All Other $0 $500

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Federal Expenditures Fund Total $0 $500

PART B

Sec. B-1. 35-A MRSA §7101, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5. Homeland security and emergency alerts. The Legislature further finds that__seamless, integrated, robust and redundant means of communication, including, but not limited to, voice and alphanumeric pagers, landline telephones, wireless telephones, text radio and wireless e-mail, create a robust communication system that enables rapid contact with first responders, ensures emergency alert notification to all affected persons in the State, including at-risk populations such as the hearing or visually impaired, and enhances homeland security.__It is the policy of the State to encourage the deployment of the infrastructure necessary to support such a communications system.