| This bill amends the law establishing emergency E-9-1-1 |
assessment procedures to clarify that prepaid wireless telephone |
service is subject to the same monthly assessment as other |
telecommunications service. Under the procedure established by |
the bill, an individual customer that purchases, in the State, a |
prepaid wireless telephone or a card or other device that allows |
additional use of a previously purchased prepaid wireless |
telephone shall pay the 50¢ per month assessment by one of 2 |
methods, as determined by the provider. Under the first method, |
the customer shall at the time of purchase pay 50¢ per month for |
each month in which the telephone or card may be used by that |
customer. Under the 2nd method, the customer shall pay 50¢ per |
month at the beginning of each month for which time is left on |
the service. |