§24-6-13. Confidentiality of Certain Calls to County Answering Points and Records; Retention of Records
(a) Except as provided by the provisions of this section, calls for emergency service to a county answering point are not confidential. All calls for emergency service reporting alleged criminal conduct which are recorded electronically, in writing or in any other form are to be kept confidential by the county answering point receiving the call […]
§24-6-14. Notification of Mining Accidents
Each county answering point that receives a call reporting an accident in or about any mine shall immediately route the call to the Mine and Industrial Accident Emergency Operations Center created pursuant to section two, article five-a, chapter fifteen of this code.
§24-6-15. Commission to Implement Ng911 in West Virginia
(a) Legislative findings. (1) The Legislature finds that: (A) Communication technology has substantially outpaced the legacy communication technology presently utilized by most public safety answering points in the State of West Virginia;
§24-6-11. Confidentiality of Proprietary Information
In recognition of the fact that information pertaining to numbers of customers and revenues collected by the CMRS providers is obtained and maintained in a competitive environment and that information pertaining to the providers' subscribers could be used to the disadvantage of the participating CMRS provider, the Legislature declares that any such information provided by […]
§24-6-12. Dispatching of Towing Services for Emergency Towing of Vehicles; Exceptions
(a) Every three years, the county commission of each county or the municipality operating an emergency telephone system or an enhanced emergency telephone system shall, in consultation with all public safety units, public agencies and all available towing services registered as common carriers pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-four-a of this code, establish a […]
§24-6-5. Enhanced Emergency Telephone System Requirements
NOTE: West Virginia Code 24-6-5 was amended by two bills passed during the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature. When two acts of the Legislature amend the same section of the Code without express recognition in the bill of the action of the other bill, the Legislative Manager makes no determination as to the appropriate, […]
§24-6-6. Enhanced Emergency Telephone System Proposed Requirement
(a) If a county commission decides to adopt an enhanced emergency services telephone system it shall first prepare a proposal on the implementation of the system and shall hold a public meeting on the proposal to explain the system and receive comments from other public officials and interested persons. At least thirty but not more […]
§24-6-6a. Alternate Procedure for Proposal by the Department of Public Safety
(a) In any county or counties which have areas thereof not receiving service from an enhanced emergency services telephone system, the department of public safety may prepare a proposal on the implementation of such a system and may cause a public meeting to be held on the proposal to explain the system and receive comments […]
§24-6-6b. Wireless Enhanced 911 Fee; Public Safety Wireless Fee; Wireless Tower Fee
(a) All CMRS providers as defined in 24-6-2 of this code shall, on a monthly basis or otherwise for good cause and as directed by order of the Public Service Commission, collect from each of their in-state two-way service subscribers a wireless enhanced 911 fee, a public safety fee, and a wireless tower fee. As […]
§24-6-7. Resolution of Conflicts
In the event that a conflict arises between county commissions, between telephone companies, between a telephone company or companies and a county commission or commissions, or between the department of public safety and any of the foregoing entities concerning an emergency telephone system or systems or an enhanced emergency telephone system or systems, the Public […]