{"data":{"id":"us-mt/10-4-107","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"10-4-107","heading":"Department duties and powers -- 9-1-1 planning.","body":"(1) There is a 9-1-1 program administered by the department.\n(2) The department shall:\n(a) allocate and distribute 9-1-1 fees;\n(b) update the allocation and distribution of 9-1-1 fees in accordance with 10-4-305 and rules adopted pursuant to 10-4-108;\n(c) provide grants in accordance with 10-4-306. In awarding the grants, the department shall review and approve requests for funding in accordance with 10-4-306.\n(d) monitor the expenditure of program funds for:\n(i) 9-1-1 purposes by local and tribal governments that host public safety answering points; and\n(ii) allowable uses of grant funds by entities;\n(e) maintain a statewide 9-1-1 plan in accordance with subsection (3);\n(f) staff and fund the administrative costs of the 9-1-1 advisory council established in 10-4-105;\n(g) accept federal funds granted by congress or by executive order and gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of administering this chapter; and\n(h) establish allowable uses of funds by local and tribal governments that host public safety answering points that receive distributions pursuant to 10-4-305 and ensure that funds are expended only for allowable uses.\n(3) A statewide 9-1-1 plan must include:\n(a) to the maximum extent feasible the use of existing commercial communications infrastructure; and\n(b) 9-1-1 system standards and support efforts to migrate legacy technologies to next-generation 9-1-1 technologies when appropriate and to provide for the implementation of future 9-1-1 technologies. Any standards adopted by the department for legacy 9-1-1 technologies or principles adopted for baseline next-generation 9-1-1 technologies must be:\n(i) flexible and graduated, while ensuring minimum service levels; and\n(ii) based on industry standards.\n(4) The department, in fulfilling its duties pursuant to subsection (2), may request necessary information from local and tribal governments. If a local or tribal government does not comply with the request, the department may withhold funding distributions as provided for in 10-4-109.","path":["TITLE 10. MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES","CHAPTER 4. STATE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM","Part 1. Emergency Telephone System Plans"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0100/chapter_0040/part_0010/section_0070/0100-0040-0010-0070.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:14Z","sha256":"6e89c0a9aea68945b22f346415960972e10ff97fa1c896a72fb9a1e497302467","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/10-4-106","next":"us-mt/10-4-108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}