A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT expanding the permitted uses of 911 funds by Public safety answering points in the state.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62A‑46 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62A‑46.  Fund distribution to PSAPs.
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(c)	Use of Funds. – A PSAP that receives a distribution from the 911 Fund may not use the amount received to pay for the lease or purchase of real estate, cosmetic remodeling of emergency dispatch centers, hiring or compensating telecommunicators, or the purchase of mobile communications vehicles, ambulances, fire engines, or other emergency vehicles. Distributions received by a PSAP may be used only to pay for 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, and the lease, purchase, operation, and maintenance of consoles and communications equipment owned or operated by the PSAP and physically located within and for the use of the PSAP, and radio or microwave towers and equipment with lines which terminate in the PSAP.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.