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P ~ R/.R <br />~Y d o <br />North Carolina <br />WIRELESS 911 BOARD <br />Dr. William E. Willis, Chair <br />Joseph K. Durham, Vice Chair <br />December 13, 2007 <br />Dear County/City Manager <br />Finance Director <br />911 Director <br />Collection and disbursement of all 911 fees in North Carolina will change on January 1, 2008. <br />These changes arise from Session Law 2007-383, signed by Governor Easley on 19 August <br />2007. An electronic copy of this new law is available at: <br />htip://www.iicga.state.nc.us/EnacteciLegislation/SessiotiLaws/PDF/2007-2008/SL2007-383.pdf <br />All 911 service fees will be collected at the rate of S.70 for each connection. Providers, both <br />wireline and wireless, will collect these fees and remit them to the North Carolina 911 Board for <br />administration. Local governments will not collect 911 service fees after January 1, 2008. <br />Remittances from wireline providers are anticipated for receipt by the 911 Board in February. <br />Disbursements from these receipts are anticipated for March 2008. Disbursements from wireless <br />fees receipts will continue in January and February of'2008 as in prior months. All funds <br />received by local government agencies from the 911 Board should be placed in a special revenue <br />fund designated as the Emergency Telephone System Fund. <br />Any fund balance of landine line fees collected prior to January 1, 2008 transfer to the general <br />fund of the local governing entity- This transfer is explained in Section 2(b) of SL 2007-383- <br />The 911 Board will be a new Board consisting of 12 members from the Wireless 911 Board and <br />5 additional new members. The policies, procedures, funds and personnel of the Wireless 911 <br />Board will transition to the 911 Board and will serve as the operating procedures until they are <br />revised or replaced. <br />i_9e :vul,ty <br />Manag~rs Office <br />rvww.ncwire1ess91 Lorg DEC i 2007 <br />Post Oft-ice Box 17209• Raleigh. North Carolina 27619-7209 <br />Tel: (919) 754-2942 • Fax: (919) 431-1643 • State Courier 51 -01-1 1 <br />An L.yual Opportunity/A IhimaIive Aaiun I..mpIoyer <br />