§ 330. Routing of wireless 911 service calls. 1.(a) Counties may\ndesignate more than one local public safety answering point to receive\nwireless 911 service calls if:\n (1) the wireless telephone service suppliers licensed by the federal\ncommunications commission to serve the county unanimously agree in\nwriting with such county to more than one local public safety answering\npoint for the county and such local public safety answering points are\nin compliance with the applicable requirements of this article; or\n (2) wireless 911 calls handled by wireless telecommunications\nfacilities in such county were routed to more than one local public\nsafety answering point on the effective date of this section; and:\n (A) the designation of and routing to more than one local public\nsafety answering point involves no additional routing of wireless 911\nservice calls to more than one local public safety answering point than\nwas in effect on the effective date of this section and involves routing\nto the same local public safety answering points that received wireless\n911 calls on the effective date of this section; and\n (B) the multiple local public safety answering points designated by a\ncounty pursuant to this subdivision are in compliance with the\napplicable requirements of this article.\n (b) A county that is served exclusively by a state public safety\nanswering point after the effective date of this section may elect to\ndesignate a local public safety answering point to receive all wireless\n911 calls from wireless telephone service suppliers that own, operate or\ncontrol wireless telecommunications facilities located in such county.\nSuch county shall make such designation pursuant to a duly adopted\nresolution of the county governing board. Such resolution shall also\nstate that such local wireless public safety answering point complies\nwith the standards promulgated by the board pursuant to subdivision four\nof section three hundred twenty-eight of this article. The county shall\nalso submit to the board the ten-digit telephone number to which the\nwireless telephone service suppliers with wireless telecommunications\nfacilities located in such geographical area shall route wireless 911\nservice calls. Upon the filing of such resolution, the board shall\nauthorize the routing of wireless 911 calls to a local public safety\nanswering point and shall notify all wireless telephone service\nsuppliers which are licensed by the federal communications commission in\nsuch county of such designation and the ten-digit telephone number to\nwhich the wireless telephone service suppliers with wireless\ntelecommunications facilities located in such geographical area shall\nroute wireless 911 service calls. The board shall also notify the\nsuperintendent of state police of such designation when, at the time of\nsuch designation, a state public safety answering point was receiving\nall wireless 911 service calls.\n (c) Until such time as the standards required by subdivision four of\nsection three hundred twenty-eight of this article have been promulgated\nby the board, each county that elects, pursuant to paragraph (b) of this\nsubdivision, to re-route all wireless 911 service calls to a local\npublic safety answering point must, in addition to the items required to\nbe filed pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, file a service\nplan with the chairperson of the board. The service plan shall, at a\nminimum, include the following: a statement that the local public safety\nanswering point is capable of direct dispatch of all emergency services;\nthe names of all wireless telephone service suppliers licensed by\nfederal communications commission that own, operate or control wireless\ntelecommunications facilities located in such county; the ten-digit\ntelephone number to which the wireless telephone service suppliers with\nwireless telecommunications facilities located in such county shall\nroute wireless 911 calls; an
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