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Orange County Emergency Services <br /> Appendix A: History of 9-1-1 in North Carolina <br /> In 1989 the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Public Safety Telephone Act <br /> recognizing 911 as a toll free number through which an individual in the State can gain rapid, <br /> direct access to public safety aid.The Act became law as North Carolina General Statute <br /> Chapter 62A. Local governments were to set a rate and collect a 911 service fee to pay eligible <br /> costs associated with providing that direct access to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP). <br /> When wireless phones became popular,they did not fit the wireline model for providing <br /> location information, so in 1998 the Legislature adopted NC Senate Bill 1242 providing for a 911 <br /> Wireless Fund and creation of the Wireless 911 Board.This bill defined the composition of the <br /> fund and the requirements for participation. It became law as Article 2 of§62A. During the <br /> 2007 legislative session House Bill 1755 was introduced "to modernize and improve the <br /> administration of the State's 911 system through a statewide 911 Board by ensuring that all <br /> voice services contribute to the 911 system and by providing parity in the quality of service and <br /> the level of 911 charges across voice communications service providers."The bill was passed as <br /> Session Law 2007-383, and took effect January 1, 2008. It requires all voice communications <br /> service providers to collect a single rate 911 service fee and remit collections to the State 911 <br /> Board rather than to the local governments.The State 911 Board distributes funds to the PSAPs <br /> based upon criteria set forth in the new law. <br /> https://www.nc911.nc.gov/1egislation/index.asp <br /> Long-Term Technology Plan Page 4 <br />