Funds collected by a governing body from the imposition of a service surcharge shall be credited to a separate fund apart from the general revenue of the governing body and shall be used solely to pay for costs for 911 service. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund for payments during any succeeding year, except that if 911 service is discontinued, money remaining in the fund after payment of all costs related to 911 service have been made shall be transferred to the general fund of the public safety agency or proportionately to the general fund of each participating public safety agency.

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 86-439

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Governing body: means the county board, the city council of a city, the board of trustees of a village, or the board of directors of any rural or suburban fire protection district. See Nebraska Statutes 86-426
  • Public safety agency: means an agency which actually provides firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, emergency medical, or other emergency services. See Nebraska Statutes 86-430
  • Service surcharge: means a charge set by a governing body and assessed on each telephone number or functional equivalent of service users whose primary place of use is within the governing body's designated 911 service area, with the exception of those service users served by wireless carriers as defined in section 86-456 and those service users who have no access to 911 service. See Nebraska Statutes 86-433
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
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