Sec. 28-30a. Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund.
Sec. 28-30a. Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund. (a) There is established a fund to be known as the "Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund". The
fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund, including,
but not limited to, any federal funds collected pursuant to subsection (d) of section 28-24 and fees assessed against subscribers of local telephone service and subscribers of
commercial mobile radio services, pursuant to section 16-256g. The Enhanced 9-1-1
Telecommunications Fund shall be held separate and apart from all other moneys, funds
and accounts. Interest derived from the investment of the fund shall be credited to the
assets of the fund. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall
be carried forward in the fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.
(b) The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management, shall invest the moneys deposited in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund in the Short-Term Investment Fund authorized under section 3-27a or
investments in which the Treasurer may invest assets of the trust funds which are listed
in section 3-13c.
(c) The resources of the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund shall be used
solely to fund the expenses, as determined by the Commissioner of Public Safety in
accordance with subsection (c) of section 28-24, associated with the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. Any surplus shall be carried forward to successive fiscal years
and used for the sole purpose of administering the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program.
(P.A. 89-259, S. 2, 5; P.A. 96-150, S. 2, 5.)
History: P.A. 96-150 changed "Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Fund" to "Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund" and specified use of fund, effective May 31, 1996.