2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 16 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies
Section 16-256g - Proceeding to determine monthly subscriber fee. Assessment of subscribers for enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program.
(a) By June first of each year, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority 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, and (3) voice over Internet protocol service, as defined in section 28-30b, to fund the development and administration of the enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. The authority shall base such fee on the findings of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 28-24, taking into consideration any existing moneys available in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund. The authority 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 authority shall not approve any fee (A) greater than seventy-five cents per month per access line, (B) that does not include the progressive wire line inclusion schedule, or (C) for commercial mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR Section 20.3 that includes the progressive wire line inclusion schedule.
(b) Each telephone or telecommunications company providing local telephone service, each provider of commercial mobile radio service and each provider of voice over Internet protocol service shall assess against each subscriber, the fee established by the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, which shall be remitted to the office of the 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.
(c) The fee imposed under this section shall not apply to any prepaid wireless telecommunications service, as defined in section 28-30b.
(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; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-134, S. 1; 12-153, S. 7; P.A. 13-32, S. 5; P.A. 16-10, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 220.)
*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; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor’s note: “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-80, S. 1); P.A. 12-134 amended Subsec. (a) to increase from 50 cents to 75 cents the maximum monthly access line fee, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 12-153 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (4) re prepaid wireless telephone service, inserting Subpara. designators (A) and (B) and adding Subpara. (C) re exemption for commercial mobile radio service, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to prepaid wireless telephone service providers, added Subsec. (c) re exemption from fee for prepaid wireless telecommunications service and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2013; P.A. 13-32 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-10 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to add reference to firefighters cancer relief program and amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re amount from fees imposed under section to be remitted to State Treasurer for deposit in firefighters cancer relief account, effective February 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to delete reference to firefighters cancer relief program and amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision amount from fees to be deposited in firefighters cancer relief account, effective October 31, 2017.
