The Office of Emergency Management shall distribute quarterly the entire amount of the moneys in the Emergency Communications Account beginning in June 1982. The office shall pay the following amounts from the account:
(1) Administrative costs incurred during the preceding calendar quarter by the Department of Revenue in carrying out ORS 401.792 to 401.804. The amount paid to the department shall not exceed one-half of one percent of the amount in the account on the date of distribution, or actual expenses incurred by the department, whichever is less.
(2) Administrative costs incurred during the preceding calendar quarter by the Office of Emergency Management in carrying out its duties under ORS 305.823 and 401.710 to 401.816. The amount paid to the office shall not exceed four percent of the amount in the account on the date of distribution, or actual expenses incurred by the office, whichever is less. The office may provide funding under this subsection for the Oregon Emergency Response System in an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the legislatively approved budget for the Oregon Emergency Response System. Funding provided to the Oregon Emergency Response System under this subsection shall be in the manner prescribed by the office and shall be subject to the availability of funds for such funding.
(3) Funds in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Subaccount shall be used to pay for costs incurred during the preceding calendar quarter for enhanced 9-1-1 telephone service established pursuant to ORS 401.720. Enhanced 9-1-1 subaccount funds shall not be disbursed to a 9-1-1 jurisdiction which does not have an approved final plan as required in section 7, chapter 743, Oregon Laws 1991. Payments shall be made only after a reimbursement request has been submitted to the Office of Emergency Management in the manner prescribed by the office. Reimbursement requests for recurring and nonrecurring charges necessary to enable the 9-1-1 jurisdiction to comply with ORS 401.720 shall be submitted directly to the Office of Emergency Management. The costs payable under this section are only those incurred for:
(a) Modification of central office switching and trunking equipment;
(b) Network development, operation and maintenance;
(c) Database development, operation and maintenance;
(d) On-premises equipment procurement, maintenance and replacement;
(e) Conversion of pay station telephones required by ORS 401.770;
(f) Collection of the tax imposed by ORS 401.792 to 401.804; and
(g) Addressing if the reimbursement request is consistent with rules adopted by the office.
(4) 9-1-1 jurisdictions who have enhanced 9-1-1 telephone service operational prior to December 31, 1991, shall receive funding based on cost information provided in their final plan required in section 7, chapter 743, Oregon Laws 1991. Plans submitted which meet the minimum requirements set forth in ORS 401.720 (2) and (4) shall be approved. Funding for costs incurred prior to the preceding calendar quarter shall be limited to charges associated with database development, network and on-premises equipment which satisfy the requirements of ORS 401.720 (2) and (4). Funding under this section shall be in the manner prescribed by the office and subject to the availability of funds therefor.
(5) 9-1-1 jurisdictions may use funds distributed to the jurisdiction from any account described in ORS 401.806 to repay loans from the Special Public Works Fund if the loans were used for purposes that are allowable under ORS 401.710 to 401.816.
(6) Any amounts remaining in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Subaccount shall be retained by the Office of Emergency Management and may be distributed in any subsequent quarter for those purposes set forth in subsections (3), (4) and (5) of this section.
(7) The Enhanced 9-1-1 Equipment Replacement Subaccount shall be used by the Office of Emergency Management to provide funds to replace and upgrade equipment to carry out the provisions of ORS 401.710 to 401.816. If at any time unexpended and unobligated balances in the subaccount exceed $500,000, such excess amount shall be transferred and credited to the Emergency Communications Account and shall be used for the purposes otherwise provided by law.
(8) The office shall review reimbursement requests for modification of central office switching and trunking equipment, conversion of pay station telephones, and network development, operation and maintenance costs necessary to comply with ORS 401.720 for the appropriateness of the costs claimed. The office shall approve or disapprove the reimbursement requests.
(9) The office shall review reimbursement requests for database development, operation and maintenance, and on-premises equipment procurement, maintenance and replacement costs necessary to comply with ORS 401.720 for the appropriateness of the costs claimed.
(10) After all amounts under subsections (1) and (2) of this section and ORS 401.806 (2) and (3) have been paid, the balance of the Emergency Communications Account shall be distributed to cities on a per capita basis and to counties on a per capita basis of each county’s unincorporated area, for distribution to 9-1-1 jurisdictions within the city or county, but each county shall receive a minimum of one percent of the balance of the account after the amounts under subsections (1) and (2) of this section and ORS 401.806 (2) and (3) have been paid. A 9-1-1 jurisdiction whose 9-1-1 service area includes more than one city or county shall receive funds from each city or county involved.
(11) Notwithstanding subsection (10) of this section, a city or county may have its quarterly distribution made payable and sent to the 9-1-1 jurisdiction responsible for providing the services required in ORS 401.720.
(12) 9-1-1 jurisdictions shall submit an accounting report to the office annually. The report shall be provided in the manner prescribed by the office, and shall include but not be limited to:
(a) Funds received and expended under subsection (10) or (11) of this section for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements of ORS 401.720;
(b) Local funds received and expended for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements of ORS 401.720; and
(c) Local funds received and expended for the purposes of providing emergency communications services. [1981 c.533 §18; 1987 c.218 §1; 1989 c.793 §14; 1991 c.743 §19; 1993 c.707 §11; 1995 c.276 §10; 2001 c.740 §2b]
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