Virginia Public-Private Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund; established.
What changed between versions
The definition of 'Project' was expanded to include broadband-enabled push-to-talk, subscription services, and P25 radio systems instead of just general public safety radio and communications infrastructure.
The definition of 'Cost' was updated to explicitly include costs associated with operating broadband-enabled push-to-talk, its integration with traditional land mobile radio, and other mission critical situational awareness broadband applications.
The substitute version clarifies that grants from the Fund cannot be used to fund the entire cost of an approved local project, requiring local governments to contribute some portion of project costs.
New priority criteria were added for grant awards, including projects that serve multiple emergency services through a single system, provide regional interoperability, serve high fiscal stress areas, and are applied for jointly by multiple localities.
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