The state agency they are referring to, TECB, has already set aside the 160 million dollars it needs to finish the Next Generation (NG911) project. Mr. Chiozza has no idea what he is talking about. The project will be completed whether or not this bill is passed or not. If Chiozza or the TECB says otherwise, they are either lying to you. Local Emergency Communications Districts (ECD's) have been losing money for years. The revenue from land lines, you know - the ones everybody used to have, has been in decline for many years and that revenue is $1.50 per month per line and goes straight to the 911 call centers (ECD's). The revenue from wireless devices, you know - the things that are replacing the old land lines, is only $1.00 and local ECD's only get .25 cents of that dollar and with alot of strings attached. They get that money in the form of grants and everything purchased from those grants must be depreciated. So, if a new piece of equipment is purchased for $150,000.00 and is depreciated over a five year period, the ECD must find $30,000 per year in new revenue for five years straight or find itself in financial distress. With declining revenues, there is NO NEW MONEY. If the ECD is in a state of financial distress for three years straight, the State (TECB) can consolidate them and Memphis loses its 911 Center. ECD's are a failing business model because AT&T's lobbyists made sure of it. Now, AT&T wants your local government to raise property taxes to pay for this rather than collect the $1.00 tariff on cell phones and turn it over to the State. And for some strange reason, the Exec. Director over TECB is in bed with AT$T and is trying her best to consolidate ECD's so that she can keep on giving AT&T the hundreds of millions of dollars that she has been giving them for years. She wants the money because she is building a golden parachute for herself with AT&T once this Next Gen. 911 system is launched statewide. This bill gives 4 million + to Memphis.