65.760 Establishment of 911 emergency telephone service by city, county, or urban-county government -- Funding. - Kentucky Statutes

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65.760 Establishment of 911 emergency telephone service by city, county, or urban- county government -- Funding. (1) Any city, county, or urban-county government may establish 911 emergency telephone service upon approval of the governing body of the city, county, or urban-
county government and may adopt regulations concerning the provision of this
service by ordinance. (2) Any city, county, or urban-county government, or any combination thereof, may with the approval of their governing bodies enter into an interlocal cooperation
agreement creating a joint 911 emergency telephone service. (3) The funds required by a city, county, or urban-county government to establish and operate 911 emergency telephone service, or to participate in joint service with
other local governments, may be obtained through the levy of any special tax,
license, or fee not in conflict with the Constitution and statutes of this state. The
special tax, license, or fee may include a subscriber charge for 911 emergency
telephone service that shall be levied on an individual exchange-line basis, limited
to a maximum of twenty-five (25) exchange lines per account per government
entity. Any private commercial telephone service or owner of a dispersed private
telephone system (DPTS) that provides local and 911 emergency service to
subscribers for compensation shall collect and remit the subscriber charge to the
local government on the same basis as the primary local exchange carrier, except
that this requirement shall not apply to a state agency that currently maintains an
independent 911 system with its own public safety answering point. All revenues
from a tax or fee expressly levied to fund 911 emergency services shall be expended
solely for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a 911 emergency
communications system; this may include expenditures to train communications
personnel and to inform the public of the availability and proper use of 911 service. (4) The governing body may apply for and accept federal moneys and may accept contributions and donations from any source for the purpose of funding 911
emergency telephone service. (5) Nothing in this section shall preclude other means of establishing or funding a 911 emergency telephone service within any local area or exchange, nor require the
operation of such service by any local government. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 521, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts
ch. 154, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1984.