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IC 36-8-16.5-51 Version a
Limitation on number of PSAPs in a county after December 31,
2014; exceptions; establishing new PSAPs on or after March 15,
2008, prohibited; interlocal agreements; other parties; plans
required
Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2012. See also
following repeal of this chapter, effective 7-1-2012.
Sec. 51. (a) For purposes of this section, a PSAP includes a public
safety communications system operated and maintained under
IC 36-8-15.
(b) As used in this section, "PSAP operator" means:
(1) a political subdivision; or
(2) an agency;
that operates a PSAP. The term does not include any entity described
in subsection (c)(1) through (c)(3).
(c) Subject to subsection (d), after December 31, 2014, a county
may not contain more than two (2) PSAPs. However, a county may
contain one (1) or more PSAPs in addition to the number of PSAPs
authorized by this section, as long as any additional PSAPs are
operated:
(1) by a state educational institution;
(2) by an airport authority established for a county having a
consolidated city; or
(3) in a county having a consolidated city, by an excluded city
(as defined in IC 36-3-1-7).
(d) If, on March 15, 2008, a county does not contain more than
one (1) PSAP, not including any PSAP operated by an entity
described in subsection (c)(1) through (c)(3), an additional PSAP
may not be established and operated in the county on or after March
15, 2008, unless the additional PSAP is established and operated by:
(1) a state educational institution;
(2) in the case of a county having a consolidated city, an airport
authority established for the county; or
(3) the municipality having the largest population in the county
or an agency of that municipality.
(e) Before January 1, 2015, each PSAP operator in a county that
contains more than the number of PSAPs authorized by subsection
(c) shall enter into an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7 with
every other PSAP operator in the county to ensure that the county
does not contain more than the number of PSAPs authorized by
subsection (c) after December 31, 2014.
(f) An interlocal agreement required under subsection (e) may
include as parties, in addition to the PSAP operators required to enter
into the interlocal agreement under subsection (e), any of the
following that seek to be served by a county's authorized PSAPs after
December 31, 2014:
(1) Other counties contiguous to the county.
(2) Other political subdivisions in a county contiguous to the
county.
(3) Other PSAP operators in a county contiguous to the county.
(g) An interlocal agreement required under subsection (e) must
provide for the following:
(1) A plan for the:
(A) consolidation;
(B) reorganization; or
(C) elimination;
of one (1) or more of the county's PSAPs, as necessary to
ensure that the county does not contain more than the number
of PSAPs authorized by subsection (c) after December 31,
2014.
(2) A plan for funding and staffing the PSAP or PSAPs that will
serve:
(A) the county; and
(B) any areas contiguous to the county, if additional parties
described in subsection (f) participate in the interlocal
agreement;
after December 31, 2014.
(3) Subject to any applicable state or federal requirements,
protocol to be followed by the county's PSAP or PSAPs in:
(A) receiving incoming 911 calls; and
(B) dispatching appropriate public safety agencies to
respond to the calls;
after December 31, 2014.
(4) Any other matters that the participating PSAP operators or
parties described in subsection (f), if any, determine are
necessary to ensure that the county does not contain more than
the number of PSAPs authorized by subsection (c) after
December 31, 2014.
(h) This section may not be construed to require a county to
contain a PSAP.
As added by P.L.137-2008, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.173-2011,
SEC.12; P.L.6-2012, SEC.254.
IC 36-8-16.5 Version b
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.132-2012, SEC.12.)
Note: This repeal of chapter effective 7-1-2012. See also
preceding version of this chapter, effective until 7-1-2012.