Montana § 10-4-103 Emergency Telephone System Requirements

Montana Statutes

§ 10-4-103 — Emergency Telephone System Requirements

Montana § 10-4-103

Title 10MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

Ch. 4STATE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM

Part 1Emergency Telephone System Plans

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Mont. Code Ann. § 10-4-103 (2026).

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10-4-103 . Emergency telephone system requirements.

(1)Every local and tribal government in this state may establish or participate in a 9-1-1 system.

(2)A 9-1-1 system must include:

(a)a 24-hour communications facility automatically accessible anywhere in the public safety answering point's service area by dialing 9-1-1;

(b)direct dispatch of public and private safety services in the public safety answering point's service area or relay or transfer of 9-1-1 communications to an appropriate public or private safety agency;

(c)a 24-hour communications facility equipped with at least two trunk-hunting local access circuits provided by the local telephone company's central office;

(d)automatic number identification that automatically identifies and displays the calling telephone number

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10-4-103 . Emergency telephone system requirements. (1) Every local and tribal government in this state may establish or participate in a 9-1-1 system.
(2) A 9-1-1 system must include:
(a) a 24-hour communications facility automatically accessible anywhere in the public safety answering point's service area by dialing 9-1-1;
(b) direct dispatch of public and private safety services in the public safety answering point's service area or relay or transfer of 9-1-1 communications to an appropriate public or private safety agency;
(c) a 24-hour communications facility equipped with at least two trunk-hunting local access circuits provided by the local telephone company's central office;
(d) automatic number identification that automatically identifies and displays the calling telephone number at the public safety answering point; and
(e) automatic location identification that automatically identifies and displays the location of the calling telephone at the public safety answering point.
(3) The primary emergency telephone number within the state is 9-1-1, but a public safety answering point shall maintain both a separate seven-digit secondary emergency number for use by the telephone company operator and a separate seven-digit nonemergency number.