, for the purposes of compliance with subsection (a), the entity shall not be required to comply with subsection (a) until the entity utilizes a telephone system that is capable of being configured in accordance with subsection (a).   An entity shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action based solely upon the failure of the entity to configure a telephone system in accordance with subsection (a).
TN Code § 8-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-101. Date Governor's Oath of Office Taken

 The governor shall take the oath of office on the first Saturday following the fourteenth day of January next following the governor's election, after the commencement of the organizational session of the general assembly as established by the Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 8.
TN Code § 8-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-102. Compensation

 The salary of the governor shall be the same as the chief justice of the supreme court payable, in equal monthly installments out of the state treasury on warrant, which compensation shall be in full for services as governor. The salary shall not include upkeep on the governor's residence or such necessary traveling expenses as the governor may incur on behalf of the state. No fees of any kind or character shall attach to the office of governor or in relation to the operation of the office.
TN Code § 8-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-103. Private Secretary

 There shall be a private secretary to the governor who shall be appointed by the governor and shall be a resident and citizen of Tennessee.
TN Code § 8-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-105. Administrative Assistants to Governor

 The governor is empowered to appoint two (2) persons to be known as administrative assistants, to aid the governor in the performance of additional duties of the office. These administrative assistants shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor and perform such duties as may be delegated to them by executive order of the governor or otherwise. An administrative assistant may also be the head of a department of the state government; provided, that the administrative assistant's total salary shall be fixed commensurate with the services rendered.