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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY COSTA AND WOZNIAK, JULY 9, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JULY 9, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of July 9, 1990 (P.L.340, No.78), entitled "An |
2 | act providing for a Statewide emergency telephone number 911 |
3 | system; providing for contributions from telephone |
4 | subscribers; providing a penalty; and making a repeal," |
5 | further providing for expenditures for nonrecurring costs, |
6 | training, mobile communications equipment, maintenance and |
7 | operation of 911 systems, and for disbursement of fund |
8 | amounts by agency. |
9 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
10 | hereby enacts as follows: |
11 | Section 1. Section 8(b) of the act of July 9, 1990 (P.L.340, |
12 | No.78), known as the Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act, |
13 | amended February 12, 1998 (P.L.64, No.17), is amended to read: |
14 | Section 8. Expenditures for nonrecurring costs, training, |
15 | mobile communications equipment, maintenance and |
16 | operation of 911 systems. |
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18 | (b) Items included in nonrecurring costs, training, mobile |
19 | communications equipment, maintenance and operation costs.-- |
20 | Maintenance and operation costs may include telephone company |
21 | charges, equipment costs or equipment lease charges, repairs, |
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1 | utilities, development and maintenance of a master street |
2 | address guide, erection of street signs on State and local |
3 | highways, data base maintenance costs, personnel training, |
4 | salary and benefit costs which are directly related to the |
5 | provision of 911 services and costs for mobile communications |
6 | equipment, audit costs and appropriate carryover costs from |
7 | previous years. Maintenance and operation costs shall not |
8 | include any cost necessary to house the 911 system. No more than |
9 | [70%] 80% of the contribution rate collected during each |
10 | county's fiscal year may be utilized to fund personnel training, |
11 | salary and benefit costs. |
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13 | Section 2. Section 11.5(b) of the act, added December 30, |
14 | 2003 (P.L.384, No.56), is amended to read: |
15 | Section 11.5. Disbursement of fund amounts by agency. |
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17 | (b) Limitations on use of fund amounts by PSAPs.--No PSAP |
18 | shall receive a disbursement from the fund for any cost |
19 | necessary to house the wireless E-911 system or for the purchase |
20 | of real estate, cosmetic remodeling, ambulances, fire engines or |
21 | other emergency vehicles, utilities, taxes and other expenses as |
22 | determined by the agency. No more than [70%] 80% of the |
23 | disbursements which a PSAP receives from the fund during the |
24 | agency's fiscal year may be utilized to fund personnel training, |
25 | salary and benefit costs. |
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27 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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