ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 451

(2)     establishing procedures to review and approve or disapprove county
plans and to evaluate requests for variations from the planning guidelines
established by the Board;

(3)     establishing procedures for the request for reimbursement of the
costs of enhancing a 9-1-1 system by a county or counties in which a 9-1-1 system is
in operation, and procedures to review and approve or disapprove the request;

(4)     transmitting the planning guidelines and procedures established
under this section, and any amendments to them, to the governing body of each
county;

(5)     submitting to the Secretary each year a schedule for implementing
the enhancement of county or multicounty 9-1-1 systems, and an estimate of funding
requirements based on the approved county plans;

(6)     DEVELOPING, WITH INPUT FROM COUNTIES, AND PUBLISHING ON
OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2004, AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR DEPLOYMENT OF
WIRELESS ENHANCED 9-1-1 SERVICE;

(7)      reviewing and approving or disapproving requests for reimbursement
of the costs of enhancing 9-1-1 systems, and submitting to the Secretary each year a
schedule for reimbursement and an estimate of funding requirements;

[(7)] (8) reviewing the enhancement of 9-1-1 systems;

[(8)] (9) providing for an audit of county expenditures for the operation
and maintenance of 9-1-1 systems;

[(9)] (10) ensuring inspections of public safety answering points;

[(10)] (11) reviewing and approving or disapproving requests from
counties with operational enhanced 9-1-1 systems to be exempted from the
expenditure limitations under § 1-312 of this subtitle; [and]

[(11)] (12) authorizing expenditures from the 9-1-1 Trust Fund that:

(i) are for enhancements of 9-1-1 systems that:

1.       are required by the Board;

2.       will be provided to a county by a third party contractor;
and

3.       will incur costs that the Board has approved before the
formation of a contract between the county and the contractor; and

(ii) are approved by the Board for payments

1.] from money collected under § 1-310 of this subtitle[;
and]:

[2.] 1. directly to a third party contractor on behalf of a
county; OR

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