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North Carolina House Bill H695

North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
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4-HOUSE BILL 695
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4+HOUSE BILL DRH10318-ND-33
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78 Short Title: Support VIPER/Assist 911 Operations/Dispatch. (Public)
8-Sponsors: Representatives B. Jones, Miller, Carson Smith, and Pyrtle (Primary Sponsors).
9-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10-Referred to: Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar,
11-and Operations of the House
12-April 3, 2025
13-*H695 -v-1*
9+Sponsors: Representative B. Jones.
10+Referred to:
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12+*DRH10318 -ND-33*
1413 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1514 AN ACT TO SUPPORT THE STATE'S VIPER PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO NETWORK IN 2
1615 ORDER TO SUPPORT 911 OPERATIONS INTEROPERABILITY AND FIRST 3
1716 RESPONDER DISPATCH THROUGHOUT THE STATE . 4
1817 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
1918 6
2019 ALLOCATE A PERCENTAGE OF 911 FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE STATE 'S VIPER 7
2120 RADIO SYSTEM INSOFAR AS THAT SYSTEM SUPPORTS 911 OPERATIONS IN 8
2221 THE STATE 9
2322 SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 143B-1404(b) reads as rewritten: 10
2423 "(b) Allocation of Revenues. – The 911 Board may deduct and retain for its administrative 11
2524 expenses a percentage of the total service charges remitted to it under G.S. 143B-1403 for deposit 12
2625 in the 911 Fund. The percentage may not exceed three and one-half percent (3.5%). The 13
2726 percentage is one percent (1%) unless the 911 Board sets the percentage at a different amount. 14
2827 The 911 Board must monitor the amount of funds required to meet its duties under this Part and 15
2928 set the rate at an amount that enables the 911 Board to meet this commitment. The 911 Board 16
3029 must allocate a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the total service charges to the Next 17
3130 Generation 911 Reserve Fund to be administered as provided in G.S. 143B-1407. The 911 Board 18
3231 must allocate a minimum of five percent (5%) of the total service charges to the PSAP Grant and 19
3332 Statewide Projects Account to be administered as provided in G.S. 143B-1407. The 911 Board 20
3433 must allocate a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the total service charges to the State 21
3534 Highway Patrol to be used for the support and maintenance of the State's Voice Interoperability 22
3635 Plan for Emergency Responders (VIPER) system insofar as that system relates to the provision 23
3736 of 911 services in the State, the provision for the interoperability of 911 systems with one another 24
3837 and with public safety and first responder radio systems, and the dispatch of first responders in 25
3938 response to 911 communications. The remaining revenues remitted to the 911 Board for deposit 26
4039 in the 911 Fund are allocated for distribution to the primary PSAPs, CMRS providers, or the 27
4140 Accounts established in G.S. 143B-1407." 28
4241 SECTION 1.(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to 911 29
4342 Board allocations made on or after that date. 30
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4544 911 BOARD TO ADOPT TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT RULES 32
4645 SECTION 2. The 911 Board shall adopt rules in accordance with this act and is 33
47-granted authority to adopt temporary rules to enact this act until permanent rules are adopted. 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48-Page 2 House Bill 695-First Edition
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50-GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE 2
51-SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 3
46+granted authority to adopt temporary rules to enact this act until permanent rules are adopted. 34
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48+GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE 36
49+H.B. 695
50+Apr 2, 2025
51+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
52+Page 2 DRH10318-ND-33
53+SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 1