SB208

Under existing federal law, the Federal Communications Commission is required to regulate the use of money collected from surcharges imposed for emergency 911 service to prevent diversion of those fees or charges. (47 U.S.C. § 615a-1) Existing federal regulations limit the use of revenue from such fees or charges imposed by authorized taxing jurisdictions to: (1) the support and implementation of emergency 911 service; and (2) the operational expenses of a call center that receives and manages emergency calls, commonly known as a public safety answering point. Existing federal regulations provide certain examples of acceptable uses of such revenue which include, without limitation, the purchase, maintenance or upgrade of buildings or facilities that contain public safety answering points. (47 C.F.R § 9.23) Existing law authorizes a board of county commissioners to impose a surcharge for the enhancement of the telephone system for reporting an emergency or for the purchase and maintenance of portable event recording devices and vehicular event recording devices if the board adopts and reviews, at least annually, a 5-year master plan for the enhancement of the telephone system or the purchase and maintenance of such recording devices. (NRS 244A.7643) If a county imposes such a surcharge, existing law requires that the revenue collected from the surcharge be deposited in a special revenue fund and used only for specified purposes. Existing law prescribes an order of pr