South Carolina Code 23-47-40. System funding
The ordinance must be adopted in the same fashion as ordinances that levy taxes under South Carolina law. No collection of charges may be commenced before adoption of the ordinance.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 23-47-40
- Call: means any information, written communication, video, data, or voice that is delivered to the PSAP initiating an emergency response. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Exchange access facility: means the access from a particular telephone subscriber's premises to the telephone system of a service supplier. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Local government: means any city, county, or political subdivision of the State. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
- Mapping: means the development of a computerized geographical display system of roads and structures where emergency response may be required. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
- Office: means the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
- Service supplier: means any person, company, or corporation, public or private, providing exchange telephone service, CMRS service, or VoIP service to end users. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
- subscriber: means a person or entity to whom exchange telephone service, either residential or commercial, is provided and in return for which the person or entity is billed on a monthly basis. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
(B) Landline funding must be used only to pay for the following enumerated items:
(1) the lease, purchase, lease-purchase, or maintenance of emergency telephone equipment, including necessary recording equipment, computer hardware, software and database provisioning, addressing, mapping, and nonrecurring costs of establishing a 911 system;
(2) the rates associated with the service supplier‘s 911 service and other suppliers’ recurring charges;
(3) the cost of establishing and maintaining a county 911 office or maintaining as currently staffed a county 911 office for the purpose of operating and maintaining the database of the 911 system. Costs are limited to salaries and compensations and those items necessary in the operation of the 911 office and normal operating costs;
(4) items enumerated may be subscriber billed for a period not to exceed thirty months before activation of the 911 service;
(5) items necessary to meet the standards outlined in this chapter, specifically in § 23-47-20(C);
(6) enhancements either currently available or available in the future offered by service suppliers and approved by the Public Service Commission;
(7) a local government may contract to implement and establish a 911 system as set forth in this chapter.
(C) Landline funding must not be used for:
(1) purchasing or leasing of real estate, cosmetic or remodeling of communications centers, except those building modifications necessary to maintain the security and environmental integrity of the PSAP;
(2) hiring or compensating dispatchers or call takers other than initial and in-service training;
(3) mobile communications vehicles, fire engines, law enforcement vehicles, ambulances, or other emergency vehicles, or other vehicles;
(4) communications, or other equipment used by first responders or other public safety agents, such as radios, radio towers, and computers; and
(5) consultants or consultant fees for studies of implementation not related to NG9-1-1.
(D) A local government may contract with a service supplier for any term negotiated by the service supplier and the local government and may make payments through subscriber billing to provide any payments required by the contract.