ORD-2012-042 Refund of Funds to the County's Emergency Telephone Fund (911)

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16 maintaining, or operating the 911 system or in complying with emergency-related information requests from State or local government officials. This section does not apply to actions arising out of the operation or ownership of a motor vehicle. SECTION 1.(b) Article 19 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: "& 14-111.4. Misuse of 911 system. It is unlawful for an individual who is not seeking public safety assistance, is not providing 911 service or is not responding to a 911 call to access or attempt to access the 911 system for a purpose other than an emergency communication. A person who knowingly violates this section commits a Class 3 misdemeanor. If a person knowingly accesses or attempts to access the 911 system for the purpose of avoiding a charge for voice communications service as defined in G.S. 62A-40, and the value of the charge exceeds one hundred dollars $100.00 the person commits a Class 1 misdemeanor." SECTION 2.(a) Article 1 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes is repealed. SECTION 2.(b) Any funds remaining in.the Emergency Telephone System Fund or required to be remitted by a service supplier to the local fiscal officer for deposit to the.fund, collected pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 62A of the General' Statutes prior to the effective date of this act, are transferred fo theGeneral Fund of the local governing entity,to be used for 'any lawful purpose. Any local governing entity is not relieved of any prior obligation incurred for uses authorized by G.S. 62A-8.11 SECTION 3.(a) Article 2 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes is repealed. SECTION 3.(b) The records, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, including the functions of budgeting and purchasing, of the Wireless 911 Board created under Article 2 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes and repealed by subsection(a) of this section, are transferred to the 911 Board created under Article 3 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes, as enacted by Section 1 of this act. All rules, decisions, and actions adopted, made, or taken by the Wireless 911 Board created under Article 2 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes that have not been repealed or rescinded continue in effect until repealed or rescinded by the 911 Board created under Article 3 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes, as enacted by Section 1 of this act. SECTION 3.(c) The members of the Wireless 911 Board created under Article 2 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes, other than a member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to represent CMRS providers, serve as 11 of the initial members of the 911 Board created under Article 3 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes, as enacted by Section 1 of this act, without reappointment by the Governor or the General Assembly. The State Chief Information Officer must designate which of the initial members who transfer to the 911 Board from the Wireless 911 Board serve four-year terms and which serve six-year terms so that the terms of half the members of the 911 Board, other than the State Chief Information Officer, will expire every two years. The following membership positions for the 911 Board have no counterparts on the Wireless 911 Board and must be appointed in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 62A of the General Statutes: (1) Of the appointments by the Governor, an individual representing a VoIP provider and an individual representing the North Carolina chapter of the National Emergency Number Association(NENA). (2) Of the appointments by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two individuals who represent local exchange carriers operating in North Carolina, one of whom represents a local exchange carrier with less than 50,000 access lines. Page 10 Session Law 2007-383 SL2007-0383