Full Text of HB3702 102nd General Assembly
HB3702ham002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kathleen Willis Filed: 5/10/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3702
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3702 on page 1, | 3 | | line 6, by inserting "15.3, 15.3a," after "15.2a,"; and | 4 | | on page 19, line 15, by inserting " , except in a municipality | 5 | | with a population over 500,000, " after "Illinois"; and | 6 | | on page 19, line 16, by inserting after the period the | 7 | | following: | 8 | | " A municipality with a population over 500,000 shall establish | 9 | | a statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 network by December 31, | 10 | | 2023. "; and | 11 | | on page 31, by inserting immediately below line 1 the | 12 | | following:
| 13 | | "(50 ILCS 750/15.3) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.3)
| 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
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| 1 | | Sec. 15.3. Local non-wireless surcharge. | 2 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (l) of this Section, | 3 | | the corporate authorities of any municipality or any
county | 4 | | may, subject to the limitations of subsections (c), (d), and | 5 | | (h),
and in addition to any tax levied pursuant to the | 6 | | Simplified Municipal
Telecommunications Tax Act, impose a | 7 | | monthly surcharge on billed subscribers
of network connection | 8 | | provided by telecommunication carriers engaged in the
business | 9 | | of transmitting messages by means of electricity originating | 10 | | within
the corporate limits of the municipality or county | 11 | | imposing the surcharge at
a rate per network connection | 12 | | determined in accordance with subsection (c), however the | 13 | | monthly surcharge shall not apply to a network connection | 14 | | provided for use with pay telephone services.
Provided, | 15 | | however, that where multiple voice grade communications | 16 | | channels
are connected between the subscriber's premises and a | 17 | | public switched network
through private branch exchange (PBX) | 18 | | or centrex type service, a municipality
imposing a surcharge | 19 | | at a rate per network connection, as determined in
accordance | 20 | | with this Act, shall impose: | 21 | | (i) in a municipality with a population of 500,000 or | 22 | | less or in any county, 5 such surcharges per network
| 23 | | connection, as defined under Section 2 of this Act, for | 24 | | both regular service and advanced service provisioned | 25 | | trunk lines; | 26 | | (ii) in a municipality with a population, prior to |
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| 1 | | March 1, 2010, of 500,000 or more, 5 surcharges per | 2 | | network connection, as defined under Section 2 of this | 3 | | Act, for both regular service and advanced
service | 4 | | provisioned trunk lines; | 5 | | (iii) in a municipality with a population, as of March | 6 | | 1, 2010, of 500,000 or more, 5 surcharges per network | 7 | | connection, as defined under Section 2 of this Act, for | 8 | | regular service
provisioned trunk lines, and 12 surcharges | 9 | | per network connection, as defined under Section 2 of this | 10 | | Act, for advanced service provisioned trunk
lines, except | 11 | | where an advanced service provisioned trunk line supports | 12 | | at least 2 but fewer
than 23 simultaneous voice grade | 13 | | calls ("VGC's"), a telecommunication carrier may
elect to | 14 | | impose fewer than 12 surcharges per trunk line as provided | 15 | | in subsection (iv)
of this Section; or | 16 | | (iv) for an advanced service provisioned trunk line | 17 | | connected between the
subscriber's premises and the public | 18 | | switched network through a P.B.X., where the advanced
| 19 | | service provisioned trunk line is capable of transporting | 20 | | at least 2 but fewer than 23
simultaneous VGC's per trunk | 21 | | line, the telecommunications carrier collecting the | 22 | | surcharge
may elect to impose surcharges in accordance | 23 | | with the table provided in this Section, without limiting
| 24 | | any telecommunications carrier's obligations to otherwise | 25 | | keep and maintain records. Any
telecommunications carrier | 26 | | electing to impose fewer than 12 surcharges per an |
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| 1 | | advanced
service provisioned trunk line shall keep and | 2 | | maintain records adequately to demonstrate the
VGC | 3 | | capability of each advanced service provisioned trunk line | 4 | | with fewer than 12
surcharges imposed, provided that 12 | 5 | | surcharges shall be imposed on an advanced service
| 6 | | provisioned trunk line regardless of the VGC capability | 7 | | where a telecommunications carrier
cannot demonstrate the | 8 | | VGC capability of the advanced service provisioned trunk | 9 | | line.
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10 | | Facility | VGC's | 911 Surcharges | |
11 | | Advanced service provisioned trunk line | 18-23 | 12 | |
12 | | Advanced service provisioned trunk line | 12-17 | 10 | |
13 | | Advanced service provisioned trunk line | 2-11 | 8 |
| 14 | | Subsections (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) are not intended to | 15 | | make any change in the meaning of this Section, but are | 16 | | intended to remove possible ambiguity, thereby confirming the | 17 | | intent of paragraph (a) as it existed prior to and following | 18 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 19 | | Assembly. | 20 | | For mobile telecommunications services, if a surcharge is | 21 | | imposed it shall be
imposed based upon the municipality or | 22 | | county that encompasses the customer's
place of primary use as | 23 | | defined in the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing
Conformity | 24 | | Act. A municipality may enter into an intergovernmental
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| 1 | | agreement with any county in which it is partially located, | 2 | | when the county
has adopted an ordinance to impose a surcharge | 3 | | as provided in subsection
(c), to include that portion of the | 4 | | municipality lying outside the county
in that county's | 5 | | surcharge referendum. If the county's surcharge
referendum is | 6 | | approved, the portion of the municipality identified in the
| 7 | | intergovernmental agreement shall automatically be | 8 | | disconnected from the
county in which it lies and connected to | 9 | | the county which approved the
referendum for purposes of a | 10 | | surcharge on telecommunications carriers.
| 11 | | (b) For purposes of computing the surcharge imposed by | 12 | | subsection (a),
the network connections to which the surcharge | 13 | | shall apply shall be those
in-service network connections, | 14 | | other than those network connections
assigned to the | 15 | | municipality or county, where the service address for each
| 16 | | such network connection or connections is located within the | 17 | | corporate
limits of the municipality or county levying the | 18 | | surcharge. Except for mobile
telecommunication services, the | 19 | | "service address" shall mean the location of
the primary use | 20 | | of the network connection or connections. For mobile
| 21 | | telecommunication services, "service address" means the | 22 | | customer's place of
primary use as defined in the Mobile | 23 | | Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity
Act.
| 24 | | (c) Upon the passage of an ordinance to impose a surcharge | 25 | | under this
Section the clerk of the municipality or county | 26 | | shall certify the question
of whether the surcharge may be |
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| 1 | | imposed to the proper election authority
who shall submit the | 2 | | public question to the electors of the municipality or
county | 3 | | in accordance with the general election law; provided that | 4 | | such
question shall not be submitted at a consolidated primary | 5 | | election. The
public question shall be in substantially the | 6 | | following form:
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| 8 | | Shall the county (or city, village
| 9 | | or incorporated town) of ..... impose YES
| 10 | | a surcharge of up to ...˘ per month per
| 11 | | network connection, which surcharge will
| 12 | | be added to the monthly bill you receive ------------------
| 13 | | for telephone or telecommunications
| 14 | | charges, for the purpose of installing
| 15 | | (or improving) a 9-1-1 Emergency NO
| 16 | | Telephone System?
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| 18 | | If a majority of the votes cast upon the public question | 19 | | are in favor
thereof, the surcharge shall be imposed.
| 20 | | However, if a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board is to | 21 | | be created
pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement under | 22 | | Section 15.4, the
ordinance to impose the surcharge shall be | 23 | | subject to the approval of a
majority of the total number of | 24 | | votes cast upon the public question by the
electors of all of | 25 | | the municipalities or counties, or combination thereof,
that | 26 | | are parties to the intergovernmental agreement.
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| 1 | | The referendum requirement of this subsection (c) shall | 2 | | not apply
to any municipality with a population over 500,000 | 3 | | or to any
county in which a proposition as to whether a | 4 | | sophisticated 9-1-1 Emergency
Telephone System should be | 5 | | installed in the county, at a cost not to
exceed a specified | 6 | | monthly amount per network connection, has previously
been | 7 | | approved by a majority of the electors of the county voting on | 8 | | the
proposition at an election conducted before the effective | 9 | | date of this
amendatory Act of 1987.
| 10 | | (d) A county may not impose a surcharge, unless requested | 11 | | by a
municipality, in any incorporated area which has | 12 | | previously approved a
surcharge as provided in subsection (c) | 13 | | or in any incorporated area where
the corporate authorities of | 14 | | the municipality have previously entered into
a binding | 15 | | contract or letter of intent with a telecommunications carrier | 16 | | to
provide sophisticated 9-1-1 service through municipal | 17 | | funds.
| 18 | | (e) A municipality or county may at any time by ordinance | 19 | | change the
rate of the surcharge imposed under this Section if | 20 | | the new rate does not
exceed the rate specified in the | 21 | | referendum held pursuant to subsection (c).
| 22 | | (f) The surcharge authorized by this Section shall be | 23 | | collected from
the subscriber by the telecommunications | 24 | | carrier providing the subscriber
the network connection as a | 25 | | separately stated item on the subscriber's bill.
| 26 | | (g) The amount of surcharge collected by the |
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| 1 | | telecommunications carrier
shall be paid to the particular | 2 | | municipality or county or Joint Emergency
Telephone System | 3 | | Board not later than 30 days after the surcharge is
collected, | 4 | | net of any network or other 9-1-1 or sophisticated 9-1-1 | 5 | | system
charges then due the particular telecommunications | 6 | | carrier, as shown on an
itemized bill. The telecommunications | 7 | | carrier collecting the surcharge
shall also be entitled to | 8 | | deduct 3% of the gross amount of surcharge
collected to | 9 | | reimburse the telecommunications carrier for the expense of
| 10 | | accounting and collecting the surcharge.
| 11 | | (h) Except as expressly provided in subsection (a) of this | 12 | | Section, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 13 | | of the 98th General Assembly and until December 31, 2017, a | 14 | | municipality with a population of 500,000 or more shall not | 15 | | impose a monthly surcharge per network connection in excess of | 16 | | the highest monthly surcharge imposed as of January 1, 2014 by | 17 | | any county or municipality under subsection (c) of this | 18 | | Section. Beginning January 1, 2018 and until December 31, 2023 | 19 | | 2021 , a municipality with a population over 500,000 may not | 20 | | impose a monthly surcharge in excess of $5.00 per network | 21 | | connection. On or after January 1, 2024 2022 , a
municipality | 22 | | with a population over 500,000 may not impose a
monthly | 23 | | surcharge in excess of $2.50
per network connection.
| 24 | | (i) Any municipality or county or joint emergency | 25 | | telephone system
board that has imposed a surcharge pursuant | 26 | | to this Section prior to the
effective date of this amendatory |
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| 1 | | Act of 1990 shall hereafter impose the
surcharge in accordance | 2 | | with subsection (b) of this Section.
| 3 | | (j) The corporate authorities of any municipality or | 4 | | county may issue,
in accordance with Illinois law, bonds, | 5 | | notes or other obligations secured
in whole or in part by the | 6 | | proceeds of the surcharge described in this
Section.
The State | 7 | | of Illinois pledges and agrees that it will not limit or alter
| 8 | | the rights and powers vested in municipalities and counties by | 9 | | this Section
to impose the surcharge so as to impair the terms | 10 | | of or affect the
security for bonds, notes or other | 11 | | obligations secured in whole or in part
with the proceeds of | 12 | | the surcharge described in this Section. The pledge and | 13 | | agreement set forth in this Section survive the termination of | 14 | | the surcharge under subsection (l) by virtue of the | 15 | | replacement of the surcharge monies guaranteed under Section | 16 | | 20; the State of Illinois pledges and agrees that it will not | 17 | | limit or alter the rights vested in municipalities and | 18 | | counties to the surcharge replacement funds guaranteed under | 19 | | Section 20 so as to impair the terms of or affect the security | 20 | | for bonds, notes or other obligations secured in whole or in | 21 | | part with the proceeds of the surcharge described in this | 22 | | Section.
| 23 | | (k) Any surcharge collected by or imposed on a | 24 | | telecommunications
carrier pursuant to this Section shall be | 25 | | held to be a special fund in
trust for the municipality, county | 26 | | or Joint Emergency Telephone Board
imposing the surcharge. |
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| 1 | | Except for the 3% deduction provided in subsection
(g) above, | 2 | | the special fund shall not be subject to the claims of
| 3 | | creditors of the telecommunication carrier.
| 4 | | (l) Any surcharge imposed pursuant to this Section by a | 5 | | county or municipality, other than a municipality with a | 6 | | population in excess of 500,000, shall cease to be imposed on | 7 | | January 1, 2016. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
| 9 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.3a) | 10 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021) | 11 | | Sec. 15.3a. Local wireless surcharge. | 12 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a | 13 | | unit of local government or emergency telephone system board | 14 | | providing wireless 9-1-1 service and imposing and collecting a | 15 | | wireless carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998 may continue | 16 | | its practices of imposing and collecting its wireless carrier | 17 | | surcharge, but, except as provided in subsection (b) of this | 18 | | Section, in no event shall that monthly surcharge exceed $2.50 | 19 | | per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) connection or | 20 | | in-service telephone number billed on a monthly basis. For | 21 | | mobile telecommunications services provided on and after | 22 | | August 1, 2002, any surcharge imposed shall be imposed based | 23 | | upon the municipality or county that encompasses the | 24 | | customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile | 25 | | Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act. |
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| 1 | | (b) Until December 31, 2017, the corporate authorities of | 2 | | a municipality with a population in excess of 500,000 on the | 3 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | 4 | | Assembly may by ordinance continue to impose and collect a | 5 | | monthly surcharge per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) | 6 | | connection or in-service telephone number billed on a monthly | 7 | | basis that does not exceed the highest monthly surcharge | 8 | | imposed as of January 1, 2014 by any county or municipality | 9 | | under subsection (c) of Section 15.3 of this Act. Beginning | 10 | | January 1, 2018, and until December 31, 2023 2021 , a | 11 | | municipality with a population in excess of 500,000 may by | 12 | | ordinance continue to impose and collect a monthly surcharge | 13 | | per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) connection or | 14 | | in-service telephone number billed on a monthly basis that | 15 | | does not exceed $5.00. On or after January 1, 2024 2022 , the | 16 | | municipality may continue imposing and collecting its wireless | 17 | | carrier surcharge as provided in and subject to the | 18 | | limitations of subsection (a) of this Section. | 19 | | (c) In addition to any other lawful purpose, a | 20 | | municipality with a population over 500,000 may use the moneys | 21 | | collected under this Section for any anti-terrorism or | 22 | | emergency preparedness measures, including, but not limited | 23 | | to, preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for | 24 | | federal or State grants, personnel training, and specialized | 25 | | equipment, including surveillance cameras, as needed to deal | 26 | | with natural and terrorist-inspired emergency situations or |
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| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)"; | 3 | | and | 4 | | on page 66, line 20, by replacing " bi-annually " with | 5 | | " biennially "; and
| 6 | | by replacing line 24 on page 66 through line 8 on page 72 with | 7 | | the following:
| 8 | | "Section 20. The Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act is | 9 | | amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | 10 | | (50 ILCS 753/15)
| 11 | | Sec. 15. Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge. | 12 | | (a) Until September 30, 2015, there is hereby imposed on | 13 | | consumers a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge of 1.5% per | 14 | | retail transaction. Beginning October 1, 2015, the prepaid | 15 | | wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall be 3% per retail transaction.
| 16 | | The surcharge authorized by this subsection (a) does not apply | 17 | | in a home rule municipality having a population in excess of | 18 | | 500,000. | 19 | | (a-5) On or after the effective date of this amendatory | 20 | | Act of the 98th General Assembly and until December 31, 2023 | 21 | | 2020 , a home rule municipality having a population in excess | 22 | | of 500,000 on the effective date of this amendatory Act may |
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| 1 | | impose a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge not to exceed 9% per | 2 | | retail transaction sourced to that jurisdiction and collected | 3 | | and remitted in accordance with the provisions of subsection | 4 | | (b-5) of this Section. On or after January 1, 2021, a home rule | 5 | | municipality having a population in excess of 500,000 on the | 6 | | effective date of this Act may only impose a prepaid wireless | 7 | | 9-1-1 surcharge not to exceed 7% per retail transaction | 8 | | sourced to that jurisdiction and collected and remitted in | 9 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (b-5). | 10 | | (b) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall be | 11 | | collected by the seller from the consumer with respect to each | 12 | | retail transaction occurring in this State and shall be | 13 | | remitted to the Department by the seller as provided in this | 14 | | Act. The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall | 15 | | be separately stated as a distinct item apart from the charge | 16 | | for the prepaid wireless telecommunications service on an | 17 | | invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided | 18 | | to the consumer by the seller or shall be otherwise disclosed | 19 | | to the consumer.
If the seller does not separately state the | 20 | | surcharge as a distinct item to the consumer as provided in | 21 | | this Section, then the seller shall maintain books and records | 22 | | as required by this Act which clearly identify the amount of | 23 | | the 9-1-1 surcharge for retail transactions. | 24 | | For purposes of this subsection (b), a retail transaction | 25 | | occurs in this State if (i) the retail transaction is made in | 26 | | person by a consumer at the seller's business location and the |
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| 1 | | business is located within the State; (ii) the seller is a | 2 | | provider and sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service | 3 | | to a consumer located in Illinois; (iii) the retail | 4 | | transaction is treated as occurring in this State for purposes | 5 | | of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; or (iv) a seller that is | 6 | | included within the definition of a "retailer maintaining a | 7 | | place of business in this State" under Section 2 of the Use Tax | 8 | | Act makes a sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications | 9 | | service to a consumer located in Illinois. In the case of a | 10 | | retail transaction which does not occur in person at a | 11 | | seller's business location, if a consumer uses a credit card | 12 | | to purchase prepaid wireless telecommunications service | 13 | | on-line or over the telephone, and no product is shipped to the | 14 | | consumer, the transaction occurs in this State if the billing | 15 | | address for the consumer's credit card is in this State. | 16 | | (b-5) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge imposed under | 17 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section shall be collected by the | 18 | | seller from the consumer with respect to each retail | 19 | | transaction occurring in the municipality imposing the | 20 | | surcharge. The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge | 21 | | shall be separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other | 22 | | similar document that is provided to the consumer by the | 23 | | seller or shall be otherwise disclosed to the consumer. If the | 24 | | seller does not separately state the surcharge as a distinct | 25 | | item to the consumer as provided in this Section, then the | 26 | | seller shall maintain books and records as required by this |
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| 1 | | Act which clearly identify the amount of the 9-1-1 surcharge | 2 | | for retail transactions. | 3 | | For purposes of this subsection (b-5), a retail | 4 | | transaction occurs in the municipality if (i) the retail | 5 | | transaction is made in person by a consumer at the seller's | 6 | | business location and the business is located within the | 7 | | municipality; (ii) the seller is a provider and sells prepaid | 8 | | wireless telecommunications service to a consumer located in | 9 | | the municipality; (iii) the retail transaction is treated as | 10 | | occurring in the municipality for purposes of the Retailers' | 11 | | Occupation Tax Act; or (iv) a seller that is included within | 12 | | the definition of a "retailer maintaining a place of business | 13 | | in this State" under Section 2 of the Use Tax Act makes a sale | 14 | | of prepaid wireless telecommunications service to a consumer | 15 | | located in the municipality. In the case of a retail | 16 | | transaction which does not occur in person at a seller's | 17 | | business location, if a consumer uses a credit card to | 18 | | purchase prepaid wireless telecommunications service on-line | 19 | | or over the telephone, and no product is shipped to the | 20 | | consumer, the transaction occurs in the municipality if the | 21 | | billing address for the consumer's credit card is in the | 22 | | municipality. | 23 | | (c) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge is imposed on the | 24 | | consumer and not on any provider. The seller shall be liable to | 25 | | remit all prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges that the seller | 26 | | collects from consumers as provided in Section 20, including |
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| 1 | | all such surcharges that the seller is deemed to collect where | 2 | | the amount of the surcharge has not been separately stated on | 3 | | an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the | 4 | | consumer by the seller.
The surcharge collected or deemed | 5 | | collected by a seller shall constitute a debt owed by the | 6 | | seller to this State, and any such surcharge actually | 7 | | collected shall be held in trust for the benefit of the | 8 | | Department. | 9 | | For purposes of this subsection (c), the surcharge shall | 10 | | not be imposed or collected from entities that have an active | 11 | | tax exemption identification number issued by the Department | 12 | | under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. | 13 | | (d) The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge | 14 | | that is collected by a seller from a consumer, if such amount | 15 | | is separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar | 16 | | document provided to the consumer by the seller, shall not be | 17 | | included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge, or | 18 | | other charge that is imposed by this State, any political | 19 | | subdivision of this State, or any intergovernmental agency.
| 20 | | (e) (Blank).
| 21 | | (e-5) Any changes in the rate of the surcharge imposed by a | 22 | | municipality under the authority granted in subsection (a-5) | 23 | | of this Section shall be effective on the first day of the | 24 | | first calendar month to occur at least 60 days after the | 25 | | enactment of the change. The Department shall provide not less | 26 | | than 30 days' notice of the increase or reduction in the rate |
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| 1 | | of such surcharge on the Department's website. | 2 | | (f) When prepaid wireless telecommunications service is | 3 | | sold with one or more other products or services for a single, | 4 | | non-itemized price, then the percentage specified in | 5 | | subsection (a) or (a-5) of this Section 15 shall be applied to | 6 | | the entire non-itemized price unless the seller elects to | 7 | | apply the percentage to (i) the dollar amount of the prepaid | 8 | | wireless telecommunications service if that dollar amount is | 9 | | disclosed to the consumer or (ii) the portion of the price that | 10 | | is attributable to the prepaid wireless telecommunications | 11 | | service if the retailer can identify that portion by | 12 | | reasonable and verifiable standards from its books and records | 13 | | that are kept in the regular course of business for other | 14 | | purposes, including, but not limited to, books and records | 15 | | that are kept for non-tax purposes. However, if a minimal | 16 | | amount of prepaid wireless telecommunications service is sold | 17 | | with a prepaid wireless device for a single, non-itemized | 18 | | price, then the seller may elect not to apply the percentage | 19 | | specified in subsection (a) or (a-5) of this Section 15 to such | 20 | | transaction. For purposes of this subsection, an amount of | 21 | | service denominated as 10 minutes or less or $5 or less is | 22 | | considered minimal.
| 23 | | (g) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge imposed under | 24 | | subsections (a) and (a-5) of this Section is not imposed on the | 25 | | provider or the consumer for wireless Lifeline service where | 26 | | the consumer does not pay the provider for the service. Where |
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| 1 | | the consumer purchases from the provider optional minutes, | 2 | | texts, or other services in addition to the federally funded | 3 | | Lifeline benefit, a consumer must pay the prepaid wireless | 4 | | 9-1-1 surcharge, and it must be collected by the seller | 5 | | according to subsection (b-5). | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)".
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