Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1070
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/02/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
       (Evers) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section
    6  365.172, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         365.172 Emergency communications number “E911.”—
    8         (8) E911 FEE.—
    9         (a) Each voice communications services provider shall
   10  collect the fee described in this subsection. Each provider, as
   11  part of its monthly billing process, shall bill the fee as
   12  follows. The fee may shall not be assessed on any pay telephone
   13  in the state.
   14         1. Each voice communications service provider other than a
   15  wireless provider shall bill the fee to a subscriber based on
   16  the number of access lines having access to the E911 system, on
   17  a service-identifier basis, up to a maximum of 25 access lines
   18  per account bill rendered.
   19         2. Each voice communications service provider other than a
   20  wireless provider shall bill the fee to a subscriber on a basis
   21  of five service-identified access lines for each digital
   22  transmission link, including primary rate interface service or
   23  equivalent Digital-Signal-1-level service, which can be
   24  channelized and split into 23 or 24 voice-grade or data-grade
   25  channels for communications, up to a maximum of 25 access lines
   26  per account bill rendered.
   27         3. Except in the case of prepaid wireless service, each
   28  wireless provider shall bill the fee to a subscriber on a per
   29  service-identifier basis for service identifiers whose primary
   30  place of use is within this state. Before July 1, 2015 2013, the
   31  fee may shall not be assessed on or collected from a provider
   32  with respect to an end user’s service if that end user’s service
   33  is a prepaid calling arrangement that is subject to s.
   34  212.05(1)(e).
   35         a. An E911 fee may shall not be collected from the sale of
   36  prepaid wireless service before July 1, 2015 2013.
   37         b. For purposes of this section, the term:
   38         (I) “Prepaid wireless service” means the right to access
   39  telecommunications services, which must be paid for in advance
   40  and sold in predetermined units or dollars enabling the
   41  originator to make calls such that the number of units or
   42  dollars declines with use in a known amount.
   43         (II) “Prepaid wireless service providers” includes those
   44  persons who sell prepaid wireless service regardless of its
   45  form, as a retailer or reseller.
   46         4. The voice communications services providers not
   47  addressed under subparagraphs 1., 2., and 3. shall bill the fee
   48  on a per-service-identifier basis for service identifiers whose
   49  primary place of use is within the state up to a maximum of 25
   50  service identifiers for each account bill rendered.
   51  
   52  The provider may list the fee as a separate entry on each bill,
   53  in which case the fee must be identified as a fee for E911
   54  services. A provider shall remit the fee to the board only if
   55  the fee is paid by the subscriber. If a provider receives a
   56  partial payment for a monthly bill from a subscriber, the amount
   57  received shall first be applied to the payment due the provider
   58  for providing voice communications service.
   59  
   60  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   61         And the title is amended as follows:
   62         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   63  and insert:
   64                        A bill to be entitled                      
   65         An act relating to emergency communication systems;
   66         amending s. 365.172, F.S.; extending the date for
   67         which the E911 fee may not be collected for prepaid
   68         calling arrangements and from prepaid wireless service
   69         providers; providing an effective date.