Use of monies from Emergency Communications Public Safety Trust Fund

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-411, under Health, Safety and Public Welfare.

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-411

(1) Of the total funds received by any ECD from the Emergency Communications Public Safety Trust Fund, no less than thirty percent (30%) shall be deposited into the ECD NG911 implementation fund, and shall be used to provide for the transition from legacy 911 to NG911 by implementing, deploying and maintaining core components of NG911 functionality, including an IP based system comprised of managed Emergency Services IP network services (ESInets), functional elements (applications), databases (GIS) and call handling systems that replicate traditional E911 features and functions and provide additional capabilities. No ECD may access and/or expend ECD NG911 implementation funds until the authority, through written authorization from the director and the advisory board, has approved the ECD NG911 Plan. ECD NG911 implementation funds shall only be used for capital expenditures and operational expenses approved in the ECD NG911 plan. Except for expenses authorized in the ECD NG911 Plan, ECD NG911 implementation funds shall not be used for augmentation of the ECD’s land mobile radio system. The funds deposited in the ECD NG911 implementation fund shall accrue to the benefit of the ECD. After an ECD’s NG911 plan has been approved by the authority, the ECD is no longer required to segregate at least thirty percent (30%) of funds as stipulated herein.

(2) The remainder of the total funds received by an ECD from the Emergency Communications Public Safety Trust Fund shall be deposited into the ECD’s operations fund and shall be limited to providing PSAP services, including capital improvements, and in their normal ECD operations, including land mobile radio service.