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A2282
ASSEMBLY, No. 2282
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
���� Concerns distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency
Response Trust Fund Account.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning the 9-1-1 System and Emergency Response
Trust Fund Account and amending P.L.2004, c.48.
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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
C.
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 Statewide Public
Safety Communications Commission created pursuant to 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)
; and (9)
any costs associated with recruitment and retention of first responders
.
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c.���� Five percent of
funds credited to the �9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account�
shall be annually appropriated to the New Jersey EMS Task Force.
(cf: P.L.2013, c.245, s.1)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill expands the purposes
funded by the �9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account.�� Under
this bill, funds credited to the account are to be annually appropriated to pay
any costs associated with the recruitment and retention of first responders.�
The bill also allocates, annually, five percent of funds credited to the
account to the New Jersey EMS Task Force, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
that provides emergency medical services throughout New Jersey and regularly
collaborates with the State.