CHAPTER 226. EMERGENCY HIGHWAY CALL BOX SYSTEM

TRANSPORTATION CODE

TITLE 6. ROADWAYS

SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM

CHAPTER 226. EMERGENCY HIGHWAY CALL BOX SYSTEM

Sec. 226.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "emergency response

services" means:

(1) fire-fighting, law enforcement, or emergency medical

services that are provided by a public agency; or

(2) motorist assistance services.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.

Sec. 226.002. APPLICABILITY; LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES. This

chapter does not:

(1) apply to a segment of a highway that the commission has

designated as a farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road; or

(2) authorize the department to make an expenditure of money for

the implementation, operation, or maintenance of the emergency

telephone call box system out of the state highway fund.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.

Sec. 226.003. INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF CALL

BOX SYSTEM. (a) The department may provide for the installment,

operation, and maintenance of a system of emergency telephone

call boxes along those highways in this state that are part of

the designated state highway system.

(b) The system may:

(1) be designed to enable users of those highways to request

emergency and nonemergency response services;

(2) include:

(A) wired or wireless telecommunications services; and

(B) one or more motorist assistance answering centers; and

(3) be capable of performing compatible Intelligent

Transportation System (ITS) functions.

(c) To minimize call processing loads in public safety answering

points established under Chapter 771 or 772, Health and Safety

Code, the department may contract with a private entity to

perform the functions of a motorist assistance answering center

under Subsection (b)(2)(B).

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.

Sec. 226.004. FUNDING. The department may implement a call box

system under this chapter if a public or private entity provides

all direct and indirect costs necessary for the installment,

operation, and maintenance of the system.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.

Sec. 226.005. LOCATION OF AND DISTANCE BETWEEN CALL BOXES. The

location of the emergency call boxes shall be determined by the

department in accordance with the design specifications of the

system.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.

Sec. 226.006. CONTRACTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND INSTALLATION.

(a) The department may award a contract for the installation,

maintenance, or operation of a call box system in the manner

provided by Chapter 223.

(b) The department may solicit proposals for and enter into one

or more lease-purchase agreements under this chapter.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.

Sec. 226.007. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION. The Advisory

Commission on State Emergency Communications, agencies of this

state, and each county and municipality in this state shall

cooperate in the design, establishment, operation, and

maintenance of the emergency telephone call box system.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.