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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1202 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2293
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
F. Jay Barrows and Kimberly N. Ferguson
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to establish a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/17/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/18/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1202 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2293
By Representatives Barrows of Mansfield and Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 2293) of F. Jay Barrows and Kimberly N. Ferguson for legislation to establish a
prepaid wireless E911 surcharge. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2422 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to establish a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of section 18H of chapter 6A of the General Laws as
2appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 25 to 27 the
3following sentence:-“For prepaid wireless service, the department shall promulgate regulations
4establishing an equitable and reasonable method for the remittance and collection of the
5surcharge or surcharge amounts for such service.” and inserting in place thereof the following
6two sentences: “For prepaid wireless service, the seller of such service directly to an end user
7shall collect the surcharge from the end user at the point of sale on each retail sale within the
8Commonwealth, as defined in section 1 of Chapter 64H, and remit it to the department of
9revenue. The department of revenue shall promulgate regulations within 60 days of the effective
10date of the act for the reporting and remittance of the amounts so collected, as well as 2 of 2
11enforcement of such obligations. The amount of the prepaid wireless E911 charge that is
12collected by a seller from a consumer shall not be included in the base for measuring any tax,
13fee, surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by the commonwealth or any intergovernmental
14agency.”
15 SECTION 2. Regulations promulgated under section 1 shall take effect on July 1, 2023.