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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1296 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2576 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Michael S. Chaisson |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to establish a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michael S. Chaisson1st Bristol1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1296 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2576 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Chaisson of Foxborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2576) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Michael S. Chaisson for legislation to establish a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge. Public |
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| 20 | 20 | | Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2293 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to establish a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of Section 18H of Chapter 6A of the General Laws as |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 27 to 30 the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3following sentence:- “For prepaid wireless service, the department shall promulgate regulations |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4establishing an equitable and reasonable method for the remittance and collection of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5surcharge or surcharge amounts for such service.” and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6three sentences: “For prepaid wireless service, the seller of such service directly to an end user |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7shall collect the surcharge from the end user at the point of sale on each retail sale within the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8Commonwealth, as defined in section 1 of Chapter 64H, and remit it to the department of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9revenue. The department of revenue shall promulgate regulations within 60 days of the effective |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10date of the act for the reporting and remittance of the amounts so collected, as well as 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11enforcement of such obligations. The amount of the prepaid wireless E911 charge that is |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12collected by a seller from a consumer shall not be included in the base for measuring any tax, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13fee, surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by the commonwealth or any intergovernmental |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14agency.” |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 SECTION 2. Regulations promulgated under section 1 shall take effect on July 1, 2025. |
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