- HB
470 sen floor amend 3
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Senator
Butler of the 55th offered the following amendment to HB 470:
Amend
HB 470 (LC 21 8424S) by inserting the words and symbols ‘To amend Code
Section 46-5-134 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
establishment of the Emergency Telephone System Fund, so as to authorize the use
of 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Fund money to establish and operate a 3-1-1
nonemergency phone system’ after ‘funds;’ on line 23 of page
1.
By
inserting the following between lines 32 and 33 of page 19:
‘(n)
A governing authority of a local government which operates a 9-1-1 emergency
system may receive funds from the Emergency Telephone System Fund to pay for the
establishment and continuing operation of a 3-1-1 phone system, which 3-1-1
system shall be a three digit phone number that can be dialed to reach help for
nonemergency services provided by a local government or as a 9-1-1 backup
system; provided, however, that no revenue from a local government’s
Emergency Telephone System Fund may be used for this purpose unless the local
government is fully funding an operational local emergency 9-1-1 system that
meets all state standards required by this part; and provided, further, that no
more than one-third of the revenue within a local government’s Emergency
Telephone System Fund may be delegated to establish and operate a nonemergency
3-1-1 system.’