8. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services shall assist the Maine Military Authority with the orderly implementation of these provisions.

PART PP

Sec. PP-1. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 359, §4, is further amended to read:

1-B. Statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge. The activities authorized under this chapter are funded through a special statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge levied on each residential and business telephone exchange line, including private branch exchange lines and Centrex lines, cellular or wireless telecommunications service subscribers and semipublic coin and public access lines. The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge may not be imposed on more than 25 lines or numbers per customer billing account. In the case of cellular or wireless telecommunications service subscribers, the place of residence of those subscribers must be determined according to the sourcing rules for mobile telecommunications services set forth in Title 36, section 1816. The statewide E-9- 1-1 surcharge is 50¢ 57¢ per month per line or number. The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge must be billed on a monthly basis by each local exchange telephone utility or cellular or wireless telecommunications service provider and be shown separately as a statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge on the customer's bill.

Sec. PP-2. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§2-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. EEEE, §7, is further amended to read:

2-B. Surcharge remittance. Each local exchange telephone utility and cellular or wireless telecommunications service provider shall remit the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge revenues collected from its customers pursuant to this section on a monthly basis and within one month of the month collected to the Treasurer of State for deposit.__Fifty cents of the revenues must be deposited in a separate account known as the E-9-1-1 fund and 7__of the revenues must be deposited in the General Fund. Service providers shall provide, on a form approved by the bureau, supporting data, including but not limited to the following: