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This bill permits funds from the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" to be appropriated for the purposes of paying for certain costs incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services and prioritizes funds. Currently, pursuant to N.J.S.A.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 (N.J.S.A.52:17C-13) as well as the installation, operation, and maintenance costs required to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services (N.J.S.A.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 for costs incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services including, but not limited to, costs associated with emergency response training, operating expenses, and capital expenses. Finally, the bill requires funds to be distributed on a prioritized basis first to county, regionalized, or large centralized public safety answering points, followed by other local public safety answering points.

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Kristin Corrado (R)*,  Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D)*,  Carmen Amato (R),  Vin Gopal (D), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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