Legislation
SECTION 336
County of Broome enhanced 911 emergency telephone system
County (CNT) CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE 6-A
* § 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
telecommunication 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
minimum of forty-five days written notice prior to the date it shall
begin to add such surcharge to the billings of its customers or prior to
any modification to or change in the surcharge amount.
4. The surcharge established pursuant to the provisions of this
section shall be imposed on a per access line basis on all current bills
rendered for local exchange access service within the 911 service area.
5. No such surcharge shall be imposed upon more than seventy-five
exchange access lines per customer per location.
6. Lifeline customers, a public safety agency and any municipality
which has enacted a local law pursuant to the provisions of this section
shall be exempt from any surcharge imposed under this section.
* NB There are 2 § 336's
* NB Repealed July 27, 2029
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
telecommunication 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
minimum of forty-five days written notice prior to the date it shall
begin to add such surcharge to the billings of its customers or prior to
any modification to or change in the surcharge amount.
4. The surcharge established pursuant to the provisions of this
section shall be imposed on a per access line basis on all current bills
rendered for local exchange access service within the 911 service area.
5. No such surcharge shall be imposed upon more than seventy-five
exchange access lines per customer per location.
6. Lifeline customers, a public safety agency and any municipality
which has enacted a local law pursuant to the provisions of this section
shall be exempt from any surcharge imposed under this section.
* NB There are 2 § 336's
* NB Repealed July 27, 2029