1. (1) In consultation with the 911 subcommittee, the department shall do all of the following when awarding grants to eligible public safety answering points under this chapter:

   1. (a) Determine the maximum percentage of funds that must be derived from local funding sources for all eligible public safety answering points. The amount required from local funding sources shall not exceed 25 percent of the grant amount awarded by the department to a public safety answering point in a grant period. The amount required from local funding sources shall be in addition to the grant amount awarded by the department.
   2. (b) Set the maximum award amount that an eligible public safety answering point may apply for under each grant period based on the amount of funding available in the appropriation s. 20.465 (3) (qm), Stats., and the local funding source percentage identified in par. (a).
2. (2) For any application received for activities to consolidate some or all functions of 2 or more public safety answering points, the department may reduce or waive the required local funding source percentage and maximum award amount identified in sub. (1) (a) and (b).
3. (3) No grant period shall exceed 18 months.

History

History: CR 21-075: cr. Register June 2022 No. 798, eff. 7-1-22.