Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2921, sub-6-C is enacted to read:

6-C.__Prepaid wireless telephone service.__"Prepaid wireless telephone service" means a wireless telephone service that is paid for in advance of activation.

Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. V, §4 and affected by §29, 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, prepaid wireless telephone service customers 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 as set forth in Title 36, section 2556. The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge is 50¢ 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. To comply with the surcharge requirement, a prepaid wireless telephone service provider shall collect from the customer the surcharge for the entire period of the prepaid wireless telephone service at a rate of 50__per month at the time the customer purchases the service or shall collect the 50__surcharge at the beginning of each month for which time is left on the service.

Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§2-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. EEEE, §7, is further amended to read:

2-B. Surcharge remittance. Each local exchange telephone utility and, cellular or wireless telecommunications service provider and prepaid wireless telephone service provider shall remit the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge revenues collected from its customers pursuant to this section on a monthly basis and within one month of the month collected to the Treasurer of State for deposit in a separate account known as the E-9-1-1 fund. Service providers shall provide, on a form approved by the bureau, supporting data, including but not limited to the following: