Danny
That's a hot button issue with me. My county has both the 911 surcharge income and a dedicated fire tax but the council pours it all into the general fund and tries to make the public believe that they will have to cut fire and rescue service if they cannot charge for ambulance service or the voters will not agree to a tax increase and on and on... The bottom line is that politicians despise dedicated revenue that they cannot spend how they please and will use any trick they can to turn it into general fund money to make it suitably fungible.