Ch. 451                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) collect the money from the additional charge on a county basis;
and

(iii) remit all money collected to the Comptroller on a monthly basis.

(2) The Comptroller shall deposit the money remitted in the 9-1-1 Trust
Fund account maintained for the county that imposed the additional charge.

1-312.

(a)     During each county's fiscal year, the county may spend the amounts
distributed to it from 9-1-1 fee collections for the installation, enhancement,
maintenance, and operation of a county or multicounty 9-1-1 system.

(b)      [Maintenance] SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION, MAINTENANCE and operation costs may include telephone company
charges, equipment costs, equipment lease charges, repairs, utilities, personnel costs,
and appropriate carryover costs from previous years.

(C) A DURING A YEAR IN WHICH A COUNTY RAISES ITS LOCAL ADDITIONAL
CHARGE UNDER § 1-311 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE COUNTY:

(1)      MAY USE 9-1-1 TRUST FUNDS ONLY TO SUPPLEMENT LEVELS OF
SPENDING BY THE COUNTY FOR 9-1-1 MAINTENANCE OR OPERATIONS; AND

(2)      MAY NOT USE 9-1-1 TRUST FUNDS TO SUPPLANT SPENDING BY THE
COUNTY FOR 9-1-1 MAINTENANCE OR OPERATIONS.

[(c)] (D) The Board shall provide for an audit of each county's expenditures for
the maintenance and operation of the county's 9-1-1 system.

(E) (1) FOR A COUNTY WITHOUT AN OPERATIONAL PHASE II WIRELESS
ENHANCED 9-1-1 SYSTEM WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD
UNDER § 1-306(B)(6) OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT PROCEDURES, TO
TAKE EFFECT ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2006, TO ASSURE THAT:

(I) THE MONEY COLLECTED FROM THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE AND
DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTY ARE EXPENDED DURING THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR
AS FOLLOWS:

1. FOR A 9-1-1 SYSTEM IN A COUNTY OR A MULTICOUNTY
AREA WITH A POPULATION OF 100,000 INDIVIDUALS OR LESS, A MAXIMUM OF 85%
MAY BE SPENT FOR PERSONNEL COSTS; AND

2. FOR A 9-1-1 SYSTEM IN A COUNTY OR MULTICOUNTY
AREA WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 100,000 INDIVIDUALS, A MAXIMUM OF 70% MAY
BE SPENT FOR PERSONNEL COSTS; AND

(II) THE TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM THE 9-1-1 FEE AND
THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY FOR THE INSTALLATION,
ENHANCEMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF A COUNTY OR MULTICOUNTY
SYSTEM.

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