Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 771.055
Strategic Planning


(a)

Each regional planning commission shall develop a regional plan for the establishment and operation of 9-1-1 service throughout the region that the regional planning commission serves. The 9-1-1 service must meet the standards established by the commission.

(b)

A regional plan must describe how the 9-1-1 service is to be administered. The 9-1-1 service may be administered by an emergency communication district, municipality, or county, by a combination formed by interlocal contract, or by other appropriate means as determined by the regional planning commission. In a region in which one or more emergency communication districts exist, a preference shall be given to administration by those districts and expansion of the area served by those districts.

(c)

A regional plan must be updated at least once every state fiscal biennium and must include:

(1)

a description of how money allocated to the region under this chapter is to be allocated in the region;

(2)

projected financial operating information for the two state fiscal years following the submission of the plan; and

(3)

strategic planning information for the five state fiscal years following submission of the plan.

(d)

In a region in which one or more emergency communication districts exist, if a district chooses to participate in the regional plan, the district shall assist in the development of the regional plan.

(e)

For each state fiscal biennium, the commission shall prepare a strategic plan for statewide 9-1-1 service for the following five state fiscal years using information from the strategic information contained in the regional plans and provided by emergency communication districts and home-rule municipalities that operate 9-1-1 systems independent of the state system. The commission shall present the strategic plan to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board, together with the commission’s legislative appropriations request. The strategic plan must:

(1)

include a survey of the current performance, efficiency, and degree of implementation of emergency communications services throughout the whole state;

(2)

provide an assessment of the progress made toward meeting the goals and objectives of the previous strategic plan and a summary of the total expenditures for emergency communications services in this state;

(3)

provide a strategic direction for emergency communications services in this state;

(4)

establish goals and objectives relating to emergency communications in this state;

(5)

provide long-range policy guidelines for emergency communications in this state;

(6)

identify major issues relating to improving emergency communications in this state;

(7)

identify priorities for this state’s emergency communications system; and

(8)

detail the financial performance of each regional planning commission in implementing emergency communications service including an accounting of administrative expenses.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1405, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 771.055 — Strategic Planning, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­771.­htm#771.­055 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

771.001
Definitions
771.031
Composition of Commission
771.032
Application of Sunset Act
771.033
Meetings
771.034
Expenses
771.035
Staff
771.036
Standards of Conduct
771.037
Commission Member Training
771.038
Public Comments
771.039
Complaints
771.040
Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution
771.051
Powers and Duties of Commission
771.052
Agency Cooperation
771.053
Statewide Limitation on Liability of Service Providers and Certain Public Officers
771.054
Effect of Chapter on Emergency Communication Districts
771.055
Strategic Planning
771.056
Submission of Regional Plan to Commission
771.057
Amendment of Plan
771.058
Optional Participation in Plan
771.060
Business Providing Residential Telephone Switches
771.061
Statewide Confidentiality of Information
771.062
Local Adoption of State Rule
771.063
Definition of Local Exchange Access Line and Equivalent Local Exchange Access Line
771.071
Emergency Service Fee
771.072
Equalization Surcharge
771.073
Collection of Fees and Surcharges
771.074
Exemption
771.075
Use of Revenue
771.076
Audits
771.077
Collection of Fees and Surcharges
771.078
Contracts for Services
771.102
Establishment of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Resource Centers Program
771.103
Participation in Program
771.104
Selection of Program Participants and Regional Emergency Medical Dispatch Resource Centers
771.105
Criteria for Emergency Medical Dispatch Intervention
771.106
Funding of Program
771.107
Report to Legislature
771.108
Liability
771.109
Work Group
771.151
Definitions
771.152
Establishment of Pilot Project
771.153
Personnel
771.154
Participation in Pilot Project
771.155
Selection of Pilot Project Participants and Regional Trauma Resource Centers
771.156
Funding of Pilot Project
771.157
Report to Legislature
771.158
Liability
771.159
Project Work Group
771.160
Expiration
771.0315
Eligibility for Membership or to Be General Counsel
771.0316
Grounds for Removal of Commission Member
771.0511
Emergency Services Internet Protocol Network
771.0512
Obligations or Requirements Concerning Voice over Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol Enabled Service, or Commercial Mobile Service or Wireline Service
771.0711
Emergency Service Fee for Wireless Telecommunications Connections
771.0725
Establishment of Rates for Fees
771.0735
Sourcing of Charges for Mobile Telecommunications Services
771.0751
Use of Revenue in Certain Counties

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

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