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LD 1423 Title Page An Act To Facilitate the Implementation, Maintenance and Operation of the E-9-1... LD 1423 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2926, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt.
EEEE, §5, is amended to read:

 
5. Call answering coverage. The bureau is not required to
provide for or use surcharge funding for local 911 call
answering coverage in counties or municipalities that choose
not to participate in the E-9-1-1 system.

 
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 584, §1
and affected by §10, is further amended to read:

 
1-B. Statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge. The activities
authorized under this chapter are funded through a special
statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge levied on each residential and
business telephone exchange line, including private branch
exchange lines and Centrex lines, cellular or wireless
telecommunications service subscribers and semipublic coin and
public access lines. The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge may not
be imposed on more than 25 lines or numbers per customer
billing account. In the case of cellular or wireless
telecommunications service subscribers, the place of residence
of those subscribers must be determined according to the
sourcing rules for mobile telecommunications services set
forth in Title 36, section 1816. The statewide E-9-1-1
surcharge is 50¢ 66¢ per month per line or number until 90
days after adjournment of the First Regular Session of the
121st Legislature, after which time the statewide E-9-1-1
surcharge is 32¢ per month per line or number. The statewide
E-9-1-1 surcharge must be billed on a monthly basis by each
local exchange telephone utility or cellular or wireless
telecommunications service provider and be shown separately as
a statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge on the customer's bill.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill removes the sunset provision that reduces the
surcharge for Enhanced 9-1-1 service from 50¢ to 32¢, it
increases the surcharge from 50¢ to 66¢ and makes it clear
that a county or municipality may not withdraw from the
statewide E-9-1-1 system.


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