Full Text of SB0120 96th General Assembly
SB0120sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 5/21/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 120
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 120 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Purpose. The General Assembly finds and declares | 7 |
| that maintaining effective and efficient 9-1-1 systems across | 8 |
| the State benefits all citizens. The fees imposed upon the | 9 |
| consumers of telecommunication services that have the ability | 10 |
| to dial 9-1-1 are an important funding mechanism to assist the | 11 |
| State and units of local government with the deployment of | 12 |
| enhanced 9-1-1 services to the citizens of this State. | 13 |
| Prepaid wireless telecommunication services are an | 14 |
| important segment of the telecommunications industry and have | 15 |
| proven particularly attractive to low-income and low-volume | 16 |
| consumers. Unlike traditional telecommunication services, |
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| prepaid wireless telecommunications services are not sold or | 2 |
| used pursuant to term contracts or subscriptions and monthly | 3 |
| bills are not sent to consumers by prepaid wireless | 4 |
| telecommunication service providers or retail vendors. | 5 |
| Prepaid wireless consumers have the same access to | 6 |
| emergency 9-1-1 services from their wireless devices as | 7 |
| wireless consumers on term contracts. Prepaid wireless | 8 |
| consumers benefit from the ability to access the 9-1-1 system | 9 |
| by dialing 9-1-1. | 10 |
| Consumers purchase prepaid wireless telecommunication | 11 |
| services at a wide variety of general retail locations and | 12 |
| other distribution channels. Such purchases are made on a | 13 |
| cash-and-carry or pay-as-you-go basis from retailers. | 14 |
| It is the intent of the General Assembly to: | 15 |
| (1) ensure equitable contributions to the funding of | 16 |
| 9-1-1 systems from consumers of prepaid wireless | 17 |
| telecommunication services;
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| (2) collect 9-1-1 surcharges from purchasers of | 19 |
| prepaid wireless telecommunications service at the point | 20 |
| of sale;
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| (3) impose the collection and remittance obligation | 22 |
| for 9-1-1 surcharges on sellers of prepaid wireless | 23 |
| telecommunications service;
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| (4) impose a single statewide 9-1-1 surcharge on point | 25 |
| of sale transactions in order to minimize administrative | 26 |
| costs on retailers.
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 2 |
| "Consumer" means a person who purchases prepaid wireless | 3 |
| telecommunications service in a retail transaction.
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| "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
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| "Prepaid wireless E911 surcharge" means the charge that is | 6 |
| required to be collected by a seller from a consumer in the | 7 |
| amount established under Section 15 of this Act.
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| "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" means a | 9 |
| wireless telecommunications service that allows a caller to | 10 |
| dial 9-1-1 to access the 9-1-1 system, which service must be | 11 |
| paid for in advance and is sold in predetermined units or | 12 |
| dollars of which the amount declines with use in a known | 13 |
| amount.
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| "Provider" means a person that provides prepaid wireless | 15 |
| telecommunications service pursuant to a license issued by the | 16 |
| Federal Communications Commission.
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| "Retail transaction" means the purchase of prepaid | 18 |
| wireless telecommunications service from a seller for any | 19 |
| purpose other than resale.
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| "Seller" means a person who sells prepaid wireless | 21 |
| telecommunications service to another person.
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| "Wireless telecommunications service" means commercial | 23 |
| mobile radio service as defined by 47 C.F.R. 20.3.
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| Section 15. Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge. |
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| (a) There is hereby imposed a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 | 2 |
| surcharge of $0.37 per retail transaction.
The amount of the | 3 |
| surcharge may be reduced or increased pursuant to subsection | 4 |
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| (b) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall be collected | 6 |
| by the seller from the consumer with respect to each retail | 7 |
| transaction occurring in this State. The amount of the prepaid | 8 |
| wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall be either separately stated on | 9 |
| an invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided | 10 |
| to the consumer by the seller or otherwise disclosed to the | 11 |
| consumer.
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| For purposes of this subsection (b), a retail transaction | 13 |
| occurs in this State if (i) the retail transaction is made in | 14 |
| person by a consumer at the seller's business location and the | 15 |
| business is located within the State or (ii) the retail | 16 |
| transaction is treated as occurring in this State for purposes | 17 |
| of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
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| (c) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge is the liability | 19 |
| of the consumer and not of the seller or of any provider, | 20 |
| except that the seller shall be liable to remit all prepaid | 21 |
| wireless 9-1-1 surcharges that the seller collects from | 22 |
| consumers as provided in Section 20, including all such | 23 |
| surcharges that the seller is deemed to collect where the | 24 |
| amount of the surcharge has not been separately stated on an | 25 |
| invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the | 26 |
| consumer by the seller.
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| (d) The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge that | 2 |
| is collected by a seller from a consumer, whether or not such | 3 |
| amount is separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other | 4 |
| similar document provided to the consumer by the seller, shall | 5 |
| not be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, | 6 |
| surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by this State, any | 7 |
| political subdivision of this State, or any intergovernmental | 8 |
| agency.
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| (e) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charge shall be | 10 |
| proportionately increased or reduced, as applicable, upon any | 11 |
| change to the surcharge imposed under Section 17 of the | 12 |
| Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act. Such increase or | 13 |
| reduction shall be effective on the effective date of the | 14 |
| change to the surcharge imposed under Section 17 of the | 15 |
| Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act or, if later, the first | 16 |
| day of the first calendar month to occur at least 60 days after | 17 |
| the enactment of the change to the surcharge imposed under | 18 |
| Section 17 of the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act. The | 19 |
| Department shall provide not less than 30 days' notice of an | 20 |
| increase or reduction in the amount of the surcharge on the | 21 |
| Department's website.
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| Section 20. Administration of prepaid wireless 9-1-1 | 23 |
| surcharge. | 24 |
| (a) Prepaid wireless E911 charges collected by sellers | 25 |
| shall be remitted to the Department at the times and in the |
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| manner provided by the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The | 2 |
| Department shall establish registration and payment procedures | 3 |
| that substantially coincide with the registration and payment | 4 |
| procedures that apply to the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
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| (b) A seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain 3% of | 6 |
| prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges that are collected by the | 7 |
| seller from consumers.
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| (c) The audit and appeal procedures applicable to the | 9 |
| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall apply to prepaid wireless | 10 |
| E911 charges.
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| (d) The Department shall establish procedures by which a | 12 |
| seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications service may | 13 |
| document that a sale is not a retail transaction. The | 14 |
| procedures must substantially coincide with the procedures for | 15 |
| documenting sale for resale transactions under the Retailers' | 16 |
| Occupation Tax Act.
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| (e) The Department shall pay all remitted prepaid wireless | 18 |
| E911 charges over to the State Treasurer for deposit into the | 19 |
| Wireless Service Emergency Fund within 30 days after receipt, | 20 |
| for use in accordance with the provisions of the Wireless | 21 |
| Emergency Telephone Safety Act. The Department may deduct an | 22 |
| amount, not to exceed 2% of remitted charges, to be retained by | 23 |
| the Department to reimburse its direct costs of administering | 24 |
| the collection and remittance of prepaid wireless 9-1-1 | 25 |
| surcharges.
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| Section 25. Liability of sellers and providers. | 2 |
| (a) The provisions of Section 50 of the Wireless Emergency | 3 |
| Telephone Safety Act shall apply to sellers and providers of | 4 |
| prepaid wireless telecommunications service.
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| (b) No provider or seller of prepaid wireless | 6 |
| telecommunications service shall be liable for damages to any | 7 |
| person resulting from or incurred in connection with the | 8 |
| provision of any lawful assistance to any investigative or law | 9 |
| enforcement officer of the United States, this or any other | 10 |
| state, or any political subdivision of this or any other state, | 11 |
| in connection with any lawful investigation or other law | 12 |
| enforcement activity by such law enforcement officer.
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| Section 30. Exclusivity of prepaid wireless 9-1-1 | 14 |
| surcharge. The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge imposed by this | 15 |
| Act shall be the only 9-1-1 funding obligation imposed with | 16 |
| respect to prepaid wireless telecommunications service in this | 17 |
| State. No tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge shall be imposed | 18 |
| by this State, any political subdivision of this State, or any | 19 |
| intergovernmental agency, for 9-1-1 funding purposes, upon any | 20 |
| provider, seller, or consumer with respect to the sale, | 21 |
| purchase, use, or provision of prepaid wireless | 22 |
| telecommunications service. | 23 |
| Section 35. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is | 24 |
| amended by changing Sections 10 and 17 and by adding Section 80 |
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| as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 751/10)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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| "Active prepaid wireless telephone" means a prepaid | 6 |
| wireless telephone
that has been used or activated by the | 7 |
| customer during the month to complete a
telephone call for | 8 |
| which the customer's card or account was decremented.
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| "Emergency telephone system board"
means a board appointed | 10 |
| by the corporate authorities of any county or
municipality that | 11 |
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for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system | 12 |
| within the scope of the
duties and powers
prescribed by the | 13 |
| Emergency Telephone System Act.
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| "Master street address guide" means the computerized | 15 |
| geographical database
that consists of all street and address | 16 |
| data within a 9-1-1 system.
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| "Mobile telephone number" or "MTN" shall mean the telephone | 18 |
| number
assigned to a wireless telephone at the time of initial | 19 |
| activation.
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| "Prepaid wireless telecommunication telephone service" | 21 |
| means a cellular or wireless telecommunications telephone | 22 |
| service that allows a caller to dial 9-1-1 to access the 9-1-1 | 23 |
| system, which service must be paid for in advance and is sold | 24 |
| in predetermined units or dollars which the amount declines | 25 |
| with use in a known amount.
which is activated by payment in |
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| advance of a finite dollar amount or for a
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| minutes and which, unless an additional finite dollar amount or
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| finite set of minutes is paid in advance, terminates either (i) | 4 |
| upon
use by a customer and delivery by the wireless carrier of | 5 |
| an agreed-upon amount
of service corresponding to the total | 6 |
| dollar amount paid in advance, or within
a certain period of | 7 |
| time following initial purchase or activation.
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| "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a | 9 |
| public agency that
provides fire fighting, police, medical, or | 10 |
| other emergency services. For the
purpose of providing wireless | 11 |
| service to users of 9-1-1 emergency services, as
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| provided for in this Act, the Department of State Police may be
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| considered a public safety agency.
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| "Qualified governmental entity"
means a unit of local | 15 |
| government authorized to provide 9-1-1 services
pursuant to the | 16 |
| Emergency Telephone System Act where no emergency telephone
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| system board exists. | 18 |
| "Remit period" means the billing period, one month in | 19 |
| duration, for which a wireless carrier , other than a prepaid | 20 |
| wireless carrier that provides zip code information based upon | 21 |
| the addresses associated with its customers' points of | 22 |
| purchase, customers' billing addresses, or locations | 23 |
| associated with MTNs, as described in subsection (a) of Section | 24 |
| 17, remits a surcharge and provides subscriber information by | 25 |
| zip code to the Illinois Commerce Commission, in accordance | 26 |
| with Section 17 of this Act.
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| "Statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system" means all | 2 |
| areas of the State
where an emergency telephone system board | 3 |
| or, in the absence of an emergency
telephone system board, a | 4 |
| qualified governmental entity has not declared its
intention | 5 |
| for one or more of its public safety answering points to serve | 6 |
| as a
primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for | 7 |
| its jurisdiction.
The operator of the statewide wireless | 8 |
| emergency 9-1-1 system shall be the
Department of State Police.
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| "Sufficient positive balance" means a dollar amount | 10 |
| greater than or equal
to the monthly wireless 9-1-1 surcharge | 11 |
| amount.
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| "Wireless carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular, | 13 |
| broadband PCS,
geographic area 800 MHZ and 900 MHZ Commercial | 14 |
| Mobile Radio Service (CMRS),
Wireless Communications Service | 15 |
| (WCS), or other Commercial Mobile Radio Service
(CMRS), as | 16 |
| defined by the Federal Communications Commission, offering | 17 |
| radio
communications that may provide fixed, mobile, radio | 18 |
| location, or satellite
communication services to individuals | 19 |
| or businesses within its assigned
spectrum block and | 20 |
| geographical area or that offers real-time, two-way voice
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| service that is interconnected with the public switched | 22 |
| network, including a
reseller of such service.
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| "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means the ability to relay the | 24 |
| telephone number
of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and location | 25 |
| information from any mobile handset or text telephone
device | 26 |
| accessing the wireless system to the designated wireless public |
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| safety
answering point as set forth in the order of the Federal | 2 |
| Communications
Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted June | 3 |
| 12, 1996, with an effective
date of October 1, 1996, and any | 4 |
| subsequent amendment thereto.
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| "Wireless public safety answering point" means the | 6 |
| functional division of
an emergency telephone system board, | 7 |
| qualified governmental entity, or the
Department of State | 8 |
| Police accepting wireless 9-1-1 calls.
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| "Wireless subscriber" means an individual or entity to whom | 10 |
| a wireless
service account or number has been assigned by a | 11 |
| wireless carrier.
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| "Wireless telephone service" includes prepaid wireless | 13 |
| telephone service
and means all "commercial mobile service", as | 14 |
| that term is defined in 47 CFR
20.3, including all personal | 15 |
| communications services, wireless radio telephone
services, | 16 |
| geographic area specialized and enhanced specialized mobile | 17 |
| radio
services, and incumbent wide area specialized mobile | 18 |
| radio licensees that offer
real time, two-way service that is | 19 |
| interconnected with the public switched
telephone network.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-63, eff. 8-13-07.)
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| (50 ILCS 751/17)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 17. Wireless carrier surcharge.
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| (a) Except as provided in Sections Section 45 and 80 , each | 25 |
| wireless
carrier shall impose a monthly wireless carrier |
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| surcharge per CMRS connection
that either has a telephone | 2 |
| number within an area code assigned to Illinois by
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| American Numbering Plan Administrator or has a billing address | 4 |
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this State.
In the case of prepaid wireless telephone | 5 |
| service, this surcharge shall be
remitted based upon the | 6 |
| address associated with the point of purchase, the
customer | 7 |
| billing
address, or the location associated with the MTN for | 8 |
| each active prepaid
wireless telephone that has a sufficient | 9 |
| positive balance
as of the last day of each month, if that | 10 |
| information is available. No
wireless carrier
shall impose the | 11 |
| surcharge authorized by this
Section upon any subscriber who is | 12 |
| subject to the surcharge imposed by a unit
of local
government
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| pursuant to Section 45.
Prior to January 1, 2008 (the effective | 14 |
| date of Public Act 95-698), the surcharge amount shall be the | 15 |
| amount set by the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board. Beginning on | 16 |
| January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-698), the | 17 |
| monthly surcharge imposed under this Section shall be $0.73 per | 18 |
| CMRS connection. The wireless carrier that provides wireless | 19 |
| service to the
subscriber shall collect the surcharge
from the | 20 |
| subscriber.
For mobile telecommunications services provided on | 21 |
| and after August 1, 2002,
any surcharge imposed under this Act | 22 |
| shall be imposed based upon the
municipality or county that | 23 |
| encompasses
the customer's place of primary use as defined in | 24 |
| the Mobile Telecommunications
Sourcing Conformity Act.
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| surcharge shall be stated as a separate item on the
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| subscriber's monthly bill. The wireless carrier shall begin |
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| collecting the
surcharge on bills issued within 90 days after | 2 |
| the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1
Board sets the monthly wireless | 3 |
| surcharge. State and local taxes shall not
apply to the | 4 |
| wireless carrier surcharge.
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| (b) Except as provided in Sections Section 45 and 80 , a | 6 |
| wireless carrier shall, within 45
days of collection, remit, | 7 |
| either by check or by electronic funds transfer, to
the State | 8 |
| Treasurer the amount of the wireless carrier surcharge | 9 |
| collected
from each subscriber.
Of the amounts remitted under | 10 |
| this subsection prior to January 1, 2008 (the effective date of | 11 |
| Public Act 95-698), and for surcharges imposed before January | 12 |
| 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-698)
but remitted | 13 |
| after January 1, 2008, the State
Treasurer shall deposit | 14 |
| one-third into the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund
and | 15 |
| two-thirds into the Wireless Service Emergency Fund. For | 16 |
| surcharges collected and remitted on or after January 1, 2008 | 17 |
| (the effective date of Public Act 95-698), $0.1475 per | 18 |
| surcharge collected shall be deposited into the Wireless | 19 |
| Carrier Reimbursement Fund, and $0.5825 per surcharge | 20 |
| collected shall be deposited into the Wireless Service | 21 |
| Emergency Fund. Of the amounts deposited into the Wireless | 22 |
| Carrier Reimbursement Fund under this subsection, $0.01 per | 23 |
| surcharge collected may be distributed to the carriers to cover | 24 |
| their administrative costs. Of the amounts deposited into the | 25 |
| Wireless Service Emergency Fund under this subsection, $0.01 | 26 |
| per surcharge collected may be disbursed to the Illinois |
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| Commerce Commission to cover its administrative costs.
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| (c)
The first such remittance by wireless carriers shall | 3 |
| include the number
of customers by zip code, and the 9-digit | 4 |
| zip code if currently being used or
later implemented by the | 5 |
| carrier, that shall be the means by which the
Illinois Commerce | 6 |
| Commission shall determine distributions from
the Wireless | 7 |
| Service Emergency Fund.
This information shall be updated no | 8 |
| less often than every year. Wireless
carriers are not required | 9 |
| to remit surcharge moneys that are billed to
subscribers but | 10 |
| not yet collected. Any carrier that fails to provide the zip | 11 |
| code information required under this subsection (c) or any | 12 |
| prepaid wireless carrier that fails to provide zip code | 13 |
| information based upon the addresses associated with its | 14 |
| customers' points of purchase, customers' billing addresses, | 15 |
| or locations associated with MTNs, as described in subsection | 16 |
| (a) of this Section, shall be subject to the penalty set forth | 17 |
| in subsection (f) of this Section.
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| (d) (Blank.) Within 90 days after August 13, 2007 (the | 19 |
| effective date of Public Act 95-63), each wireless carrier must | 20 |
| implement a mechanism for the collection of the surcharge | 21 |
| imposed under subsection (a) of this Section from its | 22 |
| subscribers. If a wireless carrier does not implement a | 23 |
| mechanism for the collection of the surcharge from its | 24 |
| subscribers in accordance with this subsection (d), then the | 25 |
| carrier is required to remit the surcharge for all subscribers | 26 |
| until the carrier is deemed to be in compliance with this |
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| subsection (d) by the Illinois Commerce Commission. | 2 |
| (e) If before midnight on the last day of the third | 3 |
| calendar month after the closing date of the remit period a | 4 |
| wireless carrier does not remit the surcharge or any portion | 5 |
| thereof required under this Section, then the surcharge or | 6 |
| portion thereof shall be deemed delinquent until paid in full, | 7 |
| and the Illinois Commerce Commission may impose a penalty | 8 |
| against the carrier in an amount equal to the greater of: | 9 |
| (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month from the | 10 |
| time an amount becomes delinquent until the amount is paid | 11 |
| in full; or | 12 |
| (2) an amount equal to the product of 1% and the sum of | 13 |
| all delinquent amounts for each month or portion of a month | 14 |
| that the delinquent amounts remain unpaid. | 15 |
| A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (e) | 16 |
| for a portion of a month during which the carrier provides the | 17 |
| number of subscribers by zip code as required under subsection | 18 |
| (c) of this Section shall be prorated for each day of that | 19 |
| month during which the carrier had not provided the number of | 20 |
| subscribers by zip code as required under subsection (c) of | 21 |
| this Section. Any penalty imposed under this subsection (e) is | 22 |
| in addition to the amount of the delinquency and is in addition | 23 |
| to any other penalty imposed under this Section. | 24 |
| (f) If, before midnight on the last day of the third | 25 |
| calendar month after the closing date of the remit period, a | 26 |
| wireless carrier does not provide the number of subscribers by |
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| zip code as required under subsection (c) of this Section, then | 2 |
| the report is deemed delinquent and the Illinois Commerce | 3 |
| Commission may impose a penalty against the carrier in an | 4 |
| amount equal to the greater of: | 5 |
| (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the | 6 |
| report is delinquent; or | 7 |
| (2) an amount equal to the product of 1/2˘ and the | 8 |
| number of subscribers served by the wireless carrier. | 9 |
| A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (f) | 10 |
| for a portion of a month during which the carrier pays the | 11 |
| delinquent amount in full shall be prorated for each day of | 12 |
| that month that the delinquent amount was paid in full. Any | 13 |
| penalty imposed under this subsection (f) is in addition to any | 14 |
| other penalty imposed under this Section. | 15 |
| (g) The Illinois Commerce Commission may enforce the | 16 |
| collection of any delinquent amount and any penalty due and | 17 |
| unpaid under this Section by legal action or in any other | 18 |
| manner by which the collection of debts due the State of | 19 |
| Illinois may be enforced under the laws of this State. The | 20 |
| Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce Commission, or his | 21 |
| or her designee, may excuse the payment of any penalty imposed | 22 |
| under this Section if the Executive Director, or his or her | 23 |
| designee, determines that the enforcement of this penalty is | 24 |
| unjust. | 25 |
| (h)
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
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| nothing shall impair the right of wireless carriers to recover
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| compliance costs for all emergency communications services | 2 |
| that are not reimbursed out of the Wireless Carrier | 3 |
| Reimbursement Fund
directly from their customers via line-item | 4 |
| charges on the
customer's bill. Those compliance costs include | 5 |
| all costs
incurred by wireless carriers in complying with | 6 |
| local, State,
and federal regulatory or legislative mandates | 7 |
| that require the
transmission and receipt of emergency | 8 |
| communications to and
from the general public, including, but | 9 |
| not limited to, E-911.
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| (i)
The Auditor General shall conduct, on an annual basis, | 11 |
| an audit of the Wireless Service Emergency Fund and the | 12 |
| Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund for compliance with the | 13 |
| requirements of this Act. The audit shall include, but not be | 14 |
| limited to, the following determinations:
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| (1) Whether the Commission is maintaining detailed | 16 |
| records of all receipts and disbursements from the Wireless | 17 |
| Carrier Emergency Fund and the Wireless Carrier | 18 |
| Reimbursement Fund.
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| (2) Whether the Commission's administrative costs | 20 |
| charged to the funds are adequately documented and are | 21 |
| reasonable.
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| (3) Whether the Commission's procedures for making | 23 |
| grants and providing reimbursements in accordance with the | 24 |
| Act are adequate.
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| (4) The status of the implementation of wireless 9-1-1 | 26 |
| and E9-1-1 services in Illinois.
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| The Commission, the Department of State Police, and any | 2 |
| other entity or person that may have information relevant to | 3 |
| the audit shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Office of | 4 |
| the Auditor General in conducting the audit. The Auditor | 5 |
| General shall commence the audit as soon as possible and | 6 |
| distribute the report upon completion in accordance with | 7 |
| Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-63, eff. 8-13-07; 95-698, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, | 9 |
| eff. 8-21-08.)
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| (50 ILCS 751/80 new) | 11 |
| Sec. 80. Prepaid wireless telecommunications service; | 12 |
| surcharge. The wireless carrier surcharge and any other | 13 |
| requirements imposed by Section 17 or authorized by Section 45 | 14 |
| shall not apply to prepaid wireless telecommunications | 15 |
| service. The provisions of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge | 16 |
| Act shall apply to prepaid wireless telecommunications | 17 |
| service.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 19 |
| 1, 2010.".
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