Bill > H3747

This bill, titled "Establishing a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge," aims to improve funding for emergency services by authorizing the Department of Revenue to collect a surcharge from users of prepaid wireless services. The key provision is that the seller of prepaid wireless service directly to a customer will be responsible for collecting this surcharge at the point of sale for each retail transaction within the state and then sending that collected money to the Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue is required to create regulations within 60 days of the bill becoming law to outline how these collected amounts should be reported and paid, as well as how these new obligations will be enforced. These regulations are set to take effect on July 1, 2016. The bill specifically amends existing law by removing a previous sentence that allowed the department to create regulations for collecting the surcharge and replacing it with the new requirement for sellers to collect it directly from consumers.