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Committee hears cleanup and technical changes to Montana 9-1-1 statewide plan
Summary
House Bill 538 would add a Montana chapter NENA representative to the statewide 9‑1‑1 advisory council, allow call volume as an allocation factor when data becomes available, and makes technical updates; proponents stressed no change in the per-line fee and described procurement of a new statewide emergency services IP network.
Representative Melissa Nikolicakos brought House Bill 538 before the Senate State Administration Committee as a largely technical cleanup to Montana’s statewide 9‑1‑1 plan.
"This is a simple cleanup bill for our 9‑1‑1 statewide plan," Representative Melissa Nikolicakos said, describing the bill as updating language, adding a Montana chapter National Emergency Number Association (NENA) member to the advisory council and "cleaning up some numbers and dates." The bill makes no change to the dollar per phone-line fee, she said, and would add call volume as an allocation…
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