§ 38-3-191. Limitation on Use of Funds, Rights, and Privileges
All funds, distributions, revenues, grants, appropriations, and rights and privileges of value of every nature accruing to the authority shall be used only for the purpose of developing, maintaining, administering, managing, and promoting the authority, state-wide 9-1-1 advancements, and state-wide public safety communications interoperability and may never be appropriated for any other purpose. History. Code […]
§ 38-3-182. Establishment of Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; Purpose; Duties and Responsibilities; Board of Directors; Perpetual Existence; Power and Authority; Operation; Regulation
There is established the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority as a body corporate and politic, an instrumentality of the state, and a public corporation, and by that name the authority may contract and be contracted with and defend and bring actions, including, but not limited to, a private right of action to enforce this article. The […]
§ 38-3-183. Appointment of Executive Director; Role; Additional Staffing
The director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency shall appoint an executive director, subject to approval by the board, who shall be the administrative head of the authority, and shall establish the salary of the executive director. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of such director. The executive director, with […]
§ 38-3-184. Role of Attorney General
The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority and, in connection therewith, Code Sections 45-15-13 through 45-15-16 shall be fully applicable. History. Code 1981, § 38-3-184 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 689, § 1-1/HB 751.
§ 38-3-185. Remission of 9-1-1 and Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges
Beginning January 1, 2019, all 9-1-1 charges and all wireless enhanced 9-1-1 charges imposed by the governing authority of a local government pursuant to Code Section 46-5-133 and collected by a service supplier pursuant to Code Sections 46-5-134 and 46-5-134.1 shall be remitted monthly by each service supplier to the authority not later than the […]
§ 38-3-186. Contracting With Department of Revenue for Collection and Disbursement of Charges Remitted and for Collection and Disbursement of Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Charges
The authority shall contract with the Department of Revenue for the collection and disbursement of charges remitted to the authority under subsection (a) of Code Section 38-3-185, other than prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charges under Code Section 46-5-134.2. Under such nonmonetary contract and to defray the cost of administering such collection and disbursement, the Department of […]
§ 38-3-187. Planning and Implementation of State-Wide Public Safety Communications Network
The authority and telecommunications service suppliers shall work in cooperation with the state to plan for and implement a state-wide public safety communications network. History. Code 1981, § 38-3-187 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 689, § 1-1/HB 751.
§ 38-3-188. Retention of Funds by Department of Revenue; Payments to Local Governments
The Department of Revenue shall retain and remit from the total amount of funds collected by it from charges imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 38-3-185 and pursuant to Code Section 46-5-134.2 an amount equal to 1 percent to the authority and an amount equal to 0.75 percent of the total amount to […]
§ 38-3-189. Audit; Penalties for Noncompliance; Approval of Billing Practices
Beginning January 1, 2019, the authority is authorized to employ or contract with an independent auditor or the Department of Revenue to audit the financial and business records of any service supplier offering communication services capable of connecting 9-1-1 service to the extent necessary to ensure proper collection and remittance of charges in accordance with […]
§ 38-3-190. Confidential Nature of Information; Aggregate Complying of Data and Release; Compliance With Judicial Orders
Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, all information submitted by a service supplier to the authority or Department of Revenue pursuant to this article shall be presumed to be confidential, proprietary, a trade secret, or subject to exemption from disclosure under state or federal law and shall not be subject to disclosure under […]