N.J. Stat. tit. 52, ch. 17C

N.J. Stat. tit. 52, ch. 17C
in effect

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-1 Definitions.

1. As used in this act: a. "Automatic number identification (ANI)" means an enhanced 9-1-1 service capability that enables the automatic display of the callback number used to place a 9-1-1 call; b. "Automatic location identification (ALI)" means an enhanced 9-1-1 service capability that enables the automatic display of information defining the geographical location of the telephone used to place a 9-1-1 call; c. "Commission" means the Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission created pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2011, c.4 (C.52:17C-3.2); d. "County 9-1-1 Coordinator" means the County 9-1-1 Coordinator appointed pursuant to section 5 of this act; e. "Enhanced 9-1-1 network" means the switching equipment, trunk system, database operation and connections to the public safety answering point; f. "Enhanced 9-1-1 network features" means those features of selective routing which have the capability of automatic number and location identification; g. "Enhanced 9-1-1 service" means a service consisting of telephone network features and public safety answering points provided for users of the public telephone system enabling the users to reach a public service answering point by dialing the digits "9-1-1." The service directs 9-1-1 calls to appropriate public safety answering points by selective routing based on the location from which the call originated and provides for automatic number identification and automatic location identification features; h. "Enhanced 9-1-1 termination equipment" means the equipment located at the public safety answering point which is needed to receive or record voice and data communications from the enhanced 9-1-1 network; i. "Office" means the Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services established by section 3 of this act; j. "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a municipality, a county, or the State which dispatches or provides law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency medical services, or other emergency services; k. "Private safety agency" means any entity, except a municipality or a public safety agency, providing emergency medical services, fire fighting, or other emergency services; l. "Public safety answering point (PSAP)" means a facility, operated on a 24-hour basis, assigned the responsibility of receiving 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, directly dispatching emergency response services or transferring or relaying emergency 9-1-1 calls to other public safety agencies. A public safety answering point is the first point of reception by a public safety agency of 9-1-1 calls and serves the jurisdictions in which it is located or other participating jurisdictions; m. "Selective routing" means the method employed to direct 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate public safety answering point based on the location from which the call originated; n. "Emergency enhanced 9-1-1 system" or "system" means the emergency enhanced 9-1-1 telephone system to be established pursuant to this act, including wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service; o. "Telephone company" means the organization that provides switched local telephone exchange access service; p. "Wireless telephone company" means any person providing commercial mobile radio service as defined in 47 U.S.C.s.332 (d); q. "FCC wireless E9-1-1 requirements" means the order adopted in the Federal Communications Commission proceeding entitled "Revision of the Commission's Rules to Ensure Comparability with Enhanced 9-1-1 Emergency Calling Systems," (CC Docket No. 94-102: RM-8143), or any successor proceeding, and the rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in any such proceeding, as these rules may be amended from time to time; r. "Wireless 9-1-1 service" means the service which enables wireless telephone company customers to dial the digits 9-1-1 and be connected to a public safety agency; s. "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service" means the service required to be provided by a wireless telephone company pursuant to FCC wireless E9-1-1 requirements; t. "Chief Technology Officer" means the person appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Governor who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Office of Information Technology; u. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.4). v. "Office of Information Technology" means the Office of Information Technology in but not of the Department of the Treasury; w. "Council" means the Statewide Public Safety Communications Advisory Council created pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2011, c.4 (C.52:17C-3.3); x. "Delaware River Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group" means the group of individuals from agencies assigned to that region by the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness that collaborate on common communications issues; y. "Interoperability" means the ability of diverse information and communication technology systems and the processes they support to effectively work together through compatible communication paths to directly and satisfactorily exchange, correlate, and integrate data, information, and knowledge across jurisdictional boundaries and to use the data, information, and knowledge that has been exchanged; z. "Northeast/UASI Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group" means the group of individuals from agencies assigned to that region by the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness that collaborate on common communications issues; aa. "Northwest Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group" means the group of individuals from agencies assigned to that region by the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness that collaborate on common communications issues; bb. "Shore Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group" means the group of individuals from agencies assigned to that region by the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness that collaborate on common communications issues; and cc. "State Agency Communications Working Group" means the group of individuals made up of State and quasi-state agencies as defined in the State Preparedness Report that collaborate on common communications issues. L.1989, c.3, s.1; amended 1999, c.125, s.1; 2007, c.56, s.18; 2011, c.4, s.1.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-3 Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services.

3. a. There is established in the Office of Information Technology an Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services. b. The office shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of the office. The director shall administer the provisions of this act subject to review by the Chief Technology Officer and shall perform other duties as may be provided by law. The director shall be appointed by the Chief Technology Officer, but the commission shall advise the Chief Technology Officer on the qualifications of the director. The Chief Technology Officer is authorized to appoint, in accordance with Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, clerical, technical, and professional assistants, and also may designate any available personnel as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. The office shall designate a staff member from within the Office of Information Technology to be designated as a professional spectrum manager. The professional spectrum manager shall be responsible for approving all applications for public safety spectrum allocations in the State to ensure that the State fully complies with Federal Communications Commission rules that impact frequency allocation for public safety use. The spectrum manager may be chosen from among the current employees of the office and the chosen employee may continue the duties and responsibilities of their current position in addition to the duties and responsibilities of spectrum manager as provided in this section. The office shall designate a staff member from within the Office of Information Technology to be designated the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator to coordinate interoperable communications grants and projects consistent with the National Communications Plan. The coordinator may be chosen from among the current employees of the office and the chosen employee may continue the duties and responsibilities of his current position in addition to the duties and responsibilities of coordinator as provided in this section. The office shall, subject to review by the commission and the Chief Technology Officer, and in consultation with the council, the telephone companies, the Board of Public Utilities and the wireless telephone companies, and with the assistance of the Office of Information Technology in but not of the Department of the Treasury, continue to plan, design, implement, and coordinate the Statewide emergency enhanced 9-1-1 telephone system to be established pursuant to this act as well as any changes to that system needed to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service. To this end, the office shall establish, after review and approval by the commission, in consultation with the council, a State plan for the emergency enhanced 9-1-1 system in this State, which plan shall include: (1) The configuration of, and requirements for, the enhanced 9-1-1 network. The office with the approval of the commission and the Chief Technology Officer, in consultation with the council, only as provided herein, and assistance and advice of the Office of Information Technology in but not of the Department of the Treasury is empowered to enter into contracts for the provision of this network. (2) The role and responsibilities of the counties and municipalities of the State in the implementation of the system, consistent with the provisions of this act, including a timetable for implementation. (3) Technical and operational standards for the establishment of public safety answering points (PSAPs) which utilize enhanced 9-1-1 network features in accordance with the provisions of this act and in alignment with the Next Generation 9-1-1 Planning by the National 9-1-1 Office within the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Those entities having responsibility for the creation and management of PSAPs shall conform to these standards in the design, implementation and operation of the PSAPs. These standards shall include provisions for the training and certification of call-takers and 9-1-1 first responder dispatchers or for the adoption of such a program. The office, after review and approval by the commission and the Chief Technology Officer, in consultation with the council, only as provided herein, may update and revise the State plan from time to time. The office may inspect each PSAP to determine if it meets the requirements of this act and the technical and operational standards established pursuant to this section. The office shall explore ways to maximize the reliability of the system. The plan or any portion of it may be implemented by the adoption of regulations pursuant to subsection b. of section 15 of this act. The State plan shall require the consolidation of PSAPs as appropriate, consistent with revisions in the plan to upgrade the enhanced 9-1-1 system and shall condition the allocation of moneys dedicated for the operation of PSAPs on the merging and sharing of PSAP functions by municipalities, counties and the State Police, consistent with the revised plan. The Treasurer may establish, by regulation, a 9-1-1 call volume minimum that may be utilized as a factor in determining which PSAP functions are to be consolidated under the State plan. The State plan shall limit the use of sworn law enforcement officers to provide dispatch services and the office shall condition the receipt of moneys dedicated for the operation of PSAPs on the limited use of sworn law enforcement officers, except for officers returning to active duty from an injury or other physical disability. The office shall plan, implement and coordinate a Statewide public education program designed to generate public awareness at all levels of the emergency enhanced 9-1-1 system. Advertising and display of 9-1-1 shall be in accordance with standards established by the office. Advertising expenses may be defrayed from the moneys appropriated to the office. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.125). d. To this end, the office shall, subject to review and approval by the commission and the Chief Technology Officer, and in consultation with the council, develop a Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan, which shall include: (1) the strategy to most effectively provide interoperability and coordinate public safety communications between and among State, county and municipal public safety agencies. The office shall submit recommendations and proposals, as appropriate, to the Regional Planning Committees to which the State is assigned by the Federal Communications Commission; and (2) the role and responsibilities of the counties and municipalities of the State in the implementation of the New Jersey Interoperable Communications System, consistent with the National Communications Plan and the provisions of this act, including a timetable for implementation. e. The office, after review and approval by the commission and the Chief Technology Officer, in consultation with the council, only as provided herein, may update and revise the State plan as needed. The plan or any portion of it may be implemented by the adoption of regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). f. The office, after review and approval by the commission and the Chief Technology Officer, only as provided herein, shall submit a report to the Senate Revenue, Finance and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee, or their successors, not later than February 15 of each year, concerning its progress in carrying out the provisions of this act and the expenditure of moneys appropriated thereto and appropriated for the purposes of installation of the Statewide enhanced 9-1-1 network and the New Jersey Interoperable Communications System. L.1989, c.3, s.3; amended 1999, c.125, s.3; 2007, c.56, s.20; 2011, c.4, s.2; 2021, c.447, s.6.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-3.2 Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission.

5. a. There is established in the Office of Information Technology a Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission which shall oversee the office in the planning, design, and implementation of the Statewide emergency enhanced 9-1-1 telephone system and the New Jersey Interoperable Communications System. b. The commission shall consist of 16 members as follows: two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, who shall not be both of the same political party; two members of the General Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, who shall not be both of the same political party; the following members ex officio: Chief Technology Officer of the Office of Information Technology or his designee; Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness or his designee; Superintendent of State Police or his designee; Commissioner of the Department of Health and Senior Services or his designee; the State Treasurer or his designee; the New Jersey State Fire Marshal or his designee; the following public members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate: a representative of the Northeast/UASI Homeland Security Region; a representative of the Delaware River Homeland Security Region; a representative of the Shore Homeland Security Region; a representative of the Northwest Homeland Security Region; a representative from the State Agency Communications Working Group; and a representative from the Statewide Public Safety Communications Advisory Council. c. The members of the Senate and General Assembly appointed to the commission shall serve for the term for which they were elected. The members of the Senate and General Assembly appointed to the commission shall be non-voting, advisory members, appointed solely for the purpose of developing and facilitating legislation to assist the commission in fulfilling its statutory mission, and may not exercise any of the executive powers delegated to the commission by law. d. Of the public members first appointed to the commission by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, two shall be appointed for terms of three years, two shall be appointed for terms of two years, and one shall be appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter, the public members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of three years. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term. Members may be removed by the appointing authority for cause. The initial members shall be appointed within 30 days of the effective date of this act. The commission shall have the authority to establish subcommittees as it deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act. e. The commission shall be co-chaired by the Chief Technology Officer within the Office of Information Technology and the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, or their designees. f. The commission shall be constituted upon the appointment of the majority of its authorized membership and shall have no expiration date. g. The commission shall meet bi-annually or at more frequent intervals at the discretion of the co-chairs. The meetings of the commission shall be held at the times and in the places necessary and appropriate to fulfill its duties and responsibilities. h. The Office of Information Technology shall provide such administrative and professional assistance as the commission requires to carry out its work. i. The commission shall be authorized to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county, or local law enforcement entity, any fire department, paid or volunteer, rescue squad or any other department or agency as it may require. State, county, and municipal agencies shall cooperate with the commission by providing information and data as needed. j. For security concerns, meetings of the commission shall be exempt from the provisions set forth in the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). Records made or maintained by the commission shall not be considered public or government records under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.). The commission may call upon staff members and the expertise of non-council members to participate in commission activities to provide information and advice. k. The commission shall adopt a charter to effectuate this act within 180 days after the first meeting date. L.2011, c.4, s.5.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-3.3 Statewide Public Safety Communications Advisory Council.

6. a. There is established in the Office of Information Technology the Statewide Public Safety Communications Advisory Council which shall provide advice and assistance to the commission and the office in the planning, design, and implementation of the Statewide emergency enhanced 9-1-1 telephone system and the New Jersey Interoperable Communications System. b. The council shall consist of 22 members, the following members ex-officio; the Chief Technology Officer within the Office of Information Technology who shall serve as the council chairperson; the Deputy Director, Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, Preparedness Division; the Bureau Chief, New Jersey State Police Communications within the Office of Emergency Management; the Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, Health Infrastructure Preparedness and Emergency Response; the President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; the New Jersey State Fire Marshal; the following public members: a representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region II; a representative from the Northeast/USAI Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group; a representative from the Northwest Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group; a representative from the Shore Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group; a representative from the Delaware River Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group; a representative from the State Agency Communications Working Group; a representative from the National Emergency Number Association, New Jersey Chapter; a representative from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Professionals; a representative from the New Jersey Chiefs of Police Association; a representative from the New Jersey Fire Chiefs Association; a representative from the New Jersey State First Aid Council; a representative from the Sheriffs' Association of New Jersey; a representative from the Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical Services Council; the Association of Public-Safety Communications Professionals Public Safety Frequency Coordinator; a representative from the New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Task Force, communications branch; and a representative from the New Jersey Urban Search and Rescue Team, communications branch. c. Public members of the council shall be recommended by the appointing authority and subject to confirmation by the commission and shall serve as a member of the council until replaced or removed for cause by the commission or appointing authority. The council shall have the authority to establish subcommittees as it deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act. d. Members of the council shall serve without compensation. e. Each ex-officio member may designate an employee of the member's department or agency to represent the member at meetings or hearings of the council. All designees may lawfully vote and otherwise act on behalf of the members for whom they constitute the designees. f. The council shall be constituted upon the appointment of the majority of its authorized membership and shall have no expiration date. g. The council shall be governed by the charter established by the commission. L.2011, c.4, s.6.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-3.4 New Jersey Big Data Alliance designated as State's advanced cyberinfrastructure consortium; definitions.

1. a. The New Jersey Big Data Alliance is designated as the State's advanced cyberinfrastructure consortium. The purpose of the consortium shall be to encourage State government, academia, and industry to address, in a strategic and coordinated manner, the significant and immediate challenges posed by the proliferation of big data sources and the resultant deluge of digital data. Major initiatives may include, but not be limited to: (1) encouraging the creation of joint education programs, including the establishment of a common curriculum for data sciences and the creation of coordinated certificates, workforce training, and outreach programs; (2) promoting inter-university research collaborations; (3) catalyzing interaction with national and international data consortiums, such as the National Consortium for Data Science; (4) organizing events that promote big data education and collaborating across State government, academia, and industry; (5) collaborating with the Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute and the Office of Information Technology to develop an advanced cyberinfrastructure plan for the State; and (6) developing a shared data cloud that integrates data infrastructure, hosted data, and data analytics. b. The New Jersey Big Data Alliance shall consist of the following members: Rutgers, the State University; Princeton University; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rowan University; the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey; Kean University; Montclair State University; and the Stevens Institute of Technology. The New Jersey Big Data Alliance shall determine the appropriate size of its membership and admit future members as the alliance deems appropriate. c. As used in this section: "Big data" means high volume information assets, high velocity information assets, high variety information assets, or all three, that require new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery, and process optimization. The term "cyberinfrastructure" includes, but is not limited to, data networks, computational facilities, computing resources, large data sets, specialized software applications, information technology usage improvements, and the human expertise necessary to develop and manage these resources. L.2014, c.33, s.1.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-4 Enhanced 9-1-1 service.

4. Each telephone company providing service within the State shall provide enhanced 9-1-1 service to include selective routing, automatic number identification and automatic location identification features as a tariffed service package in compliance with a timetable issued by the office with the approval of the commission. Each wireless telephone company providing service within the State shall provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service pursuant to FCC wireless E9-1-1 requirements and P.L.1999, c.125 (C.52:17C-3.1 et al.). L.1989, c.3, s.4; amended 1999, c.125, s.4; 2011, c.4, s.3.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-5 County coordinator

In order to ensure that the enhanced 9-1-1 system is implemented expeditiously and effectively throughout the State and that each locality participates in the system: a. The governing body of each county shall appoint a county 9-1-1 coordinator who shall coordinate the 9-1-1 activities within the county in accordance with this act and standards developed by the office pursuant to this act. The county shall ensure that all necessary steps are taken and time schedules met in connection with the county's responsibilities under the State plan. b. The county coordinator shall meet with representatives of the county, the municipalities, local public safety agencies, and the State Police in order to propose a draft plan for adoption by the county governing body. The plan shall provide for the implementation of enhanced 9-1-1 service throughout the county. The plan shall specify the number of and locations of the PSAPs, the membership of each PSAP and the organizational characteristics of each PSAP. Any PSAP existing on the operative date of this act may continue to operate within the guidelines of this act. c. Within one year of the operative date of this act, the governing body of each county shall submit an enhanced 9-1-1 service utilization plan to the office for its review and approval. The office shall review each plan to determine if it meets the requirements of this act and the technical and operational standards established in the State plan. L. 1989, c. 3, s. 5.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-6 Municipal compliance

The governing body of each municipality shall: a. Provide or cause to be provided the data required for the establishment of the automatic location identification capability of the system. b. Within one year of the operative date of this act, notify in writing the county 9-1-1 coordinator appointed under this act of the nature of its proposed participation in the system, whether singly or in conjunction with other municipalities or on a regional or county basis. This subsection shall not apply to those municipalities located in counties which have a county-wide PSAP in existence on the operative date of this act. c. Within three years of the operative date of this act, establish, singly or in conjunction with other municipalities or participate on a regional or on a county basis in, a PSAP which utilizes enhanced 9-1-1 network features. The office may extend this time period in the case of those municipalities where it is deemed necessary. L. 1989, c. 3, s. 6.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-7 Public safety answering points.

7. No provision of this act shall be construed to prohibit in any manner the formation of multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional, regional or county-wide public safety answering points. The formation of public safety answering points that serve groups of municipalities is encouraged in the interest of reducing cost and increasing the efficiency of administration. L.1989,c.3,s.7; amended 2007, c.56, s.21.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-8 PSAP functions

a. Each public safety answering point shall be capable of dispatching or forwarding requests for law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency medical services, or other emergency services to a public or private safety agency that provides the requested services. b. Each public safety answering point shall be equipped with a system approved by the office for the processing of requests for emergency services for the physically disabled. No person shall connect to a telephone company's network any automatic alarm or other automatic alerting device which causes the number "9-1-1" to be automatically dialed and which provides a prerecorded message in order to directly access emergency services, except for devices which may be approved by the office. Devices approved by the office shall be registered with the office on forms provided by the office. c. Each entity operating a public safety answering point shall be responsible for obtaining, operating, and maintaining enhanced 9-1-1 termination equipment. The operations and maintenance of this equipment shall be in accordance with standards set forth by the office pursuant to section 3 of this act. L. 1989, c. 3, s. 8.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-9 Service outside jurisdiction

a. A public safety agency which receives a request for emergency service outside of its jurisdiction shall promptly forward the request to the public safety answering point or public safety agency responsible for that geographical area. Any emergency unit dispatched to a location outside its jurisdiction in response to such a request shall render service to the requesting party until relieved by the public safety agency responsible for that geographical area. b. Municipalities may enter into written cooperative agreements to carry out the provisions of subsection a. of this section. L. 1989, c. 3, s. 9.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-10 Forwarding subscriber information.

10. a. Whenever possible and practicable, telephone companies shall forward to jurisdictional public safety answering points via enhanced 9-1-1 network features, the telephone number and street address of any telephone used to place a 9-1-1 call. Subscriber information provided in accordance with this section shall be used only for the purpose of responding to emergency calls or for the investigation of false or intentionally misleading reports of incidents requiring emergency service. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.125). c. No telephone company, person providing commercial mobile radio service as defined in 47 U.S.C.s. 332(d), public safety answering point, or manufacturer supplying equipment to a telephone company, wireless telephone company, or PSAP, or any employee, director, officer, or agent of any such entity, shall be liable for damages to any person who uses or attempts to use the enhanced 9-1-1 service, wireless 9-1-1 service or wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service established under this act for release of the information specified in this section, including non-published telephone numbers. This limitation of liability is inapplicable if such failure resulted from a malicious purpose or a wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons or property. d. No telephone company, person providing commercial mobile radio service as defined in 47 U.S.C.s. 332(d), public safety answering point, or manufacturer supplying equipment to a telephone company, wireless telephone company, or PSAP, or any employee, director, officer, or agent of any such entity, shall be liable to any person for civil damages, or subject to criminal prosecution resulting from or caused by any act, failure or omission in the development, design, installation, operation, maintenance, performance or provisioning of any hardware, software, or any other aspect of delivering enhanced 9-1-1 service, wireless 9-1-1 service or wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service. This limitation of liability is inapplicable if such failure resulted from a malicious purpose or a wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons or property. e. No telephone company, person providing commercial mobile radio service as defined in 47 U.S.C.s. 332(d), public safety answering point, or manufacturer supplying equipment to a telephone company, wireless telephone company, or PSAP, or any employee, director, officer, or agent of any such entity, shall be liable to any person for damages resulting from or in connection with such entity's provision of any lawful assistance to any investigative or law enforcement officer of this State or a political subdivision of this State, of the United States, or of any other state or a political subdivision of such state in connection with any lawful investigation by or other law enforcement activity of the law enforcement officer unless the entity, in providing such assistance, acted in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons or property. L.1989,c.3,s.10; amended 1996, c.63, s.2; 1999, c.125, s.5.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-11 Dial tone first capability.

11. All coin and credit card telephones whether public or private within areas served by enhanced 9-1-1 service shall be converted to dial tone first capability, which shall allow a caller to dial 9-1-1 without first inserting a coin or any other device. On each converted telephone, instructions on how to access the emergency enhanced 9-1-1 system shall be prominently displayed. L.1989, c.3, s.11; amended 2011, c.4, s.4.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-12 Expenses

a. All expenses incurred in the installation, operation and maintenance of a PSAP shall be defrayed by the municipality or county operating or controlling the PSAP. If the PSAP is operated or controlled by more than one municipality or by a regional entity, then the expenses shall be defrayed by the municipalities or regional entity as the case may be, in accordance with an agreement made pursuant to the provisions of the "Interlocal Services Act," P.L. 1973, c. 208 (C. 40:8A-1 et seq.). b. Expenses of the office and the commission shall be paid from appropriations made thereto. L. 1989, c. 3, s. 12.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-13 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Account

There is established in the General Fund an account entitled the "9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Account." There shall be credited to the account such moneys as may be appropriated thereto and any interest earned from the investment thereon. Funds in the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Account shall be expended for costs incurred in the initial installation of the Statewide enhanced 9-1-1 network according to the provisions of this act and for the costs incurred by a county for the employment of a county 9-1-1 coordinator in an amount not to exceed $25,000 per county 9-1-1 coordinator. L. 1989, c. 3, s. 13.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-14 Annual appropriation.

14. a. The Legislature shall annually appropriate such sums as are necessary to pay for the operation and maintenance of the enhanced 9-1-1 service and for county 9-1-1 coordinators pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-13). A telephone company incurring operation and maintenance costs of the system shall submit the costs thereof, after review and approval by the Board of Public Utilities, to the State Treasurer. The operation and maintenance charges for the enhanced 9-1-1 service shall accrue coincident with the availability of the enhanced 9-1-1 service and shall be submitted to the State upon that availability. The State Treasurer, upon warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, shall pay such costs from moneys appropriated pursuant to this section. b. The Legislature shall annually appropriate such sums as are necessary to pay for the installation, operation and maintenance costs required to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service upon request by the office pursuant to 47 CFR 20.18(f). A wireless telephone company incurring installation, operation and maintenance costs required to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service shall submit the costs thereof, after review and approval by the office and the commission, to the State Treasurer. The installation, operation and maintenance costs for wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service shall accrue coincident with the availability of such service and shall be submitted to the State upon that availability. The State Treasurer, upon warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, shall pay such costs from moneys appropriated pursuant to this section. L.1989,c.3,s.14; amended 1999, c.125, s.6.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-15 Civil proceedings; rules, regulations.

15. a. The Attorney General may, at the request of the commission, or on his own initiative, institute civil proceedings against any appropriate party to enforce the provisions of this act. b. The Chief Technology Officer may, after consulting with the director of the office, and subject to the review of the commission, promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1989,c.3,s.15; amended 1999, c.125, s.7.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-16 Penalties

Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of $200.00 for the first offense and $500.00 for each subsequent offense. If the violation of this act is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute a separate offense for the purpose of this section. The penalty shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings under "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq. L. 1989, c. 3, s. 16.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-17 Definitions relative to fees on mobile telecommunications customers

1. As used in this act: "Home service provider" means the facilities-based carrier or reseller with which the customer contracts for the provision of mobile telecommunications service; "Mobile telecommunications company" mean a carrier providing mobile telecommunications service in this State; "Mobile telecommunications service" means commercial mobile radio service, as defined in section 20.3 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on June 1, 1999 charged by a customer's home service provider and provided to a customer with a place of primary use in this State and which provides real-time, two-way voice service that is interconnected with the public switched network; "Place of primary use" means the street address representative of where the customer's use of the mobile telecommunications service primarily occurs, which shall be the residential street address or the primary business street address of the customer and within the licensed service area of the home service provider. For the purposes of determining the place of primary use, the terms used have the meanings provided pursuant to the federal "Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act,'' 4 U.S.C. s.124 (Pub.L.106-252); "Telephone exchange company" means a carrier providing telephone exchange service in this State; "Telephone exchange service" means that term as defined in subsection (47) of 47 U.S.C. s.153, as well as any other technology, including but not limited to, voice over Internet telephony or cable telephony, except mobile telecommunications service, that provides access through interconnection to the public switched telephone network to 9-1-1 service; and "Voice grade access" means a functionality that enables a user of telecommunications services to transmit voice communications, including signalling the network that the caller wishes to place a call, and to receive voice communications, including receiving a signal indicating there is an incoming call. L.2004,c.48,c.1.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-18 Fee imposed on mobile telecommunications service customers; exemptions; administration; liability.

2. a. (1) There is imposed on each mobile telecommunications service customer, charged by a mobile telecommunications company for mobile telecommunications service for each voice grade access telephone number provided to the customer billed by or for the customer's home service provider and provided to a customer with a place of primary use in this State, a fee of $0.90 on any periodic bill received by the customer for each voice grade access service number provided as part of the mobile telecommunications service. (2) There is imposed on each customer charged by a telephone exchange company for each voice grade access service line provided to that customer that has a service address in this State, a fee of $0.90 on any periodic bill received by the customer for each voice grade access service line provided as part of that telephone exchange service. Each Private Branch Exchange (PBX) trunk or Centrex trunk equivalent shall constitute an individual and separate subscribed service line. Any customer that has been determined by its telephone exchange company to be enrolled in the Lifeline Telecommunication program, or in receipt of Lifeline Telecommunication or Universal Service Fund benefits for a periodic bill shall be exempt from the fee on that periodic bill. State government agencies, and county and municipal governments and their agencies, and school districts shall be exempt from the fee imposed on customers of telephone exchange companies for each voice grade access service line provided as part of telephone exchange service provided to that customer at a service address in this State for periodic bills issued to those customers on and after January 1, 2005. b. The fee imposed by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection a. of this section shall be collected by the mobile telecommunications company or telephone exchange company providing the applicable service to its customers upon payment of any periodic bill for such service. This section shall not be deemed as extending to a telephone exchange company or mobile telecommunications company any obligation or authority otherwise not provided pursuant to law, to take legal action to enforce the collection of the fee imposed upon the customer. Any such action shall be brought by the State against the customer with any cooperation requested by the State of the telephone exchange company or mobile telecommunications company as the State deems necessary. c. (1) The fees collected pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be collected monthly and reported and paid to the director on a quarterly basis in a manner prescribed by the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, which notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1992, c.140 (C.54:48-4.1) if any, to the contrary, shall be subject to the provisions of P.L.1992, c.140 as the director shall prescribe, and the State Treasurer shall credit the fee revenue to the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2004, c.48 (C.52:17C-19). The administration, collection and enforcement of the fee imposed by this act shall be subject to the provisions of the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq., to the extent that the provisions of such law are not inconsistent with any provision of this act. (2) Each mobile telecommunications company and telephone exchange company shall be liable for the fee imposed, collected, or required to be paid, collected, or remitted under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection a. of this section. Any such company shall have the same right in respect to collecting the fee from that company's customer or in respect to non-payment of the fee by the customer as if the fee were a part of the purchase price of the applicable telecommunications service or telephone exchange service, as the case may be, and payable at the same time; provided however, that the director shall be joined as a party in any action or proceeding brought to collect the fee. For purposes of this paragraph, "company" includes: an individual, partnership, corporation, or an officer, director, stockholder, or employee of a corporation, or a member or employee of a partnership, who as such officer, director, stockholder, employee, or member is under the duty to perform the act in respect of which the violation occurs. d. A telephone exchange company that provides telephone exchange service to the State government or any State government agency, a county or municipal government or any of its agencies, or a school district that is exempt for bills issued on and after January 1, 2005, shall be entitled after that date to a credit in an amount as the Director of the Division of Taxation shall determine within 60 days of application, against the amount of fees collected during and due to be paid over for the calendar quarter commencing on that date, for the reasonable costs certified by the telephone exchange company to have been incurred by the company for changes made to its billing system that are necessary to implement the exemption. The director shall consult with the Board of Public Utilities to ascertain from the board the reasonableness of the costs claimed to be incurred. The director and the board may adopt regulations necessary to administer the credit. L.2004,c.48,s.2; amended 2007, c.102, s.2.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-19 "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."

3. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury within the General Fund a special account to be known as the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account." b. Funds credited to the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" shall be annually appropriated for the purposes of paying: (1) eligible costs pursuant to the provisions of sections 13 and 14 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-13 and 52:17C-14); (2) the costs of funding the State's capital equipment (including debt service), facilities and operating expenses that arise from emergency response; (3) the cost of emergency response training, including any related costs or expenses of the Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety; (4) the cost of operating the Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-3); (5) the cost of operating the Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission created pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2011, c.4 (C.52:17C-3.2); (6) any costs associated with implementing any requirement of the Federal Communications Commission concerning 9-1-1 service that is not otherwise allocated to a carrier and not eligible for reimbursement under law or regulation; (7) any costs associated with planning, designing or implementing an automatic location identification technology that is not otherwise allocated to a wireless carrier and not eligible for reimbursement under law or regulation; and (8) any costs associated with planning, designing or acquiring replacement equipment or systems (including debt service) related to the enhanced 9-1-1 network as defined by subsection e. of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-1). L.2004, c.48, s.3; amended 2013, c.245, s.1.

N.J. Stat. § 52:17C-20 Itemization, identification of fee on customer bills.

4. A mobile telecommunications company and a telephone exchange company collecting the fee imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2004, c.48 (C.52:17C-18) shall itemize and separately identify the fee set forth on each periodic bill received by the customer as the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Assessment," which identification may be abbreviated as "911System/Emerg.Resp.Fee." Provided however, that a mobile telecommunications company or telephone exchange company may commence the separately identified itemization of the periodic charge on a periodic bill issued to a customer not later than October 1, 2004, but only if the customer's first periodic bill issued on and after that date includes the separately identified itemization for the periodic bills issued for the customer during the months of July, August and September of 2004, if any, and the fee imposed for the bills for those months is also set forth separately for collection thereon from the customers. L.2004,c.48,c.4.
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