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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.514: PRIMARY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 9. SAFETY
- SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES
- CHAPTER 772. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
- SUBCHAPTER G. REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICTS: STATE PLANNING REGION WITH POPULATION OVER 1.5 MILLION
The digits 9-1-1 are the primary emergency telephone number in a district. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system:
(1) may maintain a separate number for an emergency telephone call; and
(2) shall maintain a separate number for a nonemergency telephone call.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 628), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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