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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6629
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4775
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING
Introduced by:
(FIN)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E COLLECTION AND REMITTANCE OF
THE E 9-1-1 FEE BY MARKETPLACE FACILITAT ORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 28-30b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022, and 2
applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 2022): 3
As used in this section and sections 28-30a, [28-30b,] 28-30d, 28-30e 4
and 28-30f, as amended by this act: 5
(1) "Consumer" means a person who purchases prepaid wireless 6
telecommunications service in a retail transaction. 7
(2) "Marketplace facilitator" has the same meaning as provided in 8
section 12-408e. 9
[(2)] (3) "Prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee" means the fee that a seller 10
collects from a consumer in an amount established by section 28-30e. 11 Raised Bill No. 6629
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[(3)] (4) "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" means a 12
wireless telephone service that a consumer pays for in advance, that 13
allows the consumer to access the E 9-1-1 system by dialing or otherwise 14
accessing the digits "9-1-1", and that is sold in predetermined units or 15
dollars and such units or dollars decline with use. 16
[(4)] (5) "Provider" means any person who provides prepaid wireless 17
telecommunications service pursuant to a license issued by the Federal 18
Communications Commission. 19
[(5)] (6) "Retail transaction" means a purchase of prepaid wireless 20
telecommunications service from a seller for any purpose other than 21
resale. 22
[(6)] (7) "Seller" means a person who sells prepaid wireless 23
telecommunications service to a consumer. "Seller" includes a 24
marketplace facilitator that facilitates the sale of prepaid wireless 25
telecommunications service to a consumer. 26
[(7)] (8) "Voice over Internet protocol service" or "VOIP" means a 27
service that has the following characteristics: (A) Enables real-time, two-28
way voice communication; (B) requires a broadband connection from 29
the users' locations; (C) requires IP-compatible customer premises 30
equipment; and (D) allows subscribers generally to receive calls that 31
originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate 32
calls on the public switched telephone. 33
[(8)] (9) "Voice over Internet protocol service provider" or "VOIP 34
service provider" means a company that provides VOIP telephone 35
service. 36
[(9)] (10) "Wireless telecommunications service" means commercial 37
mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR Section 20.3, as from time to 38
time amended. 39
Sec. 2. Subsections (d) and (e) of section 28-30f of the general statutes 40
are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 41 Raised Bill No. 6629
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October 1, 2021): 42
(d) The department shall establish procedures by which a seller [of 43
prepaid wireless telecommunications service] may document that a sale 44
is not a retail transaction, which procedures shall substantially coincide 45
with the procedures for documenting sale for resale transactions 46
pursuant to section 12-410. 47
(e) The department shall, not later than thirty days after receiving any 48
prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee, transfer such fee to the office of the State 49
Treasurer for deposit into the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications 50
Fund, established pursuant to section 28-30a. Any revenue from the 51
prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee shall be subject to any restrictions provided 52
by section 28-30a. The department may make a one-time deduction of 53
not more than one hundred twenty thousand dollars from such fund 54
and may use [said] such amount to reimburse its direct costs of 55
administering the collection and remittance of prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 56
fees. 57
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022, and
applicable to sales
occurring on or after July
1, 2022
28-30b
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 28-30f(d) and (e)
FIN Joint Favorable