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A Resolution of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing the acceptance of 911 subscriber and consumer fees from the newly created 911 Fund for the provision of 911 services in the County as provided by the Act of June 29, 2015 (P.L.36, No. 12).
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WHEREAS, Chapter 53 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, provides for the establishment, administration, and funding of 911 systems in the Commonwealth (hereinafter generally referred to as “the Pennsylvania Emergency Telephone Service Law”); and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania General Assembly, through the enactment of the Act of June 29, 2015 (P.L.36, No. 12), amended the Pennsylvania Emergency Telephone Service Law to include a new Section 5306.1 (hereinafter “35 Pa.C.S.A. §5306.1”) to provide for the establishment in the State Treasury of a non-lapsing, restricted interest-bearing account to be known as the 911 Fund consisting of fees and consumer charges collected by providers of 911 communications services and sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service; and
WHEREAS, in order to be eligible to receive funds from the 911 Fund, subsection (h) of 35 Pa.C.S.A. §5306.1 requires the governing body of each county to adopt a resolution authorizing acceptance of the funds; and
WHEREAS, the County Council of Allegheny County, in consultation with the County’s Chief Executive, is of the considered opinion that Allegheny County’s acceptance of funds from the 911 Fund and the use of those funds for the purposes set forth in subsection (c) of 35 Pa.C.S.A. §5306.1 is in the best interests of the citizens of Allegheny County; and
WHEREAS, as required by 35 Pa.C.S.A §5306.1(h), public notice of Allegheny County Council’s intention to enact this Resolution to authorize acceptance of funds from the 911 Fund has been given by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation within the County and by posting the proposed Resolution in a conspicuous place in...
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