New Jersey S 2619: Establishes New Jersey Council on Responsible Fatherhood and Responsible Fatherhood fund.

Bill Text

S2619 

SENATE, No. 2619 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Concerns distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency 
Response Trust Fund Account.

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 C.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 associated with recruitment and retention of first responders.

���� c.���� Five percent of 
funds credited to the �9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account� 
shall be annually appropriated to the New Jersey EMS Task Force.

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

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill expands the purposes 
funded by the �9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account.�� Under 
this bill, funds credited to the account are to be annually appropriated to pay 
any costs associated with the recruitment and retention of first responders.� 
The bill also allocates, annually, five percent of funds credited to the 
account to the New Jersey EMS Task Force, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization 
that provides emergency medical services throughout New Jersey and regularly 
collaborates with the State.