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Emergency Responders warned about 2010 budget raid

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

When the Arizona legislature passed its budget in 2010, it raided the Emergency Telecommunications Fund to the tune of $2.2M.

Alarm bells were sounded at the time: 911 officials fear budget cuts will endanger public safety

Now a 10 year old girl has died during a delayed response to a 911 call using the system that was upgraded without proper funding.

Who voted for that budget line item? It was not a separate bill with a tracked vote, just a line item in a budget proposal: http://www.azleg.gov/jlbc/enactedbudgetproposal040910.pdf