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034 <br />63~ ~•~4 T °0 <br />North Carolina <br />WIRELESS 9.11 BOARD <br />D1. William E. Willis, Chair <br />December 13. 2007 <br />• <br />Dear County/City Manager <br />Finance Director <br />91 1 Director <br />loseph K_ Dwham, Vice Chair <br />Collection and disbursement of all 911 fees in north Carolina will change on January 1, 2008. <br />I here chanlges 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 />hup:i/www.ncga.state.nc.us/GnacteclLegislation/SessionLaws/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 />wnclhie 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 I, 2008. <br />Remittances from wireline providers are anticipated for receipt by the 911 Board in Febnlary. <br />Disburserents 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 fiom the 911 Board should be placed in a special revenue <br />flmd designated as the } meigency Telephone System Fund. <br />Any fiend balance oflancline line fees collected prior to lanuary 1, 2008 transfer to the general <br />Fund ofthe local goveming entity. 'I his Iransfei is explained in Section 2(b) ofSL 2007-381 <br />The 91 1 Board will be a new Board consisting of 12 members froth the Wireless 91 1 Board and <br />5 additional new members. The policies, procedures, funds and personnel of the Wireless 911 <br />Board will transition to the 91 1 Board and will serve as the operating procedures until they are <br />revised or replaced. <br />L' vi; lily <br />fvlanQK Office <br />rvww.ncwireless111.or~ <br />Post OIGce Box 1720)• Raleigh, Ncrnh Caiolim 27619--M' `lI 20,97 <br />Teti (919) 754-2942 • Paz. (919) 431 1647 • $inle Couric, 51-01-11 <br />An 11011.11 UopounnnviAlli: mun~e Anion 6nolova <br />