---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 9.24"
title: "47"
number: "9.24"
heading: "Petition regarding additional purposes and functions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/9.24"
---

# §9.24. Petition regarding additional purposes and functions.

- (a) A State or taxing jurisdiction may petition the Commission for a determination that an obligation or expenditure of 911 fees or charges for a purpose or function other than the purposes or functions designated as acceptable in [§ 9.23](/cfr/47/9.23.md) should be treated as an acceptable purpose or function. Such a petition must meet the requirements applicable to a petition for declaratory ruling under [§ 1.2](/cfr/47/1.2.md) of this chapter.
- (b) The Commission shall grant the petition if the State or taxing jurisdiction provides sufficient documentation to demonstrate that the purpose or function:
  - (1) Supports public safety answering point functions or operations; or
  - (2) **Has a direct impact on the ability of a public safety answering point to—**
    - (i) Receive or respond to 911 calls; or
    - (ii) **Dispatch emergency responders.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 45908, Aug. 17, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 152(a), 155(c), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 210, 214, 218, 219, 222, 225, 251(e), 255, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 332, 403, 405, 605, 610, 615, 615 note, 615a, 615b, 615c, 615a-1, 616, 620, 621, 623, 623 note, 721, and 1471, and Section 902 of Title IX, Division FF, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 66760, Dec. 5, 2019, unless otherwise noted.