N.Y. County Law § 308: Miscellaneous provisions

§ 308. Miscellaneous provisions. 1. At least one public service

answering point within and serving the 911 service area of a

municipality which has enacted a local law or resolution pursuant to the

provisions of this article shall be operated on a twenty-four hour

basis.

2. The board may also apply for and accept federal monies and may

accept contributions and donations from any source for the purpose of

funding an E911 emergency telephone system.

3. Nothing contained in this article shall require the imposition of a

surcharge by a municipality which has established or plans to establish

an E911 system to serve such municipality nor preclude other means of

funding all or part of an E911 system nor require the operation or

establishment of such system by any municipality.

4. Records, in whatever form they may be kept, of calls made to a

municipality's E911 system shall not be made available to or obtained by

any entity or person, other than that municipality's public safety

agency, another government agency or body, or a private entity or a

person providing medical, ambulance, mental health crisis, substance use

crisis, or other emergency services, and shall not be utilized for any

commercial purpose other than the provision of emergency services.