Public agencies or public safety answering points ("PSAPs") who receive wireline and wireless 9-1-1 fee revenue from local telephone exchanges and the Oklahoma Tax Commission may only spend such funding on the eligible uses listed below:
(1) Enhanced 9-1-1 services.
- (A) Enhanced 9-1-1 Phase II wireless technology, NG9-1-1, or successor 9-1-1 technology (defined as: technology and maintenance needed to transmit voice, data, and text from the 9-1-1 caller to the 9-1-1 center call-taker);
- (B) Mapping display for call answering positions that are ANI/ALI equipped;
- (C) 9-1-1 GIS services;
- (D) TTY required for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA");
- (E) 9-1-1 information technology services;
- (F) 9-1-1 Management Information System ("MIS") for reporting purposes;
- (G) Cyber security of the 9-1-1 system; or
- (H) Clock synchronizer and maintenance for 9-1-1 purpose.
(2) Administration.
- (A) Human resources services;
- (B) Legal costs;
- (C) Financial services, including 9-1-1 financial audits;
- (D) 9-1-1 public education coordination;
- (E) Voice and radio/data recorder and maintenance;
- (F) 9-1-1 Coordinator duties;
- (G) 9-1-1 Coordinator or 9-1-1 office computers, software, and furniture; or
- (H) Expenses needed to gather location information.
(3) Operations.
- (A) PSAP and 9-1-1 administrative telephone lines/connections;
- (B) E9-1-1/NG9-1-1 reserve accounts;
- (C) 9-1-1 call receiver salaries and benefits;
- (D) Computer Aided Dispatch ("CAD") by the Public Safety Telecommunicator to manage the 9-1-1 call (excluding legal, fire, EMS, jail, and other ancillary software solutions);
- (E) Hardware/software licensing specifically for display of the field units in the 9-1-1 center, which does not include field responder licensing and hardware;
- (F) Interfaces from CAD or 9-1-1 to external services, such as radio, NCIC, records management systems ("RMS"), and mobile computer systems;
- (G) Radio consoles within the 9-1-1 center, including licensing, and the radio or connectivity needed to broadcast the 9-1-1 information to the field (excluding radio systems, repeaters, subscriber units, portable/mobile radios used in the field, or any other communication median beyond the dispatch center);
- (H) Call taker protocols; or
- (I) Office supplies needed for the delivery of 9-1-1 services.
(4) Facility.
- (A) PSAP and 9-1-1 facility lease/purchase costs;
- (B) E9-1-1 building repair and maintenance, including major systems replacement or repair;
- (C) E9-1-1 property and liability insurance;
- (D) Auxiliary generator and generator maintenance to provide 9-1-1 eligible equipment;
- (E) Console furniture for 9-1-1 call receiving equipment and maintenance; or
- (F) Uninterruptible power supply ("UPS") for PSAP enhanced 9-1-1 equipment and maintenance.
(5) Training.
- (A) Coordinator professional development;
- (B) 9-1-1 Public Safety Telecommunicator professional development and operational training;
- (C) Cyber security training related to 9-1-1;
- (D) Social media security training related to 9-1-1; or
- (E) 9-1-1 professional subscriptions and memberships.
Added at 40 Ok Reg 8, eff 8-9-22 (emergency)
Added at 40 Ok Reg 873, eff 8-11-23