(a) In addition to the 9-1-1 fee, the governing body of each county, by
ordinance or resolution enacted or adopted after a public hearing, may
impose an additional charge to be added to all current bills rendered
for switched local exchange access service or CMRS or other
9-1-1-accessible service in the county.
(b) (1) The additional charge imposed by a county may not exceed 75 cents per
month per bill.
(2) The amount of the additional charges may not exceed a level necessary
to cover the total eligible maintenance and operation costs of the
county.
(c) The additional charge continues in effect until repealed or modified by
a subsequent county ordinance or resolution.
(d) After imposing, repealing, or modifying an additional charge, the
county shall certify the amount of the additional charge to the Public
Service Commission.
(e) The Public Service Commission shall direct each telephone company that
provides service in a county that imposed an additional charge to add,
within 60 days, the full amount of the additional charge to all current
bills rendered for switched local exchange access service in the
county.
(f) Within 60 days after a county enacts or adopts an ordinance or
resolution that imposes, repeals, or modifies an additional charge,
each 9-1-1 service carrier that provides service in the county shall
add the full amount of the additional charge to all current bills
rendered for CMRS or other 9-1-1-accessible service in the county.
(g) (1) Each telephone company and each 9-1-1 service carrier shall:
(i) act as a collection agent for the 9-1-1 Trust Fund with respect to
the additional charge imposed by each county;
(ii) collect the money from the additional charge on a county basis; and
(iii) remit all money collected to the Comptroller on a monthly basis.
(2) The Comptroller shall deposit the money remitted in the 9-1-1 Trust
Fund account maintained for the county that imposed the additional
charge.
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