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An Act To Reduce the Amount Collected for the Purpose of the E-9-1-1 System
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§1-B,  as amended by PL 2007, c. 68, §5, is further amended to read:
 
1-B. Statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge.   The activities authorized under this chapter are funded through a special statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge levied on each residential and business telephone exchange line, including private branch exchange lines and Centrex lines, cellular or wireless telecommunications service customers, including prepaid wireless telephone service customers, interconnected voice over Internet protocol service customers and semipublic coin and public access lines. The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge may not be imposed on more than 25 lines or numbers per customer billing account, except that this limitation does not apply to prepaid wireless telephone services. In the case of cellular or wireless telecommunications service customers, the place of residence of those customers must be determined according to the sourcing rules for mobile telecommunications services as set forth in Title 36, section 2556. The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge is 50¢45¢ per month per line or number or, in the case of prepaid wireless telephone services, 50¢45¢ per month or 30-day increment of service per customer. The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge must be collected from the customer on a monthly basis by each local exchange telephone utility, cellular or wireless telecommunications service provider and interconnected voice over Internet protocol service provider and be shown separately as a statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge on the customer's bill, except that in the case of prepaid wireless telephone service, the collection of the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge is governed by subsection 1-C.
 
SUMMARY
This bill reduces the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge from 50¢ per month to 45¢ per month.