| 1 | 1 | | By: Oliveira H.B. No. 4609 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the authority of the Commission on State Emergency |
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| 7 | 7 | | Communication to determine the 9-1-1 service fee. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sec. 771.071(b), Health & Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) The amount of the fee may not exceed [50] 40 cents a |
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| 12 | 12 | | month for each line. |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 2. Sec. 771.0711(b), Health & Safety Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) A wireless service provider shall collect the fee in an |
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| 16 | 16 | | amount equal to [50] 40 cents a month for each wireless |
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| 17 | 17 | | telecommunications connection from its subscribers and shall pay |
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| 18 | 18 | | the money collected to the comptroller not later than the 30th day |
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| 19 | 19 | | after the last day of the month during which the fees were |
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| 20 | 20 | | collected. The comptroller may establish alternative dates for |
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| 21 | 21 | | payment of fees under this section. The wireless service provider |
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| 22 | 22 | | may retain an administrative fee of one percent of the amount |
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| 23 | 23 | | collected. The comptroller shall deposit the money from the fees to |
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| 24 | 24 | | the credit of the 9-1-1 services fee account. Until deposited to |
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| 25 | 25 | | the credit of the 9-1-1 services fee account as required by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsection (c), money the comptroller collects under this |
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| 27 | 27 | | subsection remains in a trust fund with the state treasury. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies only to fees imposed on or after |
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| 29 | 29 | | the effective date of this Act. Fees imposed before that date are |
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| 30 | 30 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the fees were imposed, and |
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| 31 | 31 | | that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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