Bill Text: CT HB05378 | 2012 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Maximum Surcharge For Enhanced 9-1-1 Service.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HB05378 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05378-Chaptered.html
Substitute House Bill No. 5378
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MAXIMUM SURCHARGE FOR ENHANCED 9-1-1 SERVICE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16-256g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) By June first of each year, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall conduct a proceeding to determine the amount of the monthly fee to be assessed against each subscriber of: (1) Local telephone service, (2) commercial mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR Section 20. 3, (3) voice over Internet protocol service, as defined in section 28-30b, and (4) prepaid wireless telephone service, as defined in section 28-30b, to fund the development and administration of the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. The authority shall base such fee on the findings of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 28-24, taking into consideration any existing moneys available in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund. The authority shall consider the progressive wire line inclusion schedule contained in the final report of the task force to study enhanced 9-1-1 telecommunications services established by public act 95-318. The authority shall not approve any fee greater than [fifty] seventy-five cents per month per access line nor shall it approve any fee that does not include the progressive wire line inclusion schedule.
(b) Each telephone or telecommunications company providing local telephone service, each provider of commercial mobile radio service, each provider of prepaid wireless telephone service and each provider of voice over Internet protocol service shall assess against each subscriber, the fee established by the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, which shall be remitted to the Office of State Treasurer for deposit into the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund established pursuant to section 28-30a, not later than the fifteenth day of each month.