The House Political Subdivisions Committee reviewed three bills in its Tuesday meeting and advanced one measure related to mobile phone emergency lines.
House Bill 2542 relates to permitting directors of county emergency phone systems to obtain mobile phone emergency lines. This bill would simply allow emergency phone systems such as 911 to include calls to mobile phones as well as phones connected with land lines.
The committee adopted an amendment made to the bill which adds a specific date for when this procedure would be put into place. The committee advanced the bill, which next heads to the House Committee on Government Organization.
The committee also took up House Bill 2410, which requires county commissions to maintain websites with specific information that is available to the public at no charge. After the committee discussed the bill in depth and the possible positive and negative repercussions it would have, it was voted down.
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