HB 192 — DIGITAL TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEM SUBSCRIBER FEES

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APPROPRIATION.--Two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of information technology for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 and subsequent fiscal years to fund the payment of subscriber fees for the digital trunked radio communications system to municipal, county and tribal public safety agencies that provide law enforcement, fire, medical or other emergency services.

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