<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-31. - Expenditure of 911 subscriber fees.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Administration.</span> Fees, less the one percent collection fee permitted by law, collected on behalf of
               the county will be remitted by the service provider to the county finance officer
               within ten days after the last day of the month. The finance officer shall coordinate
               all receipts and disbursements in accordance with the statutes of the Public Safety
               Telephone Act of July 6, 1989.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Emergency telephone system fund.</span> The fiscal officer to whom 911 charges are remitted under G.S. 62A-6 shall deposit
               the charges in a separate, restricted fund. The fund shall be known as the emergency
               telephone system fund. The fiscal officer may invest money in the fund in the same
               manner that other money of the local government may be invested. The fiscal officer
               shall deposit any income earned from such an investment in the emergency telephone
               system fund.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Payments from fund.</span> Money from the fund shall be used only to pay for:
               
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               (1)
               
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               The lease, purchase, or maintenance of emergency telephone equipment, including necessary
               computer hardware, software and database provisioning, addressing, and nonrecurring
               costs to establish a 911 system.
               
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               (2)
               
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               The rates associated with the service supplier's 911 service and other service supplier
               recurring charges.
               
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               (d)
               
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               All receipts of funds, expenditures of funds, and management by the county of the
               911 system shall be handled in accordance with G.S. 62A-1 et seq. and this article
               with respect to the 911 system in the county.
               
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               (Ord. of 2-18-91(2), Â§Â§ 1â€”4)
               
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Similar provisions, G.S. 62A-4, 62A-6â€”62A-8.
               
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