2023 Utah Code › Title 63H - Independent State Entities › Chapter 7a - Utah Communications Authority Act › Part 2 - Utah Communications Authority Governance › Section 208 - PSAP advisory committee.

Effective 5/12/2020
63H-7a-208.
PSAP advisory committee.
(1) There is established a PSAP advisory committee composed of nine members appointed by the board as follows:
(a) one representative from a PSAP managed by a city;
(b) one representative from a PSAP managed by a county;
(c) one representative from a PSAP managed by a special service district;
(d) one representative from a PSAP managed by the Department of Public Safety;
(e) one representative from a PSAP from a county of the first class;
(f) one representative from a PSAP from a county of the second class;
(g) one representative from a PSAP from a county of the third or fourth class;
(h) one representative from a PSAP from a county of the fifth or sixth class; and
(i) one member from the telecommunications industry.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), each member shall be appointed to a four-year term beginning July 1, 2019.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), the board shall:
(i) at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of committee members are staggered so that the terms of approximately half of the committee end every two years; and
(ii) not reappoint a member for more than two consecutive terms.
(3) If a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement shall be appointed by the board for the unexpired term.
(4)
(a) Each January, the committee shall organize and select one of its members as chair and one member as vice chair.
(b) The committee may organize standing or ad hoc subcommittees, which shall operate in accordance with guidelines established by the committee.
(5)
(a) The chair shall convene a minimum of four meetings per year.
(b) The chair may call special meetings.
(c) The chair shall call a meeting upon request of five or more members of the committee.
(6) Five members of the committee constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the action of a majority of the members present is the action of the committee.
(7) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service.
(8) The PSAP advisory committee shall, on behalf of stakeholders, make recommendations to the director and the board regarding:
(a) the authority operations and policies;
(b) the 911 division and interoperability division strategic plans;
(c) the operation, maintenance, and capital development of the public safety communications network;
(d) the authority's administrative rules relative to the 911 division and the interoperability division; and
(e) the development of minimum standards and best practices as described in Subsection 63H-7a-302(1)(a).
(9) No later than September 30, 2020, the PSAP advisory committee shall propose to the board a statewide CAD-to-CAD call handling and 911 call transfer protocol.
(10) The chair of the PSAP advisory committee is a nonvoting member of the board.
(11)
(a) The committee is not subject to Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
(b) The committee shall:
(i) at least 24 hours before a committee meeting, post a notice of the meeting, with a meeting agenda, on the authority's website;
(ii) within 10 days after a committee meeting, post to the authority's website the audio and draft minutes of the meeting; and
(iii) within three days after the committee approves minutes of a committee meeting, post the approved minutes to the authority's website.
(c) The committee's vice chair is responsible for preparing minutes of committee meetings.
Amended by Chapter 368, 2020 General Session