N.Y. CNT Law § 333 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 6-A / Section 333
Expedited deployment funding of local public safety answering points
Status: in_force

§ 333. Expedited deployment funding of local public safety answering\npoints. 1. Only local public safety answering points designated and\noperated by a governmental entity, other than the state police, shall be\neligible for expedited deployment funding.\n  2. To apply for expedited deployment funding, such local public safety\nanswering points shall submit a written enhanced wireless 911 plan. An\nenhanced wireless 911 plan shall include the following information and\nsuch other information as may be required pursuant to standards adopted\nby the board:\n  (a) a timeframe for planned enhanced wireless 911 implementation;\n  (b) a list of all wireless service suppliers licensed to provide\nservice in the county;\n  (c) a financial plan, including a summary of projected costs related\nto equipment purchase, installation and approved maintenance necessary\nto provide enhanced wireless 911 service;\n  (d) a list of specific projects eligible for expedited deployment\nfunding contained in the financial plan;\n  (e) a description of technologies to be used to provide enhanced\nwireless 911 service;\n  (f) documentation supporting the local public safety answering point's\nability to receive and utilize enhanced wireless 911 information within\none hundred eighty days of the submission of the plan; and\n  (g) a resolution from the governmental entity supporting the local\npublic safety answering point's request for expedited deployment\nfunding.\n  3. The board shall have ninety days to review and approve such local\npublic safety answering point's enhanced wireless 911 plan. The plan\nshall be determined by the board to be complete or incomplete within\nninety days of receipt of the plan. If the board does not issue a\ndetermination of completeness or incompleteness within ninety days of\nreceipt of the plan, the plan shall be deemed approved. Upon approval of\nthe local public safety answering point's plan, the board shall submit\nrecommendations for expedited deployment funding contained in an\napproved enhanced wireless 911 plan to the New York state dormitory\nauthority on a monthly basis pursuant to the provisions of section\nsixteen hundred eighty-nine-h of the public authorities law.\n  4. (a) The dormitory authority shall make final determinations with\nrespect to such recommendations not later than the end of the following\nmonth and shall convey such recommendations to the department of state.\n  (b) The department of state, in accordance with the final\ndeterminations by the dormitory authority, shall distribute monies\nappropriated for this purpose to the local public safety answering point\nfor the payment of eligible wireless 911 service costs pursuant to this\nsection and in accordance with the provisions of section sixteen hundred\neighty-nine-h of the public authorities law.\n  (c) A local public safety answering point whose plan has been denied\nor who has been denied funding may appeal such denial to the board.\n  5. Following distribution of expedited deployment funds, the local\npublic safety answering points shall submit receipts to accompany the\napproved vouchers demonstrating that such expenditures have been\nincurred. Any local public safety answering point which utilizes\nexpedited deployment funding for purposes other than those authorized by\nthe board shall be provided with written notice by the board of such\nunauthorized expenditures. Upon receipt of the notice, the local public\nsafety answering point shall cease making any expenditure involving\nexpedited deployment funding. The local public safety answering point\nmay petition and shall receive a hearing before the board within a\nreasonable time. At the board's discretion, the local public safety\nanswering point shall be required to refund within thirty days any\nexpedited deployment funding spent on unauthorized expenditures. Local\npublic safety answering points which fail to cease making unauthorized\nexpenditures or fail to comply with a request to refund expedited\ndeployment funding shall be subject to a suspension of future funding by\nthe board.\n  6. Money shall not be allocated for any item other than eligible\nwireless 911 service costs as defined in subdivision sixteen of section\nthree hundred twenty-five of this article.\n