| 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. |