Assembly Bill A6546

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes Broome county to impose an additional surcharge to pay for the costs associated with updating the services needed to provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6546 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4392
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Add §336, County L; amd §186-g, Tax L

2019-A6546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Broome county to impose an additional surcharge to pay for the costs associated with updating the telecommunication equipment and telephone services needed to provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system to serve such county and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

2019-A6546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6546
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, CROUCH, FRIEND -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law and the tax law, in relation to authoriz-
   ing  the county of Broome to impose an additional surcharge to pay for
   the costs associated with updating the telecommunication equipment and
   telephone services needed to provide an enhanced 911  emergency  tele-
   phone  system  to  serve  such county; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  county law is amended by adding a new section 336 to
 read as follows:
   § 336. COUNTY OF BROOME ENHANCED 911 EMERGENCY  TELEPHONE  SYSTEM.  1.
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COUNTY OF
 BROOME  ACTING  THROUGH  ITS  LOCAL  COUNTY  LEGISLATIVE BODY, IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO ADOPT, AMEND OR REPEAL LOCAL LAWS TO  IMPOSE
 A  SURCHARGE, IN ADDITION TO THE SURCHARGE ESTABLISHED AND IMPOSED UNDER
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO  EXCEED
 ONE  DOLLAR  AND THIRTY CENTS PER ACCESS LINE PER MONTH ON THE CUSTOMERS
 OF EVERY SERVICE SUPPLIER WITHIN SUCH MUNICIPALITY TO PAY FOR THE  COSTS
 ASSOCIATED  WITH  OBTAINING,  OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE TELECOMMUNI-
 CATION EQUIPMENT AND TELEPHONE SERVICES NEEDED TO  PROVIDE  AN  ENHANCED
 911 (E911) EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO SERVE SUCH COUNTY.
   2.  ANY  SUCH  LOCAL  LAW SHALL STATE THE AMOUNT OF THE SURCHARGE, THE
 DATE ON WHICH THE SERVICE SUPPLIER SHALL BEGIN TO ADD SUCH SURCHARGE  TO
 THE  BILLINGS  OF ITS CUSTOMERS AND, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE DATE
 ON WHICH SUCH E911 SERVICE IS TO BEGIN. SUCH LOCAL LAW MAY AUTHORIZE THE
 SERVICE SUPPLIER TO BEGIN BILLING ITS CUSTOMERS FOR SUCH SURCHARGE PRIOR
 TO THE DATE THE E911 SYSTEM SERVICE IS TO BEGIN.
   3. ANY SERVICE SUPPLIER WITHIN A  MUNICIPALITY  WHICH  HAS  IMPOSED  A
 SURCHARGE  PURSUANT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GIVEN A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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