ASSEMBLY, No. 1089

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

 

 

By Assemblymen CORODEMUS and GREGG

 

 

An Act concerning local unit reimbursement for the costs of false emergency calls to 9-1-1 and amending P.L.1989, c.3.

 

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

 

    1. Section 10 of P.L.1989, c.3 (C.52:17C-10) is amended to read as follows:

    10. a. Whenever possible and practicable, telephone companies shall forward to jurisdictional public safety answering points via enhanced 9-1-1 network features, the telephone number and street address of any telephone used to place a 9-1-1 call. Subscriber information provided in accordance with this section shall be used only for the purpose of responding to emergency calls or for the investigation of false or intentionally misleading reports of incidents requiring emergency service.

    b. No telephone company, public safety answering point, agents of, or manufacturer supplying equipment to a telephone company or PSAP, shall be liable to any person who uses the enhanced 9-1-1 service established under this act for release of the information specified in this section, including non-published telephone numbers, or for failure of any equipment or procedure in connection with the enhanced 9-1-1 service or for any act or the omission of any act committed while in the training for or in rendering PSAP services in good faith and in accordance with this act.

    c. A municipality or county that incurs any expense because of calls made to a 9-1-1 emergency service that are false alarms, intentionally misleading reports of incidents, or other calls made to a 9-1-1 emergency service without purpose of reporting the need for 9-1-1 service, may seek reimbursement for its costs, including costs of collection, from the caller or, if the caller cannot be identified, from


the subscriber of the telephone service from which the call was made.

(cf: P.L.1989, c.3, s.10)

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill would authorize counties and municipalities that have incurred expense because of false calls placed to a 9-1-1 emergency service to seek reimbursement from the caller or the subscriber of the telephone service from which the call was made.

 

 

 

Authorizes local unit reimbursement for cost of false call to 9-1-1.