Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

Filed: 4/1/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3296

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3296 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is
5amended by changing Section 17 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 751/17)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2013)
8    Sec. 17. Wireless carrier surcharge.
9    (a) Except as provided in Section 45, each wireless carrier
10shall impose a monthly wireless carrier surcharge per CMRS
11connection that either has a telephone number within an area
12code assigned to Illinois by the North American Numbering Plan
13Administrator or has a billing address in this State. In the
14case of prepaid wireless telephone service, this surcharge
15shall be remitted based upon the address associated with the
16point of purchase, the customer billing address, or the

 

 

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1location associated with the MTN for each active prepaid
2wireless telephone that has a sufficient positive balance as of
3the last day of each month, if that information is available.
4No wireless carrier shall impose the surcharge authorized by
5this Section upon any subscriber who is subject to the
6surcharge imposed by a unit of local government pursuant to
7Section 45. Prior to January 1, 2008 (the effective date of
8Public Act 95-698), the surcharge amount shall be the amount
9set by the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board. Beginning on January
101, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-698), the monthly
11surcharge imposed under this Section shall be $0.73 per CMRS
12connection. The wireless carrier that provides wireless
13service to the subscriber shall collect the surcharge from the
14subscriber. For mobile telecommunications services provided on
15and after August 1, 2002, any surcharge imposed under this Act
16shall be imposed based upon the municipality or county that
17encompasses the customer's place of primary use as defined in
18the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act. The
19surcharge shall be stated as a separate item on the
20subscriber's monthly bill. The wireless carrier shall begin
21collecting the surcharge on bills issued within 90 days after
22the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board sets the monthly wireless
23surcharge. State and local taxes shall not apply to the
24wireless carrier surcharge.
25    (b) Except as provided in Section 45, a wireless carrier
26shall, within 45 days of collection, remit, either by check or

 

 

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1by electronic funds transfer, to the State Treasurer the amount
2of the wireless carrier surcharge collected from each
3subscriber. Of the amounts remitted under this subsection prior
4to January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-698),
5and for surcharges imposed before January 1, 2008 (the
6effective date of Public Act 95-698) but remitted after January
71, 2008, the State Treasurer shall deposit one-third into the
8Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund and two-thirds into the
9Wireless Service Emergency Fund. For surcharges collected and
10remitted on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
11of the 97th General Assembly January 1, 2008 (the effective
12date of Public Act 95-698), $0.73 $0.1475 per surcharge
13collected shall be deposited into the Wireless Carrier
14Reimbursement Fund, and $0.5825 per surcharge collected shall
15be deposited into the Wireless Service Emergency Fund. Of the
16amounts deposited into the Wireless Service Emergency Carrier
17Reimbursement Fund under this subsection, $0.01 per surcharge
18collected may be distributed to the carriers to cover their
19administrative costs. Of the amounts deposited into the
20Wireless Service Emergency Fund under this subsection, $0.01
21per surcharge collected may be disbursed to the Illinois
22Commerce Commission to cover its administrative costs.
23    (c) The first such remittance by wireless carriers shall
24include the number of customers by zip code, and the 9-digit
25zip code if currently being used or later implemented by the
26carrier, that shall be the means by which the Illinois Commerce

 

 

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1Commission shall determine distributions from the Wireless
2Service Emergency Fund. This information shall be updated no
3less often than every year. Wireless carriers are not required
4to remit surcharge moneys that are billed to subscribers but
5not yet collected. Any carrier that fails to provide the zip
6code information required under this subsection (c) or any
7prepaid wireless carrier that fails to provide zip code
8information based upon the addresses associated with its
9customers' points of purchase, customers' billing addresses,
10or locations associated with MTNs, as described in subsection
11(a) of this Section, shall be subject to the penalty set forth
12in subsection (f) of this Section.
13    (d) Within 90 days after August 13, 2007 (the effective
14date of Public Act 95-63), each wireless carrier must implement
15a mechanism for the collection of the surcharge imposed under
16subsection (a) of this Section from its subscribers. If a
17wireless carrier does not implement a mechanism for the
18collection of the surcharge from its subscribers in accordance
19with this subsection (d), then the carrier is required to remit
20the surcharge for all subscribers until the carrier is deemed
21to be in compliance with this subsection (d) by the Illinois
22Commerce Commission.
23    (e) If before midnight on the last day of the third
24calendar month after the closing date of the remit period a
25wireless carrier does not remit the surcharge or any portion
26thereof required under this Section, then the surcharge or

 

 

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1portion thereof shall be deemed delinquent until paid in full,
2and the Illinois Commerce Commission may impose a penalty
3against the carrier in an amount equal to the greater of:
4        (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month from the
5    time an amount becomes delinquent until the amount is paid
6    in full; or
7        (2) an amount equal to the product of 1% and the sum of
8    all delinquent amounts for each month or portion of a month
9    that the delinquent amounts remain unpaid.
10    A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (e)
11for a portion of a month during which the carrier provides the
12number of subscribers by zip code as required under subsection
13(c) of this Section shall be prorated for each day of that
14month during which the carrier had not provided the number of
15subscribers by zip code as required under subsection (c) of
16this Section. Any penalty imposed under this subsection (e) is
17in addition to the amount of the delinquency and is in addition
18to any other penalty imposed under this Section.
19    (f) If, before midnight on the last day of the third
20calendar month after the closing date of the remit period, a
21wireless carrier does not provide the number of subscribers by
22zip code as required under subsection (c) of this Section, then
23the report is deemed delinquent and the Illinois Commerce
24Commission may impose a penalty against the carrier in an
25amount equal to the greater of:
26        (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the

 

 

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1    report is delinquent; or
2        (2) an amount equal to the product of 1/2¢ and the
3    number of subscribers served by the wireless carrier.
4    A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (f)
5for a portion of a month during which the carrier pays the
6delinquent amount in full shall be prorated for each day of
7that month that the delinquent amount was paid in full. Any
8penalty imposed under this subsection (f) is in addition to any
9other penalty imposed under this Section.
10    (g) The Illinois Commerce Commission may enforce the
11collection of any delinquent amount and any penalty due and
12unpaid under this Section by legal action or in any other
13manner by which the collection of debts due the State of
14Illinois may be enforced under the laws of this State. The
15Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce Commission, or his
16or her designee, may excuse the payment of any penalty imposed
17under this Section if the Executive Director, or his or her
18designee, determines that the enforcement of this penalty is
19unjust.
20    (h) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
21nothing shall impair the right of wireless carriers to recover
22compliance costs for all emergency communications services
23that are not reimbursed out of the Wireless Carrier
24Reimbursement Fund directly from their customers via line-item
25charges on the customer's bill. Those compliance costs include
26all costs incurred by wireless carriers in complying with

 

 

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1local, State, and federal regulatory or legislative mandates
2that require the transmission and receipt of emergency
3communications to and from the general public, including, but
4not limited to, E-911.
5    (i) The Auditor General shall conduct, on an annual basis,
6an audit of the Wireless Service Emergency Fund and the
7Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund for compliance with the
8requirements of this Act. The audit shall include, but not be
9limited to, the following determinations:
10        (1) Whether the Commission is maintaining detailed
11    records of all receipts and disbursements from the Wireless
12    Carrier Emergency Fund and the Wireless Carrier
13    Reimbursement Fund.
14        (2) Whether the Commission's administrative costs
15    charged to the funds are adequately documented and are
16    reasonable.
17        (3) Whether the Commission's procedures for making
18    grants and providing reimbursements in accordance with the
19    Act are adequate.
20        (4) The status of the implementation of wireless 9-1-1
21    and E9-1-1 services in Illinois.
22    The Commission, the Department of State Police, and any
23other entity or person that may have information relevant to
24the audit shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Office of
25the Auditor General in conducting the audit. The Auditor
26General shall commence the audit as soon as possible and

 

 

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1distribute the report upon completion in accordance with
2Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
3(Source: P.A. 95-63, eff. 8-13-07; 95-698, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876,
4eff. 8-21-08.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.".