Section 65.7625 - Appointment and duties of state administrator of commercial mobile radio service emergency telecommunications(1) The executive director of the Office of Homeland Security shall appoint a state administrator of commercial mobile radio service emergency telecommunications. The executive director of the Office of Homeland Security shall set the administrator's compensation, the cost of which may be shared by the Office of Homeland Security and the Kentucky 911 Services Board. The board shall be responsible for any portion of the administrator's salary that is not to be paid by the Office of Homeland Security, with the board's portion of the salary to be paid from that portion of the CMRS fund that is authorized under KRS 65.7631(2) to be used by the board for administrative purposes.(2) The administrator of CMRS emergency telecommunications shall serve as the coordinator and administrator on behalf of the board, and shall conduct the day-to-day operations of the board.(3) The administrator shall, with the advice of the board, coordinate and direct a statewide effort to expand and improve enhanced emergency telecommunications capabilities and responses throughout the state, including but not limited to the implementation of wireless E911 service requirements of the FCC order and rules and regulations adopted in carrying out that order. In this regard, the administrator shall:(a) Obtain, maintain, and disseminate information relating to emergency telecommunications technology, advances, capabilities, and techniques;(b) Coordinate and assist in the implementation of advancements and new technology in the operation of emergency telecommunications in the state, including the development and implementation of next generation 911 service;(c) Implement compliance throughout the state with the wireless E911 service requirements established by the FCC order and any rules or regulations which are or may be adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in carrying out the FCC order; and(d) Perform all functions and duties assigned by the board in carrying out the purposes of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643, including but not limited to making a full report to the board at each meeting of the activities in which the administrator has engaged in the discharge of his or her duties since the previous meeting.Amended by 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 138,§ 2, eff. 7/14/2018.Amended by 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 111,§ 6, eff. 7/14/2016.Effective:6/25/2009
Amended 2009, Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 34, effective6/25/2009. -- Amended 2006, Ky. Acts ch. 219, sec. 3, effective 7/12/2006. -- Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 94, effective 6/20/2005. -- Created 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 535, sec. 3, effective 7/15/1998.