69-2-301.  Public safety answering point — 911 emergency service account — Permitted uses of funds.

(1)  A public safety answering point shall maintain in a separate emergency telecommunications service fund any funds dispersed to the public safety answering point from the commission under Section 69-2-302, from proceeds of the 911 emergency services charge levied under Section 69-2-402.

Terms Used In Utah Code 69-2-301

  • Access line: includes :
(i) a local exchange service switched access line within the state;
(ii) a revenue producing radio communications access line with a billing address within the state; and
(iii) a line provided by a service, including voice over Internet protocol, to a user with an address within the state, that allows the user to receive a call that originates on the public switched network and terminate a call to the public switched network. See Utah Code 69-2-102
  • Commission: means the State Tax Commission. See Utah Code 69-2-102
  • 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.
  • Public safety answering point: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63H-7a-103. See Utah Code 69-2-102
    • (2)  A public safety answering point may expend the money in the emergency telecommunications service fund described in Subsection (1) to pay the costs of:

    (a)  establishing, installing, maintaining, and operating a 911 emergency service system;

    (b)  receiving and processing emergency communications from the 911 system or other communications or requests for emergency services;

    (c)  integrating a 911 emergency service system into an established public safety answering point, including contracting with an access line provider or a vendor of appropriate terminal equipment as necessary to implement the 911 emergency services; or

    (d)  indirect costs associated with the maintaining and operating of a 911 emergency services system.

    (3)  A public safety answering point may expend revenue derived from the emergency telecommunications service fund described in Subsection (1) for personnel costs associated with receiving and processing communications and deploying emergency response resources.

    (4)  Any unexpended funds at the end of a fiscal year in a public safety answering point’s emergency telecommunications service fund described in Subsection (1) do not lapse.

    Enacted by Chapter 430, 2017 General Session

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