2009 Connecticut Code
Title 16 Public Service Companies
Chapter 283 Department Of Public Utility Control: Telegraph, Telephone, Illuminating, Power And Water Companies
Sec. 16-256g. Proceeding to determine monthly subscriber fee. Assessment of subscribers for Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund.

      Sec. 16-256g. Proceeding to determine monthly subscriber fee. Assessment of subscribers for Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund. (a) By June first of each year, the Department of Public Utility Control shall conduct a proceeding to determine the amount of the monthly fee to be assessed against each subscriber of: (1) Local telephone service, (2) commercial mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR Section 20.3, (3) voice over Internet protocol service, as defined in section 28-30b, and (4) prepaid wireless telephone service, as defined in section 28-30b, to fund the development and administration of the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. The department shall base such fee on the findings of the Commissioner of Public Safety, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 28-24, taking into consideration any existing moneys available in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund. The department shall consider the progressive wire line inclusion schedule contained in the final report of the task force to study enhanced 9-1-1 telecommunications services established by public act 95-318*. The department shall not approve any fee greater than fifty cents per month per access line nor shall it approve any fee that does not include the progressive wire line inclusion schedule.

      (b) Each telephone or telecommunications company providing local telephone service, each provider of commercial mobile radio service, each provider of prepaid wireless telephone service and each provider of voice over Internet protocol service shall assess against each subscriber, the fee established by the department pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, which shall be remitted to the Office of State Treasurer for deposit into the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund established pursuant to section 28-30a, not later than the fifteenth day of each month.

      (P.A. 89-259, S. 3, 5; P.A. 96-150, S. 3, 5; P.A. 99-286, S. 13, 19; P.A. 07-106, S. 4.)

      *Note: Public act 95-318 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

      History: P.A. 96-150 established, in Subsec. (a), annual proceeding to determine amount of monthly subscriber fee, lettered existing provisions as Subsec. (b), and amended Subsec. (b) to require assessment of such fee by local service providers and commercial mobile radio service providers rather than by "domestic telephone companies", effective May 31, 1996; P.A. 99-286 amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical change, effective July 19, 1999; P.A. 07-106 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, add Subdiv. (1) and (2) designators and add new Subdivs. (3) and (4) re voice over Internet protocol service and prepaid wireless telephone service and amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re providers of prepaid wireless telephone service and voice over Internet protocol service and re fee remitted to Treasurer's office for deposit into fund not later than 15th day of each month.