BHB/6/13
Sponsored by Millie Chesney, Anna Apking of West High School
This legislation was filed in the Safety and Homeland Security category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | Emergency blue light phones- phones that have the ability to provide a communications system in |
| 5 | the event of an emergency by relaying crucial, life-saving information |
| 6 | Running trails- trails that are open to the public and regulated by the state |
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| 8 | Section 2: Be it enacted by the Tennessee YMCA Youth in Government, emergency blue light |
| 9 | phones will be placed every mile on the running trails within the State of Tennessee. |
| 10 | When signaled, the blue light phones will notify the nearest police station and first responders, as |
| 11 | well as a loud siren and bright light on top of the tower to signal those around you for help and |
| 12 | scare away criminals. |
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| 14 | Section 3: If enacted, funding will go to the Tennessee Department of Parks and Recreation to |
| 15 | install these phones in Tennessee State Parks. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Section 4: The addition of these blue light emergency phones will cost approximately $1,600,000 |
| 18 | and will be funded through the Tennessee Department of Parks and Recreation. The government |
| 19 | will need to refer to a bidding process for this. |
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| 21 | Section 5: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 23 | Section 6: This act shall take effect on January 1, 2025, public welfare requiring it. |
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