Amend CSHB 1983 by striking SECTION 16 of the bill, and
substituting the following:
      SECTION 16.  Section 771.055, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 771.055.  STRATEGIC PLANNING <DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL
PLANS>.  (a)  Each regional planning commission shall develop a
regional plan for the establishment and operation of 9-1-1 service
throughout the region that the regional planning commission serves.
The 9-1-1 service must meet the standards established by the
<advisory> commission.
      (b)  A regional <The> plan must describe <include a
description of> how the 9-1-1 service is to be administered. The
9-1-1 service may be administered by an emergency communication
district, municipality, or county, by a combination formed by
interlocal contract, or by other appropriate means as determined by
the regional planning commission. In a region in which one or more
emergency communication districts exist, a preference shall be
given to administration by those districts and expansion of the
area served by those districts.
      (c)  A regional plan must be updated at least once every
state fiscal biennium and must include :
            (1)  a description of how money allocated to the region
under this chapter is to be allocated in the region;
            (2)  projected financial operating information for the
two state fiscal years following the submission of the plan; and
            (3)  strategic planning information for the five state
fiscal years following submission of the plan.
      (d)  In a region in which one or more emergency communication
districts exist, if a district chooses to participate in the
regional plan, the district shall assist in the development of the
regional plan.
      (e)  For each state fiscal biennium, the commission shall
prepare a strategic plan for statewide 9-1-1 service for the
following five state fiscal years using information from the
strategic information contained in the regional plans and provided
by emergency communication districts and home-rule municipalities
that operate 9-1-1 systems independent of the state system. The
commission shall present the strategic plan to the governor and the
Legislative Budget Board, together with the commission's
legislative appropriations request. The strategic plan must:
            (1)  include a survey of the current performance,
efficiency, and degree of implementation of emergency
communications services throughout the whole state;
            (2)  provide an assessment of the progress made toward
meeting the goals and objectives of the previous strategic plan and
a summary of the total expenditures for emergency communications
services in the state;
            (3)  provide a strategic direction for emergency
communications services in this state;
            (4)  establish goals and objectives relating to
emergency communications in this state;
            (5)  provide long-range policy guidelines for emergency
communications in this state;
            (6)  identify major issues relating to improving
emergency communications in this state;
            (7)  identify priorities for this state's emergency
communications system; and
            (8)  detail the financial performance of each regional
planning commission in implementing emergency communications
service including an accounting of administrative expenses.