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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE ENHANCED EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE CITY KNOWN AS THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:


SECTION 1. Notwithstanding sections 18A to 18F, inclusive, of chapter 6A of the General Laws, the city known as the town of Weymouth may modify, change or alter telephone company equipment utilized in the city's enhanced 911 system. The modifications, changes or alterations of equipment shall permit audio monitoring of emergency 911 telephone communications at the fire department headquarters of the city. The emergency 911 communications shall be monitored at a secure location within the fire department headquarters staffed at all times by fire department personnel fully trained in such monitoring. The emergency 911 communications shall be monitored in a manner that prevents any broadcast of them to the general public. The secure location used for monitoring emergency 911 communications shall be restricted to trained fire department personnel when such communications are being monitored. No such modification or change in the city's telephone company equipment or enhanced 911 system shall cause any degradation of the state's 911 system.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved August 6, 2002.