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