It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 39-21.1-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-21.1 entitled "Uniform 911 Emergency Telephone Number Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 39-21.1-5. Operation of 911 service. -- ADD} (a) The state shall establish a single central statewide emergency 911 system equipped with selective call routing, automatic number identification, and automatic location identification.

(b) The digits "911" shall be the primary emergency telephone number within the state.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or discourage the municipalities to maintain a separate secondary backup telephone numbers for emergency and nonemergency telephone calls. Dissemination of the information contained in the data base for any other than emergency purpose is prohibited. The 911 emergency telephone number is not intended as a total replacement for the telephone service of the public safety agencies. The public safety answering point will not use the 911 system for administrative purposes, for placing outgoing calls, or for receiving nonemergency calls.

(d) Any addition to the basic 911 system that may be required by any municipality may be made at the municipality's expense, provided that the addition is approved by the 911 authority.

(e) The 911 authority and the telephone common carrier contracting with the authority shall not be liable for any inadequate data base information submitted to the 911 authority by the municipality, its agents or servants.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 31 of title 9 of the general laws, the telephone common carrier, its agents and employees, is hereby indemnified and held harmless by the 911 authority and the state for civil damages for any action or omission in connection with the 911 or E911 systems unless the action or omission constitutes gross negligence or wanton and willful misconduct.

(f) Any expense incurred by a municipality shall not be deemed a state mandate pursuant to section 45-13-9 of the general laws.

{ADD (g) The telephone common carrier shall not issue or permit the usage of any three (3) digit telephone number for emergency purposes other than the digits "911" as provided in this chapter. ADD}

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.