GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 867
     

 
Short Title:	Use of 911 Funds/Pitt.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative McLawhorn.	
Referred to:	Public Utilities.	
March 29, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Clarifying and expanding the allowed uses of the money in the emergency telephone system fund for communications needs.

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:
(1)	The lease, purchase, or maintenance of emergency telephone equipment, including mobile radio equipment, base stations, communications towers, and other equipment necessary for interconnectivity between police, fire, and rescue units and individuals.
(1a)	Necessary computer hardware, software and database provisioning, addressing, and nonrecurring costs of establishing and upgrading a 911 system.
(2)	The rates associated with the service supplier's 911 service and other service supplier recurring charges.
(b)	The following expenses are not eligible for payment from the Fund:  
(1)	The lease or purchase of real estate.
(2)	Cosmetic remodeling of emergency dispatch centers.
(3)	Hiring, training, and compensating dispatchers.
(4)	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 Pitt County only.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001, and applies to charges billed on or after that date.