(1) Before July 1, 2021, and before July 1 of every fourth year beginning in 2025, each county that is not served by a single, physically consolidated public safety answering point shall utilize a qualified third party to conduct an audit of each public safety answering point within the county.

(2) (a) The audit described in Subsection (1) shall evaluate: (i) how best to provide the emergency services within the county; and (ii) whether the county could provide more cost efficient emergency service or improve public safety by establishing a single public safety answering point for the county. (b) The county may request and the Utah Communications Authority Board created in Section 63H-7a-203 may grant reimbursement for the costs of each audit described in Subsection (1), up to $60,000, distributed from the Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Services Account described in Section 63H-7a-304.

(a) The audit described in Subsection (1) shall evaluate: (i) how best to provide the emergency services within the county; and (ii) whether the county could provide more cost efficient emergency service or improve public safety by establishing a single public safety answering point for the county.

(i) how best to provide the emergency services within the county; and

(ii) whether the county could provide more cost efficient emergency service or improve public safety by establishing a single public safety answering point for the county.

(b) The county may request and the Utah Communications Authority Board created in Section 63H-7a-203 may grant reimbursement for the costs of each audit described in Subsection (1), up to $60,000, distributed from the Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Services Account described in Section 63H-7a-304.

(3) (a) Each public safety answering point shall participate and cooperate in the audit described in Subsection (1). (b) A public safety answering point that fails to participate and cooperate in the audit as described in Subsection (1) is ineligible for funding or services provided by the Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Services Account described in Section 63H-7a-304.

(a) Each public safety answering point shall participate and cooperate in the audit described in Subsection (1).

(b) A public safety answering point that fails to participate and cooperate in the audit as described in Subsection (1) is ineligible for funding or services provided by the Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Services Account described in Section 63H-7a-304.