12-5328.   Grants; application for; technical adviceand assistance; valid request for service required, when.(a) Eligible municipalities wishing to receive agrantunder thewireless enhanced 911 act shall submit an application therefor to thesecretary. Applications shallbe in such form and shall include such information as the secretary shallrequire including, but not limited to, the request for proposals submitted toinitiate the deployment process, and shall besubmitted in a manner and at a time to be determined by the secretary.

      (b)   The secretary may enter into agreements with any eligible municipalityfor the provisionof a grant thereto for payment of all or a part of project costs,including VoIP project costs, as defined inK.S.A. 2009 Supp.12-5353, andamendments thereto,if recommended by the advisory board. Anyeligible municipality may enterinto such an agreement and may accept such grant when so authorized by themunicipal governingbody. The purposes of the grant to be provided, a time frame forimplementation, and the amountthereof, which may vary among municipalities, shall be included in theagreements. All suchagreements shall include provisions for repayment of the grant ifimplementation isnot completed inaccordance with the terms of the agreement.

      (c)   If a municipality to which a grant is made available under the wirelessenhanced 911 actfails to enter into an agreement with the secretary for the provision of suchgrant in accordance withthe requirements of this act, the secretary may make the amount of the grantavailable for one ormore other projects on the priority list or VoIP projects, as defined inK.S.A. 2009 Supp.12-5353, and amendments thereto, if recommended by theadvisory board.

      (d)   The secretary shall provide any eligible municipality, upon request, withtechnical adviceand assistance regarding a project, including VoIP projects, or anapplication for a grant for thepayment of all or part ofproject costs or VoIP project costs.

      (e) (1)   Subject to the provisions of subsection (e)(3), each PSAP shallsubmit to wireless carriers a valid request for wireless enhanced 911 serviceby July 1, 2007.

      (2)   Subject to theprovisions of subsection (e)(3), if a PSAP has notsubmitted to wireless carriers a validrequest for wireless enhanced 911 service by July 1, 2007,such PSAPshall pay to the secretary all moneys paid from the fund to such PSAP.The secretary shall remit such moneys to the state treasurer in accordance withK.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of the remittance, thestate treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury andcredit it to the wireless enhanced 911 grant fund.Thereafter, such PSAP shall not be eligible to receive moneys from the funduntil thePSAPhassubmitted to thesecretary evidence satisfactory to the secretary that the PSAP has submitted towireless carriers a valid request for wireless enhanced 911 service.

      (3)   If a PSAP is unable to make a valid request by July 1,2007, theadvisory board may approve not to exceed two one-year extensions of such dateto not later than July 1,2008, if the advisory board determines that: (A) Equipment necessary to receiveandutilize the data elements associated with the wireless enhanced 911 service hasbeen ordered by the PSAP but is unavailable; or (B) there is other just causetoextend the date.

      History:   L. 2004, ch. 72, § 8;L. 2006, ch. 101, § 13; July 1.