N.Y. County Law § 331: Funding of local public safety answering points

* § 331. Funding of local public safety answering points. 1. A local

public safety answering point shall be eligible for reimbursement of

eligible wireless 911 service costs. Applications for reimbursement

shall be in a form and manner determined by the department of state and

shall be submitted by a municipality, as defined in section three

hundred one of this chapter. Any local public safety answering point

operated by a political subdivision or a local public safety answering

point operated by a not-for-profit corporation under contract with a

political subdivision, within a county with a population in excess of

one million according to the federal decennial census of two thousand

shall be eligible to share in any reimbursement received by such county,

provided, however, that such local public service answering point had

received wireless calls on or before the effective date of this article.

Any county which contains a city with a population in excess of one

hundred thousand according to the federal decennial census of two

thousand which city is serviced by a local public safety answering point

that received wireless 911 calls on or before the effective date of this

article shall be required to share any reimbursement received by such

county with such city in accordance with section three hundred

thirty-two of this article. The applicant shall distribute its

reimbursement to eligible local public safety answering points in

accordance with an equitable distribution based upon eligible wireless

911 service costs incurred; no local public safety answering point

eligible under this subdivision shall be denied reimbursement for such

eligible costs, provided that there are funds available to the applicant

pursuant to section three hundred thirty-two of this article.

2. In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to this section, a

local public safety answering point must be in compliance with the

standards promulgated pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision

four of section three hundred twenty-eight of this article, provided,

however, that a local public safety answering point operated within or

by a county with a population of more than one million or a local public

safety answering point servicing a city with a population in excess of

one hundred thousand according to the federal decennial census of two

thousand which received wireless 911 calls on or before the effective

date of this article must only be in compliance with the standards

promulgated pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section

three hundred twenty-eight of this article.

3. (a) Until such time as the standards developed pursuant to

subdivision four of section three hundred twenty-eight of this article

have been promulgated, or until October first, two thousand three,

whichever is later, and subject to appropriation by the legislature, the

executive board, upon the recommendation of the department of state,

shall distribute moneys from the fund to the applicant for the

reimbursement of eligible wireless 911 service costs pursuant to section

three hundred thirty-two of this article. Any action taken by the

executive board to distribute moneys shall be by unanimous decision of

the executive board.

(b) The department of state shall make recommendations to the

executive board, at a minimum, on a quarterly basis regarding all

requests for reimbursement. The executive board shall make final

determinations with respect to such recommendations not later than the

end of the following quarter.

4. (a) After such time as the standards required pursuant to

subdivision four of section three hundred twenty-eight of this article

have been promulgated, and subject to appropriation by the legislature,

the department of state shall distribute moneys from the fund to the

applicant for the reimbursement of eligible wireless 911 services costs

pursuant to section three hundred thirty-two of this article.

(b) An applicant that has been denied moneys pursuant to paragraph (a)

of this subdivision or that has been denied an extension of time to

qualify for receipt of such moneys may appeal such denial to the board.

5. The department of state shall have the power to make, execute, and

deliver contracts, conveyances, and other instruments necessary to

effect the purposes and objectives of this subdivision. The department

of state may grant an extension of time to a municipality to seek

reimbursement for eligible 911 service costs for good cause shown.

* NB Repealed upon notification by the director of budget upon

cessation of adverse effects