New Jersey S 1125: Criminalizes failure to return erroneous person-to-person electronic payments following proper notification.

Bill Text

S1125 

SENATE, No. 1125 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Senator NILSA I. CRUZ-PEREZ

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Gopal and Amato

SYNOPSIS

���� Prioritizes distribution of 9-1-1 System and 
Emergency Response Trust Fund monies; permits use of funds for certain expenses 
incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 
9-1-1 emergency services.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the �9-1-1 System and Emergency Response 
Trust Fund Account� and amending P.L.2004, c.48.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 3 of P.L.2004 c.48 
(C.52:17C-19) is amended to read as follows:

���� 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) ; and 

���� (9)�� any costs incurred by 
counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 
emergency services including, but not limited to, costs associated with 
emergency response training, operating expenses, and capital expenses.

���� c.���� The Attorney General 
shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to allocate 9-1-1 System and 
Emergency Response Trust Fund Account monies to county, regional, and municipal 
public safety answering points.� Funds shall be prioritized for distribution to 
county, regionalized, or large centralized public safety answering points.� To 
the extent available, funds shall then be distributed to other local public 
safety answering points.

(cf: P.L.2013, c.245, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill permits funds from 
the "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" to be 
appropriated for the purposes of paying for certain costs incurred by counties 
and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency 
services and prioritizes funds.

���� Currently, pursuant to 
N.J.S.A.52:17C-19, funds in the trust fund account are allocated for the 
following purposes:

���� (1)�� the costs incurred in 
the initial installation of the Statewide enhanced 9-1-1 network 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 (N.J.S.A.52:17C-13) 
as well as the installation, operation, and maintenance costs required to 
provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services (N.J.S.A.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;

���� (5)�� the cost of operating 
the Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission;

���� (6)�� a