KRS 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 re quirements 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 c ompliance 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 fun ctions 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.