§ 5306.2. Uniform 911 surcharge
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and SafetyEffective: August 1, 2015
Effective: August 1, 2015
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5306.2
§ 5306.2. Uniform 911 surcharge
(a) Surcharge imposed.--Each subscriber or consumer shall pay a surcharge of $1.651 for each 911 communications service or prepaid wireless device for which that subscriber or consumer is billed by a provider or seller as provided for under this chapter. The surcharge shall be collected apart from and in addition to a fee levied by the provider or seller, in whole or in part, for the provision of 911 services. The surcharge shall be subject to the following:
(2) Except as provided under section 5307.1 (relating to payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service), the surcharge shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the fund. The Treasurer may retain up to 1% of the remitted surcharge to pay expenses directly related to the cost of collection.
(1) Providers shall collect the surcharge on behalf of the agency as part of their billing process and shall have no obligation to take any legal action to enforce the collection of the surcharge. Action may be brought by or on behalf of the agency. Upon written request of the agency, each wireless provider shall annually provide a list of the names and addresses of those wireless service customers whose accounts are considered a bad debt as determined by the provider's books and records that have failed to pay the surcharge.
Credits
2015, June 29, P.L. 36, No. 12, § 3, effective Aug. 1, 2015.
Footnotes
For increased surcharge amount, see 72 P.S. § 102-K.
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5306.2, PA ST 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5306.2
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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