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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 34A.7, subsection 2, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. SURCHARGE COLLECTED BY PROVIDERS. The surcharge shall 1 4 be collected as part of the access line service provider's 1 5 periodic billing to a subscriber. In compensation for the 1 6 costs of billing and collection, the provider may retain one 1 7 percent of the gross surcharges collected. If the 1 8 compensation is insufficient to fully recover a provider's 1 9 costs for billing and collection of the surcharge, the 1 10 deficiency shall be included in the provider's costs for 1 11 ratemaking purposes to the extent it is reasonable and just 1 12 under section 476.6. The surcharge shall be remitted to the 1 13 E911 service operating authority for deposit into the E911 1 14 service fund quarterly by the provider. The surcharges may be 1 15 combined and remitted together by the provider so long as the 1 16 remitted surcharges are accompanied by a report which contains 1 17 the following information: 1 18 a. Exchange from which each surcharge was collected. 1 19 b. Number of lines to which the surcharge was applied that 1 20 quarter. 1 21 c. Number of refusals to pay the surcharge in each 1 22 exchange. 1 23 d. Number of write-offs applied in each exchange. 1 24 e. Number of exempt federal facilities in each exchange. 1 25 f. Amount of the one percent administration fee for 1 26 billing and collection costs retained by the provider. 1 27 PARAGRAPH DIVIDED. A provider is not liable for an 1 28 uncollected surcharge for which the provider has billed a 1 29 subscriber but not been paid. The surcharge shall appear as a 1 30 single line item on a subscriber's periodic billing entitled, 1 31 "E911 emergency telephone service surcharge". The E911 1 32 service surcharge is not subject to sales or use tax. 1 33 Sec. 2. Section 34A.8, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended 1 34 to read as follows: 1 35 2. Subscriber information remains the property of the 2 1 local exchange service provider. 2 2 The joint E911 service board, the designated E911 provider, 2 3 and the public safety answering point, their agents, 2 4 employees, and assigns shall use local exchange service 2 5 information, including information collected by the access 2 6 line service provider pursuant to section 34A.7, subsection 2, 2 7 paragraphs "a" through "f", and provided by the local exchange 2 8 service provider solely for the purposes of providing E911 2 9 emergency telephone service, and it shall otherwise be kept 2 10 confidential. A person who violates this section is guilty of 2 11 a simple misdemeanor. 2 12 This chapter does not require a local exchange service 2 13 provider to sell or provide its subscriber names, addresses, 2 14 or telephone number information to any person other than the 2 15 E911 service provider designated by the joint E911 service 2 16 board. 2 17 EXPLANATION 2 18 This bill provides that E911 surcharges that are billed and 2 19 collected by a provider and remitted to the E911 service 2 20 operating authority must be reported in a standard format 2 21 which contains information concerning the exchange from which 2 22 the surcharge was collected, the number of lines to which the 2 23 surcharge was applied that quarter, the number of refusals to 2 24 pay the surcharge in each exchange, the number of write-offs 2 25 applied in each exchange, the number of exempt federal 2 26 facilities in each exchange, and the amount of the 1 percent 2 27 administration fee for the costs of billing and collecting the 2 28 surcharges that was retained by the provider. 2 29 The bill also requires that information collected by the 2 30 access line service providers for the report pursuant to Code 2 31 section 34A.7, subsection 2, paragraphs "a" through "f" be 2 32 used only to provide E911 service and otherwise be kept 2 33 confidential. 2 34 LSB 2292SV 79 2 35 av/cf/24
Text: SF00473 Text: SF00475 Text: SF00400 - SF00499 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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