Implementation of a transition grant program (Repealed)

(a) On or after January 1, 2006, municipalities may apply for regional emergency telecommunications center or multi-town PSAP transition grants for the purpose of reimbursing such municipalities' expenses related to the transition of existing emergency telecommunications services to an approved multi-jurisdictional emergency telecommunications center. Such reimbursable expenses, which shall be limited to costs associated with the relocation of existing emergency telecommunications systems and non-recurring costs associated with providing for additional functional capacity at the regional emergency telecommunications center, shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Transition grants are limited by the availability of funds and shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Public Safety, Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications. Reimbursable expenses include the following: (1) Moving telephone lines related to emergency telecommunications radio systems; (2) Changes to existing radio systems of the affected parties that are required by the move; (3) Emergency telecommunications equipment required by the regional telecommunications center to facilitate the incorporation of another municipality; and (4) Analysis, design or planning of a new regional emergency telecommunications center or multi-town PSAP. Municipalities are eligible for analysis, design and planning costs, allocated on a one-time basis, for new regional centers at the rate of fifteen thousand dollars for the first two member municipalities plus an additional five thousand dollars for each additional member municipality. (b) Any entity provided with transition grant funds shall be audited in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4-230 to 4-236 of the Connecticut General Statutes. (c) Transition grant requests shall contain the following information and documentation: (1) Detailed description of the current emergency telecommunications services offered by the participating municipalities that will be relocated to the regional center or multi-town PSAP; (2) Detailed listing of the expenses related to transition of the existing center to the regional center or multi-town PSAP; (3) Certification by the legislative body having jurisdiction over the existing municipal emergency telecommunications center or multi-town PSAP that the move to the regional center or multi-town PSAP is authorized, including the date of the effective change; and (4) Certification by the regional emergency telecommunications center or multi-town PSAP regarding the participation of an additional member municipality. (d) Transition grant requests shall be submitted to the Department of Public Safety, Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications, not less than six months prior to the effective date of the move. The Department of Public Safety, Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications, shall act on transition grant requests no later than ninety days after its receipt of the grant application. (e) Municipalities receiving transition grants for reimbursable expenses under the provisions of this section shall not be eligible for transition grants for a period of five years from the date of the award of the original transition grant. (f) A municipality or group of municipalities that receives a transition grant and that relocates to a stand-alone operation, another regional emergency telecommunications center or to a multi-town PSAP within two years of receipt of a transition grant shall refund the amount of such grant to the State of Connecticut, Office of the State Treasurer, for deposit in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund. (g) Unconsolidated funded cities are eligible for transition grants for the purpose of consolidation of 9-1-1 services.