Okla. Stat. tit. 13, § 13-178
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Short title - Kelsey Smith Act – Wireless
Official statutory text
telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to
law enforcement.
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kelsey
Smith Act".
B. As used in this act, "law enforcement agency" means any
department or agency of this state or a political subdivision of
this state that employs personnel certified by the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training and is empowered by law to
maintain public order, make arrests and enforce the criminal laws of
this state or municipal ordinances.
C. Upon request of a law enforcement agency, a wireless
telecommunications carrier shall provide call location information
of the telecommunications device of a user to the requesting agency
in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an
emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical
harm. If call location information is provided to a law enforcement
agency for the purposes set forth in this section, notice shall be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 13. Common Carriers Page 32
given to the user within thirty (30) days after the call for
emergency services or the emergency situation.
D. A wireless telecommunications carrier registered to do
business in this state or otherwise submitting to the jurisdiction
of this state and a reseller of wireless telecommunications services
shall submit emergency contact information for the carrier to the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) to facilitate requests
from a law enforcement agency for call location information in
accordance with this section. Such contact information shall be
submitted annually by July 1 or immediately upon any change in
contact information. The OSBI shall maintain a database containing
emergency contact information for carriers required pursuant to this
subsection and shall make the information immediately available upon
request to any law enforcement agency in this state. The OSBI shall
promulgate rules to implement the requirements of this subsection.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require carriers to
submit emergency contact information for individual customers to the
OSBI.
E. A wireless telecommunications carrier, its officers,
employees or agents shall have no civil or criminal liability for
providing call location information while acting in good faith and
in accordance with the provisions of this section.
law enforcement.
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kelsey
Smith Act".
B. As used in this act, "law enforcement agency" means any
department or agency of this state or a political subdivision of
this state that employs personnel certified by the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training and is empowered by law to
maintain public order, make arrests and enforce the criminal laws of
this state or municipal ordinances.
C. Upon request of a law enforcement agency, a wireless
telecommunications carrier shall provide call location information
of the telecommunications device of a user to the requesting agency
in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an
emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical
harm. If call location information is provided to a law enforcement
agency for the purposes set forth in this section, notice shall be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 13. Common Carriers Page 32
given to the user within thirty (30) days after the call for
emergency services or the emergency situation.
D. A wireless telecommunications carrier registered to do
business in this state or otherwise submitting to the jurisdiction
of this state and a reseller of wireless telecommunications services
shall submit emergency contact information for the carrier to the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) to facilitate requests
from a law enforcement agency for call location information in
accordance with this section. Such contact information shall be
submitted annually by July 1 or immediately upon any change in
contact information. The OSBI shall maintain a database containing
emergency contact information for carriers required pursuant to this
subsection and shall make the information immediately available upon
request to any law enforcement agency in this state. The OSBI shall
promulgate rules to implement the requirements of this subsection.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require carriers to
submit emergency contact information for individual customers to the
OSBI.
E. A wireless telecommunications carrier, its officers,
employees or agents shall have no civil or criminal liability for
providing call location information while acting in good faith and
in accordance with the provisions of this section.
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