Makes an emergency appropriation ($3,050,000) for the Wireless Enhanced 911 Fund.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. This Act is recommended by the governor for immediate passage in accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

SECTION 2. The purpose of this Act is to make an emergency appropriation and establish the spending ceiling of the wireless enhanced 911 fund, which is a special fund created outside of the state treasury for $3,050,000. Act 159, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, which created the special fund, did not provide an appropriation to allow any expenditures from the fund. The expenditures of the fund provide reimbursement to the public safety answering points and wireless providers for improvements to the 911 emergency phone system and wireless phone systems to enable public safety answering points to receive location information on wireless 911 calls. The appropriation is also needed to fund the payment of a contractor to process the receipts from wireless providers and disbursements to wireless providers and public safety answering points for improvements to the 911 emergency phone system and wireless network.

SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the wireless enhanced 911 fund, a sum of $3,050,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for fiscal year 2004-2005 for the purpose of reimbursing public safety answering points and wireless providers for technical improvements and for the operating costs of the fund. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the wireless enhanced 911 board for the purpose of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.