GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 725
     

 
Short Title:	Use of 911 Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Culpepper and Rogers.	
Referred to:	Public Utilities.	
March 22, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow the money in the emergency telephone system fund to be used for all costs associated with operating a 911 system.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62A‑8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62A‑8.  Payments from Fund.
(a)	Money from the Emergency Telephone System Fund shall be used  to pay for all costs associated with operating a 911 system, including any of the following:
(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.
	
(3)	The lease or purchase of real estate.
(4)	The cosmetic remodeling of emergency dispatch centers.
(5)	Hiring, training, and compensating dispatchers.
(6)	The purchase of mobile communications vehicles, ambulances, fire engines, or other emergency vehicles.
(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 Washington County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.