2006 Utah Code - 69-2-5.6 — Emergency services telephone charge to fund statewide unified E-911 emergency service.

     69-2-5.6.   Emergency services telephone charge to fund statewide unified E-911 emergency service.
     (1) Subject to Subsection 69-2-5(3)(g), there is imposed a statewide unified E-911 emergency service charge on each local exchange service switched access line and each revenue producing radio communications access line that is subject to an emergency services telephone charge levied by a county, city, or town under Section 69-2-5 or 69-2-5.5 at:
     (a) 13 cents per month until June 30, 2008; and
     (b) 8 cents per month on and after July 1, 2008.
     (2) The emergency services telephone charge imposed under this section shall be:
     (a) subject to Subsection 69-2-5(3)(g);
     (b) billed and collected by the person that provides:
     (i) local exchange service switched access line services; or
     (ii) radio communications access line services;
     (c) except for costs retained under Subsection (3), remitted to the State Tax Commission at the same time as the person remits to the State Tax Commission monies collected by the person under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act; and
     (d) deposited into the Statewide Unified E-911 Emergency Service Fund restricted account in the General Fund created by Section 53-10-603.
     (3) The person that bills and collects the charges levied by this section pursuant to Subsections (2)(b) and (c) may:
     (a) bill the charge imposed by this section in combination with the charge levied under Section 69-2-5 as one line item charge; and
     (b) retain an amount not to exceed 1.5% of the charges collected under this section as reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting, and remitting the levy.
     (4) The State Tax Commission shall collect, enforce, and administer the charges imposed under Subsection (1) pursuant to the same procedures used in the administration, collection, and enforcement of the emergency services telephone charge to fund the Poison Control Center under Section 69-2-5.5.
     (5) This section sunsets in accordance with Section 63-55-269.

Amended by Chapter 303, 2006 General Session