General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6327
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2963
*02963_______PS_*
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6327
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 2963
*02963_______PS_*
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT INCREASING THE STATUTORY SURCHARGE CAP FOR THE ENHANCED EMERGENCY 9-1-1 PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 16-256g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) By June first of each year, the Department of Public Utility Control 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 department shall base such fee on the findings of the Commissioner of Public Safety, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 28-24, taking into consideration any existing moneys available in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund. The department 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 department 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.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 16-256g(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
16-256g(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the statutory surcharge cap for the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]