Bill Text: GA SB156 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 System; remove the requirements for certain audits; certain reports

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-12 - Effective Date [SB156 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB156-Engrossed.html

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11 LC 28 5526

Senate Bill 156

By: Senators Jeffares of the 17th, Rogers of the 21st, Williams of the 19th, Miller of the 49th, Albers of the 56th and others

AS PASSED SENATE

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system, so as to remove the requirements for certain audits; to require certain reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system, is amended by revising paragraph (1) of subsection (m) of Code Section 46-5-134, relating to billing of subscribers, liability of subscriber for service charge, taxes on service, establishment of Emergency Telephone System Fund, records, and use of federal, state, municipal, or private funds, as follows:

"(m)(1) Any local government collecting or expending any 9-1-1 charges or wireless enhanced 9-1-1 charges in any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2005, shall file an annual report of its collections and expenditures in conjunction with the annual audit required under Code Section 36-81-7. The form shall be designed by the state auditor and shall be distributed to local governments administering such funds document the amount of funds collected and expended from such charges. The annual report Any local government collecting or expending 9-1-1 funds shall require certification by the recipient local government and by the local government auditor that certify, in their audit, as required under Code Section 36-81-7, that 9-1-1 funds were expended in compliance with the expenditure requirements of this Code section."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.