Bill Text: FL S1070 | 2013 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Emergency Communication Systems
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax [S1070 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S1070-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2013 CS for SB 1070 By the Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; and Senator Hays 579-03335-13 20131070c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to emergency communication systems; 3 amending s. 365.172, F.S.; extending the date for 4 which the E911 fee may not be collected for prepaid 5 calling arrangements and from prepaid wireless service 6 providers; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section 11 365.172, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 365.172 Emergency communications number “E911.”— 13 (8) E911 FEE.— 14 (a) Each voice communications services provider shall 15 collect the fee described in this subsection. Each provider, as 16 part of its monthly billing process, shall bill the fee as 17 follows. The fee mayshallnot be assessed on any pay telephone 18 in the state. 19 1. Each voice communications service provider other than a 20 wireless provider shall bill the fee to a subscriber based on 21 the number of access lines having access to the E911 system, on 22 a service-identifier basis, up to a maximum of 25 access lines 23 per account bill rendered. 24 2. Each voice communications service provider other than a 25 wireless provider shall bill the fee to a subscriber on a basis 26 of five service-identified access lines for each digital 27 transmission link, including primary rate interface service or 28 equivalent Digital-Signal-1-level service, which can be 29 channelized and split into 23 or 24 voice-grade or data-grade 30 channels for communications, up to a maximum of 25 access lines 31 per account bill rendered. 32 3. Except in the case of prepaid wireless service, each 33 wireless provider shall bill the fee to a subscriber on a per 34 service-identifier basis for service identifiers whose primary 35 place of use is within this state. Before July 1, 20152013, the 36 fee mayshallnot be assessed on or collected from a provider 37 with respect to an end user’s service if that end user’s service 38 is a prepaid calling arrangement that is subject to s. 39 212.05(1)(e). 40 a. An E911 fee mayshallnot be collected from the sale of 41 prepaid wireless service before July 1, 20152013. 42 b. For purposes of this section, the term: 43 (I) “Prepaid wireless service” means the right to access 44 telecommunications services, which must be paid for in advance 45 and sold in predetermined units or dollars enabling the 46 originator to make calls such that the number of units or 47 dollars declines with use in a known amount. 48 (II) “Prepaid wireless service providers” includes those 49 persons who sell prepaid wireless service regardless of its 50 form, as a retailer or reseller. 51 4. The voice communications services providers not 52 addressed under subparagraphs 1., 2., and 3. shall bill the fee 53 on a per-service-identifier basis for service identifiers whose 54 primary place of use is within the state up to a maximum of 25 55 service identifiers for each account bill rendered. 56 57 The provider may list the fee as a separate entry on each bill, 58 in which case the fee must be identified as a fee for E911 59 services. A provider shall remit the fee to the board only if 60 the fee is paid by the subscriber. If a provider receives a 61 partial payment for a monthly bill from a subscriber, the amount 62 received shall first be applied to the payment due the provider 63 for providing voice communications service. 64 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.