SB0096ham004 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. John E. Bradley

Filed: 5/27/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 96

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 96, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 3, on page 73, line 16, by replacing "amount" with "competitively neutral amount"; and

on page 73, line 18, by replacing "purchasers" with "consumers"; and

on page 73, line 22, by replacing "amount" with "competitively neutral amount"; and

on page 74, below line 1, by inserting the following:

"Telecommunications carriers, wireless carriers, Interconnected VoIP service providers, and sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service shall have 60 days from the date the Commissions files its order to implement the new rate established by the order."; and

on page 74, below line 22, by inserting the following:

""Seller" has the meaning given to that term under Section 10 of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act."; and

on page 75, line 13, after "shall be", by inserting "collected by the seller from the consumer and"; and

on page 75, line 17, by deleting "providers"; and

on page 77, line 19, after the period, by inserting "The amount to be charged or assessed under subsections (c) and (f) is not imposed on a provider or the consumer for wireless Lifeline service where the consumer does not pay the provider for the service. Where the consumer purchases from the provider optional minutes, texts, or other services in addition to the federally-funded Lifeline benefit, a consumer must pay the charge or assessment, and it must be collected by the seller according to subsection (f)."; and

on page 88, by replacing lines 21 and 22 with the following:

"calendar month that is at least 30 days after the holder receives such ordinance. For any such ordinance adopted on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the holder's liability shall commence on the first day of the calendar month that is at least 30 days after the adoption of such ordinance. The ordinance shall be sent by"; and

on page 166, line 8, after "subsection (f)", by inserting "is in addition to the amount of the delinquency and"; and

by replacing line 26 on page 166 through line 2 on page 167 with the following:

"this Section. Any penalty imposed under this subsection (g) is in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Section.".