Sponsored by:
Senator DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.
District 13 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Expands use of funds in "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" collected from mobile telecommunications service customers to pay costs associated with operation of certain county or municipal emergency services.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the use of certain funds in the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" and amending P.L.2004, c.48.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 3 of P.L.2004, c.48 (C.52:17C-19) is amended to read as follows:
3. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury within the General Fund a special account to be known as the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
b. Funds credited to the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" shall be annually appropriated for the purposes of paying:
(1) eligible costs pursuant to the provisions of sections 13 and 14 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-13 and C.52:17C-14);
(2) the costs of funding the State's capital equipment (including debt service), facilities and operating expenses that arise from emergency response;
(3) the cost of emergency response training, including any related costs or expenses of the Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety;
(4) the cost of operating the Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-3);
(5) the cost of operating the Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission created pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2011, c.4 (C.52:17C-3.2);
(6) any costs associated with implementing any requirement of the Federal Communications Commission concerning 9-1-1 service that is not otherwise allocated to a [carrier] mobile telecommunications company or telephone exchange company and not eligible for reimbursement under law or regulation;
(7) any costs associated with planning, designing or implementing an automatic location identification technology that is not otherwise allocated to a [wireless carrier] mobile telecommunications company and not eligible for reimbursement under law or regulation; [and]
(8) any costs associated with planning, designing or acquiring replacement equipment or systems (including debt service) related to the enhanced 9-1-1 network as defined by subsection e. of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-1) ; and
(9) for funds collected pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2004, c.48 (C.52:17C-18), any costs associated with the operation of a county or municipal emergency medical services unit or a fire department or force, paid or volunteer.
(cf: P.L.2013, c.245, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill expands the permitted use of certain funds in the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account," imposed on each mobile telecommunications service customer, to include the payment of costs associated with the operation of a county or municipal emergency medical services unit or a fire department or force, paid or volunteer.