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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
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