Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5301 (2026)

Scope of chapter.

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CHAPTER 53

911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Sec.

5301. Scope of chapter.

5302. Definitions.

5303. Telecommunications management.

5304. Counties.

5304.1. Pennsylvania State Police.

5304.2. Addressing authorities.

5304.3. Next generation 911 call delivery.

5305. 911 system plan.

5306. Special public meeting (Deleted by amendment).

5306.1. Fund.

5306.2. Uniform 911 surcharge.

5307. Payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by providers of 911 communications services.

5307.1. Payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service.

5308. Expenditures for nonrecurring costs, training, mobile communications equipment, maintenance and operation of 911 systems (Deleted by amendment).

5309. Telephone records.

5310. Penalty.

5311. (Reserved).

5311.1. Immunity.

5311.2. Powers and duties of agency (Deleted by amendment).

5311.3. Advisory committee (Deleted by amendment).

5311.4. Wireless E-911 Emergency Services Fund (Deleted by amendment).

5311.5. Disbursement of fund amounts by agency (Deleted by amendment).

5311.6. Reporting (Deleted by amendment).

5311.7. Prohibition against release of information.

5311.8. Wireless provider and VoIP provider records (Deleted by amendment).

5311.9. Immunity (Deleted by amendment).

5311.10. Agency funding for wireless E-911 support (Deleted by amendment).

5311.11. Rate regulation.

5311.12. Regulations (Deleted by amendment).

5311.13. Enforcement (Deleted by amendment).

5311.14. Collection and disbursement of VoIP 911 fee (Deleted by amendment).

5311.15. MLTS service.

5311.16. Business MLTS (Repealed).

5311.17. Shared communications services (Repealed).

5311.18. Temporary residence (Repealed).

5311.19. Local notification (Repealed).

5311.20. ALI database maintenance.

5311.21. Industry standards.

5311.22. Dialing instructions (Repealed).

5311.23. MLTS signaling.

5311.24. MLTS operator education.

5311.25. Limitation of liability.

5312. (Reserved).

5312.1. Legislative study (Repealed).

5313. Legislative report.

5314. Inventory.

5398. Termination (Repealed).

5399. Prohibited release of information.

Enactment. Chapter 53 was added November 23, 2010, P.L.1181, No.118, effective January 1, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

Chapter Heading. The heading of Chapter 53 was amended June 29, 2015, P.L.36, No.12, effective August 1, 2015.

Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 7(b)(1) and (2) of Act 118 of 2010 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.

§ 5301. Scope of chapter.

This chapter relates to emergency telephone service.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Cnty. of Butler v. Centurylink Commc'ns, LLC, 207 A.3d 838 (Pa. 2019).

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Cnty. of Butler v. Centurylink Commc'ns, LLC, 207 A.3d 838 (Pa. 2019). “78 (as amended 35 Pa.C.S. § 5301 -5312.1 ) (superseded) (the "911 Act" or the "Act").”

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