Bill Text: NJ S1944 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Removes statutory reference to 9-1-1 Commission which was renamed Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-13 - Substituted by A2873 (1R) [S1944 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S1944-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Removes statutory reference to 9-1-1 Commission which was renamed Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act removing statutory reference to the 9-1-1 Commission and amending P.L.2004, c.48.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 3 of P.L.2004, c.48 (C.52:17C-19) is amended to read as follows:
3. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury within the General Fund a special account to be known as the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
b. Funds credited to the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" shall be annually appropriated for the purposes of paying: (1) eligible costs pursuant to the provisions of sections 13 and 14 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-13 and 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 created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-3); (5) the cost of operating the [9-1-1] Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission created pursuant to section [2 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-2)] section 5 of P.L.2011, c.4 (C.52:17C-3.2); (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 as defined by subsection e. of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-1).
(cf: P.L.2004, c.48, s.3)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would remove the remaining references in the statutes to the now defunct 9-1-1 Commission. The 9-1-1 Commission was renamed the Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission pursuant to P.L.2011, c.4.
