§ 303 — Establishment of surcharge for system costs

§ 303. Establishment of surcharge for system costs. 1.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any\nmunicipality of this state, acting through its board, is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal local laws to impose\na surcharge in an amount not to exceed thirty-five cents per access line\nper month on the customers of every service supplier within such\nmunicipality to pay for the costs associated with obtaining, operating\nand maintaining the telecommunication equipment and telephone services\nneeded to provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system to serve\nsuch municipality, provided, however, that any municipality that is a\ncity having a population of one million or more is hereby authorized and\nempowered to adopt, amend or repeal local laws to impose a surcharge in\nan amount not to exceed one dollar per access line per month on the\ncustomers of every service supplier within such municipality to pay for\nthe costs associated with obtaining, operating and maintaining the\ntelecommunication equipment and telephone services needed to provide an\nenhanced 911 emergency telephone system to serve such municipality.\n 2. Any such local law shall state the amount of the surcharge, the\ndate on which the service supplier shall begin to add such surcharge to\nthe billings of its customers and, to the extent practicable, the date\non which such E911 service is to begin. Such local law may authorize the\nservice supplier to begin billing its customers for such surcharge prior\nto the date the E911 system service is to begin.\n 3. Any service supplier within a municipality which has imposed a\nsurcharge pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be given a\nminimum of forty-five days written notice prior to the date it shall\nbegin to add such surcharge to the billings of its customers or prior to\nany modification to or change in the surcharge amount.\n