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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 630
BY SENATOR MORRELL
LOCAL AGENCIES. Authorizes a fixed rate for emergency telephone service charges in
St. Bernard Parish. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:9106.3, relative to St. Bernard Parish; to authorize St. Bernard Parish 9112
Communications District to levy a fixed rate for emergency telephone service3
charges; to require voter approval of the fixed rate fee under certain conditions; to4
provide that the fixed rate fee shall be uniformly applied to residential, commercial,5
and cellular services; and to provide for related matters.6
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 33:9106.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
ยง9106.3. Fixed rate service charge; St. Bernard Parish10
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:9106, the St. Bernard11
Parish 911 Communications District may levy the emergency telephone service12
charge authorized by that Section on a uniform flat-fee schedule of fixed rates13
not based on any tariff rate charged in the parish.14
B. If the governing authority converts to such a rate schedule for its15
service charge, such rates shall be equal to the applicable tariff-based rate at the16
time of conversion unless a higher rate is approved by the voters of the district.17 SB NO. 630
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C. Such service charge shall not exceed one dollar per month for each1
residential line, two dollars and seven cents per month for each commercial line,2
and one dollar and twenty-six cents per month for each cellular or other3
wireless telecommunications service.4
D. If such service charges are levied on a flat fee schedule of fixed rates,5
rates shall be uniform for each of the following classes of service: residential,6
commercial, and cellular, commercial mobile radio service (CMRS), or other7
wireless telecommunications service.8
E. For cellular or other non-fixed location wireless telecommunications9
service users, such service charge shall be assessed against each cellular or other10
wireless phone number for which the billing address is within the boundaries11
of the district. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the application of such service12
charge to any mobile telecommunications service, as defined in R.S.13
47:301(29)(p), shall apply only if the customer's place of primary use is located14
within the boundaries of the political subdivision levying such CMRS15
emergency telephone service charge. For purposes of this Subsection, the16
provisions of R.S. 47:301(29)(p) shall apply in the same manner and to the same17
extent as such provisions apply to the taxes levied pursuant to R.S. 47:302(C)18
and 331(C) on a mobile telecommunications service.19
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ann S. Brown.
DIGEST
Morrell (SB 630)
Present law (R.S. 33:9106(B)) authorizes the governing authority of any communication
district to levy an emergency telephone service charge to fund the costs for 911 services.
Proposed law retains present law and further authorizes the governing authority of St.
Bernard Parish 911 Communications District to develop a uniform fixed rate service charge
for 911 services.
Proposed law provides that voter approval for the fixed rate fee is required if the amount of
funds generated is greater than the amount collected under the tariff-based rate as provided
in present law.
Proposed law provides that the total amount of the service charge shall be: SB NO. 630
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1. One dollar ($1.00) per month for each residential line.
2. Two dollars and seven cents ($2.07) per month for each commercial line.
3. One dollar and twenty-six cents ($1.26) per month for each cellular or other wireless
telecommunications service.
Proposed law provides that the service charge shall be assessed against each cellular or other
wireless phone number for which the billing address is within the boundaries of the district.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 33:9106.3)