69-2-302. Distribution of 911 emergency service charge revenue.
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As used in this section:
Terms Used In Utah Code 69-2-302- 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.
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Public safety answering point: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63H-7a-103. See Utah Code 69-2-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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“Proportional distribution” means the amount of a public safety answering point‘s proportion of 911 emergency service charge revenue calculated under Subsection (3). |
| (b) |
“Proportion of total call volume” means the number of 911 emergency communications that a public safety answering point receives in a year divided by the number of total 911 emergency communications for the state for the year. |
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| (2) |
The commission shall transmit funds collected under Section 69-2-402 each month to a public safety answering point as follows:
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for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 only, an amount equal to the greater of:
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the amount of 911 emergency service charge revenue distributed to the public safety answering point for the same month in fiscal year 2017; or |
| (ii) |
the public safety answering point’s proportional distribution for the month; and |
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| (b) |
for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2019, the public safety answering point’s proportional distribution for the month. |
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| (3) |
A public safety answering point’s proportion of 911 emergency service charge revenue is an amount equal to the total funds collected under Section 69-2-402 for the current month multiplied by the average proportion of total call volume for the public safety answering point over the three years previous to the current year. |
| (4) |
| (a) |
For the purpose of the calculation described in Subsection (3), the Utah Communications Authority shall determine for each year:
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the number of total 911 emergency communications for the state; |
| (ii) |
the number of 911 emergency communications received by each public safety answering point; and |
| (iii) |
the average per year, over the last three years before the current year, of total 911 emergency communications for the state and 911 emergency communications received by each public safety answering point in the state. |
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| (b) |
The Utah Communications Authority shall report the numbers described in Subsection (4)(a) to the commission on or before January 15 of each year. |
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Enacted by Chapter 430, 2017 General Session
