An Act to revise the annual reporting period for public safety answering points.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 34-45-4.4 be AMENDED:

34-45-4.4. Each governing body of a public safety answering point shall submit an annual a report to the board by July January thirty-first of each year. The report must cover the period of July January first through July first December thirty-first immediately preceding the report deadline and be available for public inspection. The annual report for each answering point must include the following:

(1) Number of unique service calls made for ambulance, fire, and law enforcement;

(2) Total number of employees;

(3) Operational budget;

(4) Total amount of dollars received by the 911 emergency surcharge pursuant to § 34-45-4 from each jurisdiction in the system;

(5) Description of the geographic territory of the public safety answering point; and

(6) Hours of operation for the public safety answering point.

The Department of Public Safety may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to require additional information from a public safety answering point for the purposes of the annual report.