GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 710
     

 
Short Title:	Use of 911 Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Arnold.	
Referred to:	Public Utilities.	
March 21, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow a portion of the money in the emergency telephone system fund to be used for purposes other than equipment and rates.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62A‑8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62A‑8.  Payments from Fund.
(a)	Fifty percent (50%) of the monies from the Emergency Telephone System Fund shall be used  to pay for:
(1)	The lease, purchase, or maintenance of emergency telephone equipment, including necessary computer hardware, software and database provisioning, addressing, and nonrecurring costs of establishing a 911 system.
(2)	The rates associated with the service supplier's 911 service and other service supplier recurring charges.
(b)	Fifty percent (50%) of the monies from the Emergency Telephone System Fund shall be used to pay for costs associated with operating a city's or county's emergency communications center.
(c)	A local government may contract with a service supplier for any term negotiated by the service supplier and the local government and may make payments from the Emergency Telephone System Fund to provide any payments required by the contract."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Nash County and the City of Rocky Mount only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to charges billed on or after that date.