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Introduced Session

This bill establishes the 9-1-1 PSAP County Grants program. The grant program is established for the purposes of paying for certain costs incurred by counties for the provision and maintenance of county public safety answering points (PSAPs). The grant program allocates 10 percent of the .90 cent fee collected on telephone bills pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2004, c.48 (C.52:17C-18) from the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account." The Office of Information Technology is required to establish the 9-1-1 PSAP County Grants program in consultation with the Office of Emergency Management in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The OIT is required to provide an annual report of the grant program to the Governor and Legislature. Currently, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2004, c.48 (C.52:17C-19), funds in the trust fund account are allocated for the following purposes: (1) the costs incurred in the initial installation of the Statewide enhanced 9-1-1 network and for the costs incurred by a county for the employment of a county 9-1-1 coordinator in an amount not to exceed $25,000 per county 9-1-1 coordinator pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-13), as well as the installation, operation, and maintenance costs required to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1989, c.3 (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; (5) the cost of operating the Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission; (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 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 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. This bill provides that funds in the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" may also be allocated toward an annual grant program for county public safety answering points (PSAPs).

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Don Guardian (R)*,  Clinton Calabrese (D),  Michele Matsikoudis (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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