First Substitute S.B. 48

Senator Wayne A. Harper proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE LAW AMENDMENTS

             2     
2014 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper

             5     
House Sponsor: Brad L. Dee

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill makes amendments to Title 69, Chapter 2, Emergency Telephone Service
             10      Law.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    addresses the expenditure of revenue collected from an emergency services
             14      telecommunications charge;
             15          .    addresses the administration of emergency services telecommunications charges by
             16      the State Tax Commission;
             17          .    repeals obsolete language; and
             18          .    makes technical and conforming changes.
             19      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             20          None
             21      Other Special Clauses:
             22          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2014.
             23      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             24      AMENDS:
             25           53-10-603 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 278 and 307


             26           69-2-5 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 326
             27           69-2-5.5 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 326
             28           69-2-5.6 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 326
             29           69-2-5.7 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 326
             30     
             31      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             32          Section 1. Section 53-10-603 is amended to read:
             33           53-10-603. Creation of Statewide Unified E-911 Emergency Service Account.
             34          (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the
             35      "Statewide Unified E-911 Emergency Service Account," consisting of:
             36          (a) [proceeds] revenue collected from the [fee] charge imposed [in] by Section
             37      69-2-5.6 ;
             38          (b) the revenue required by Section 69-2-5.5 to be deposited into the restricted account;
             39          [(b)] (c) money appropriated or otherwise made available by the Legislature; and
             40          [(c)] (d) contributions of money, property, or equipment from federal agencies,
             41      political subdivisions of the state, persons, or corporations.
             42          (2) The money in this restricted account shall be used exclusively for the following
             43      statewide public purposes:
             44          (a) enhancing public safety as provided in this chapter;
             45          (b) providing a statewide, unified, wireless E-911 service available to public safety
             46      answering points;
             47          (c) providing reimbursement to providers for certain costs associated with Phase II
             48      wireless E-911 service; and
             49          (d) paying for an outside consultant hired by the Utah 911 Committee to study and
             50      advise the committee regarding public safety answering points.
             51          Section 2. Section 69-2-5 is amended to read:
             52           69-2-5. Funding for 911 emergency telecommunications service -- Administrative
             53      charge.
             54          (1) In providing funding of 911 emergency telecommunications service, any public
             55      agency establishing a 911 emergency telecommunications service may:
             56          (a) seek assistance from the federal or state government, to the extent constitutionally


             57      permissible, in the form of loans, advances, grants, subsidies, and otherwise, directly or
             58      indirectly;
             59          (b) seek funds appropriated by local governmental taxing authorities for the funding of
             60      public safety agencies; and
             61          (c) seek gifts, donations, or grants from individuals, corporations, or other private
             62      entities.
             63          (2) For purposes of providing funding of 911 emergency telecommunications service,
             64      special service districts may raise funds as provided in Section 17D-1-105 and may borrow
             65      money and incur indebtedness as provided in Section 17D-1-103 .
             66          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b) and subject to the other provisions of
             67      this Subsection (3) a county, city, or town within which 911 emergency telecommunications
             68      service is provided may levy monthly an emergency services telecommunications charge on:
             69          (i) each local exchange service switched access line within the boundaries of the
             70      county, city, or town;
             71          (ii) each revenue producing radio communications access line with a billing address
             72      within the boundaries of the county, city, or town; and
             73          (iii) any other service, including voice over Internet protocol, provided to a user within
             74      the boundaries of the county, city, or town that allows the user to make calls to and receive
             75      calls from the public switched telecommunications network, including commercial mobile
             76      radio service networks.
             77          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), an access line provided for public coin
             78      telecommunications service is exempt from emergency telecommunications charges.
             79          (c) The amount of the charge levied under this section may not exceed:
             80          (i) 61 cents per month for each local exchange service switched access line;
             81          (ii) 61 cents per month for each radio communications access line; and
             82          (iii) 61 cents per month for each service under Subsection (3)(a)(iii).
             83          (d) (i) For purposes of this Subsection (3)(d) the following terms shall be defined as
             84      provided in Section 59-12-102 or 59-12-215 :
             85          (A) "mobile telecommunications service";
             86          (B) "place of primary use";
             87          (C) "service address"; and


             88          (D) "telecommunications service."
             89          (ii) An access line described in Subsection (3)(a) is considered to be within the
             90      boundaries of a county, city, or town if the telecommunications services provided over the
             91      access line are located within the county, city, or town:
             92          (A) for purposes of sales and use taxes under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax
             93      Act; and
             94          (B) determined in accordance with Section 59-12-215 .
             95          (iii) The rate imposed on an access line under this section shall be determined in
             96      accordance with Subsection (3)(d)(iv) if the location of an access line described in Subsection
             97      (3)(a) is determined under Subsection (3)(d)(ii) to be a county, city, or town other than county,
             98      city, or town in which is located:
             99          (A) for a telecommunications service, the purchaser's service address; or
             100          (B) for mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's place of primary use.
             101          (iv) The rate imposed on an access line under this section shall be the lower of:
             102          (A) the rate imposed by the county, city, or town in which the access line is located
             103      under Subsection (3)(d)(ii); or
             104          (B) the rate imposed by the county, city, or town in which it is located:
             105          (I) for telecommunications service, the purchaser's service address; or
             106          (II) for mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's place of primary use.
             107          (e) (i) A county, city, or town shall notify the Public Service Commission of the intent
             108      to levy the charge under this Subsection (3) at least 30 days before the effective date of the
             109      charge being levied.
             110          (ii) For purposes of this Subsection (3)(e):
             111          (A) "Annexation" means an annexation to:
             112          (I) a city or town under Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 4, Annexation; or
             113          (II) a county under Title 17, Chapter 2, County Consolidations and Annexations.
             114          (B) "Annexing area" means an area that is annexed into a county, city, or town.
             115          (iii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(C) or (D), if [on or after July 1,
             116      2003,] a county, city, or town enacts or repeals a charge or changes the amount of the charge
             117      under this section, the enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect:
             118          (I) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and


             119          (II) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the State Tax Commission receives
             120      notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B) from the county, city, or town.
             121          (B) The notice described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A) shall state:
             122          (I) that the county, city, or town will enact or repeal a charge or change the amount of
             123      the charge under this section;
             124          (II) the statutory authority for the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I);
             125          (III) the effective date of the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I); and
             126          (IV) if the county, city, or town enacts the charge or changes the amount of the charge
             127      described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I), the amount of the charge.
             128          (C) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A), the enactment of a charge or a charge
             129      increase under this section shall take effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             130          (I) that begins after the effective date of the enactment of the charge or the charge
             131      increase; and
             132          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the enactment
             133      of the charge or the charge increase imposed under this section.
             134          (D) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A), the repeal of a charge or a charge
             135      decrease under this section shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
             136          (I) that began before the effective date of the repeal of the charge or the charge
             137      decrease; and
             138          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the repeal of
             139      the charge or the charge decrease imposed under this section.
             140          (iv) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(C) or (D), if [for an annexation
             141      that occurs on or after July 1, 2003, the] an annexation will result in the enactment, repeal, or a
             142      change in the amount of a charge imposed under this section for an annexing area, the
             143      enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect:
             144          (I) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             145          (II) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the State Tax Commission receives
             146      notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B) from the county, city, or town that
             147      annexes the annexing area.
             148          (B) The notice described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A) shall state:
             149          (I) that the annexation described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A) will result in an


             150      enactment, repeal, or a change in the charge being imposed under this section for the annexing
             151      area;
             152          (II) the statutory authority for the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I);
             153          (III) the effective date of the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I); and
             154          (IV) if the county, city, or town enacts the charge or changes the amount of the charge
             155      described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I), the amount of the charge.
             156          (C) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A), the enactment of a charge or a charge
             157      increase under this section shall take effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             158          (I) that begins after the effective date of the enactment of the charge or the charge
             159      increase; and
             160          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the enactment
             161      of the charge or the charge increase imposed under this section.
             162          (D) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A), the repeal of a charge or a charge
             163      decrease under this section shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
             164          (I) that began before the effective date of the repeal of the charge or the charge
             165      decrease; and
             166          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the repeal of
             167      the charge or the charge decrease imposed under this section.
             168          (f) Subject to Subsection (3)(g), an emergency services telecommunications charge
             169      levied under this section shall:
             170          (i) be billed and collected by the person that provides the:
             171          (A) local exchange service switched access line services; or
             172          (B) radio communications access line services; and
             173          (ii) except for costs retained under Subsection (3)(h), remitted to the State Tax
             174      Commission.
             175          (g) An emergency services telecommunications charge on a mobile
             176      telecommunications service may be levied, billed, and collected only to the extent permitted by
             177      the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 116 et seq.
             178          (h) The person that bills and collects the charges levied under Subsection (3)(f) may:
             179          (i) bill the charge imposed by this section in combination with the charge levied under
             180      Section 69-2-5.6 as one line item charge; and


             181          (ii) retain an amount not to exceed 1.5% of the levy collected under this section as
             182      reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting, and remitting the levy.
             183          (i) The State Tax Commission shall[: (i)] collect, enforce, and administer the charge
             184      imposed under this Subsection (3) using the same procedures used in the administration,
             185      collection, and enforcement of the state sales and use taxes under:
             186          [(A)] (i) Title 59, Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies; and
             187          [(B)] (ii) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection, except for:
             188          [(I)] (A) Section 59-12-104 ;
             189          [(II)] (B) Section 59-12-104.1 ;
             190          [(III)] (C) Section 59-12-104.2 ;
             191          (D) Section 59-12-104.6 ;
             192          [(IV)] (E) Section 59-12-107.1 ; and
             193          [(V)] (F) Section 59-12-123 [; and].
             194          [(ii)] (j) The State Tax Commission shall transmit money collected under this
             195      Subsection (3) monthly by electronic funds transfer to the county, city, or town that imposes
             196      the charge.
             197          [(j)] (k) A person that pays a charge under this section shall pay the charge to the
             198      commission:
             199          (i) monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of
             200      the previous month if:
             201          (A) the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission
             202      monthly under Section 59-12-108 ; or
             203          (B) the person is not required to file a sales and use tax return under Title 59, Chapter
             204      12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or
             205          (ii) quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day
             206      of the previous quarter if the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the
             207      commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107 .
             208          [(k)] (l) A charge a person pays under this section shall be paid using a form prescribed
             209      by the State Tax Commission.
             210          [(l)] (m) The State Tax Commission shall retain and deposit an administrative charge
             211      in accordance with Section 59-1-306 from the revenues the State Tax Commission collects


             212      from a charge under this section.
             213          [(m)] (n) A charge under this section is subject to Section 69-2-5.8 .
             214          (4) (a) Any money received by a public agency for the provision of 911 emergency
             215      telecommunications service shall be deposited in a special emergency telecommunications
             216      service fund.
             217          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), the money in the emergency
             218      telecommunications service fund shall be expended by the public agency to pay the costs of:
             219          (A) establishing, installing, maintaining, and operating a 911 emergency
             220      telecommunications system;
             221          (B) receiving and processing emergency calls from the 911 system or other calls or
             222      requests for emergency services;
             223          (C) integrating a 911 system into an established public safety dispatch center, including
             224      contracting with the providers of local exchange service, radio communications service, and
             225      vendors of appropriate terminal equipment as necessary to implement the 911 emergency
             226      telecommunications service; or
             227          (D) indirect costs associated with the maintaining and operating of a 911 emergency
             228      telecommunications system.
             229          (ii) Revenues derived for the funding of 911 emergency telecommunications service
             230      may be used by the public agency for personnel costs associated with receiving and processing
             231      calls and deploying emergency response resources when the system is integrated with any
             232      public safety dispatch system.
             233          (c) Any unexpended money in the emergency telecommunications service fund at the
             234      end of a fiscal year does not lapse, and must be carried forward to be used for the purposes
             235      described in this section.
             236          (5) (a) Revenue received by a local entity from an increase in the levy imposed under
             237      Subsection (3) after the 2004 Annual General Session:
             238          (i) may be used by the public agency for the purposes under Subsection (4)(b); and
             239          (ii) shall be deposited into the special emergency telecommunications service fund
             240      described in Subsection (4)(a).
             241          (b) Revenue received by a local entity from grants from the Utah 911 Committee under
             242      Section 53-10-605 :


             243          (i) shall be deposited into the special emergency telecommunications service fund
             244      under Subsection (4)(a); and
             245          (ii) shall only be used for that portion of the costs related to the development and
             246      operation of wireless and land-based enhanced 911 emergency telecommunications service and
             247      the implementation of wireless E-911 Phase I and Phase II services as provided in Subsection
             248      (5)(c).
             249          (c) The costs allowed under Subsection (5)(b)(ii) include the public safety answering
             250      point's or local entity's costs for:
             251          (i) acquisition, upgrade, modification, maintenance, and operation of public service
             252      answering point equipment capable of receiving E-911 information;
             253          (ii) database development, operation, and maintenance; and
             254          (iii) personnel costs associated with establishing, installing, maintaining, and operating
             255      wireless E-911 Phase I and Phase II services, including training emergency service personnel
             256      regarding receipt and use of E-911 wireless service information and educating consumers
             257      regarding the appropriate and responsible use of E-911 wireless service.
             258          (6) A local entity that increases the levy it imposes under Subsection (3)(c) after the
             259      2004 Annual General Session shall increase the levy to the maximum amount permitted by
             260      Subsection (3)(c).
             261          Section 3. Section 69-2-5.5 is amended to read:
             262           69-2-5.5. Emergency services telecommunications charge -- Administrative
             263      charge.
             264          (1) Subject to Subsection (7), there is imposed an emergency services
             265      telecommunications charge of 7 cents per month on each local exchange service switched
             266      access line and each revenue producing radio communications access line that is subject to an
             267      emergency services telecommunications charge levied by a county, city, or town under Section
             268      69-2-5 .
             269          (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (7), an emergency services telecommunications charge
             270      imposed under this section shall be billed and collected by the person that provides:
             271          (i) local exchange service switched access line services; or
             272          (ii) radio communications access line services.
             273          (b) A person that pays an emergency services telecommunications charge under this


             274      section shall pay the emergency services telecommunications charge to the commission:
             275          (i) monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of
             276      the previous month if:
             277          (A) the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission
             278      monthly under Section 59-12-108 ; or
             279          (B) the person is not required to file a sales and use tax return under Title 59, Chapter
             280      12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or
             281          (ii) quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day
             282      of the previous quarter if the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the
             283      commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107 .
             284          (c) [An] (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(iii), the State Tax Commission
             285      shall deposit the first $2,200,000 of the revenue collected in a fiscal year from the emergency
             286      services telecommunications charge imposed under this section [shall be deposited] into the
             287      General Fund as dedicated credits to pay for[: (i)] the costs of establishing, installing,
             288      maintaining, and operating the University of Utah Poison Control Center[; and].
             289          [(ii) expenses of the State Tax Commission to administer and enforce the collection of
             290      the emergency services telecommunications charges.]
             291          (ii) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(iii), the State Tax Commission shall
             292      deposit the revenue collected in a fiscal year from the emergency service telecommunications
             293      charge imposed under this section that exceeds $2,200,000 into the Statewide Unified E-911
             294      Emergency Service Account created by Section 53-10-603 to be used as provided in Section
             295      53-10-603 .
             296          (iii) The commission shall retain and deposit an administrative charge in accordance
             297      with Section 59-1-306 from the revenue the State Tax Commission collects under Subsections
             298      (2)(c)(i) and (ii).
             299          (3) Funds for the University of Utah Poison Control Center program are nonlapsing.
             300          (4) Emergency services telecommunications charges remitted to the State Tax
             301      Commission pursuant to Subsection (2) shall be accompanied by the form prescribed by the
             302      State Tax Commission.
             303          (5) (a) The State Tax Commission shall administer, collect, and enforce the charge
             304      imposed under Subsection (1) according to the same procedures used in the administration,


             305      collection, and enforcement of the state sales and use tax under:
             306          (i) Title 59, Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies; and
             307          (ii) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection, except for:
             308          (A) Section 59-12-104 ;
             309          (B) Section 59-12-104.1 ;
             310          (C) Section 59-12-104.2 ; [and]
             311          (D) Section 59-12-104.6;
             312          [(D)] (E) Section 59-12-107.1 [.]; and
             313          (F) Section 59-12-123.
             314          (b) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             315      State Tax Commission may make rules to administer, collect, and enforce the emergency
             316      services telecommunications charges imposed under this section.
             317          [(c) The State Tax Commission shall retain and deposit an administrative charge in
             318      accordance with Section 59-1-306 from the revenues the State Tax Commission collects from
             319      an emergency services telecommunications charge under this section.]
             320          [(d)] (c) A charge under this section is subject to Section 69-2-5.8 .
             321          (6) A provider of local exchange service switched access line services or radio
             322      communications access line services who fails to comply with this section is subject to
             323      penalties and interest as provided in Sections 59-1-401 and 59-1-402 .
             324          (7) An emergency services telecommunications charge under this section on a mobile
             325      telecommunications service may be imposed, billed, and collected only to the extent permitted
             326      by the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 116 et seq.
             327          Section 4. Section 69-2-5.6 is amended to read:
             328           69-2-5.6. Emergency services telecommunications charge to fund statewide
             329      unified E-911 emergency service -- Administrative charge.
             330          (1) Subject to Subsection 69-2-5 (3)(g), there is imposed a statewide unified E-911
             331      emergency service charge of 8 cents per month on each local exchange service switched access
             332      line and each revenue producing radio communications access line that is subject to an
             333      emergency services telecommunications charge levied by a county, city, or town under Section
             334      69-2-5 or 69-2-5.5 [at:].
             335          [(a) 13 cents per month until June 30, 2007; and]


             336          [(b) 8 cents per month on and after July 1, 2007.]
             337          (2) (a) An emergency services telecommunications charge imposed under this section
             338      shall be:
             339          (i) subject to Subsection 69-2-5 (3)(g); and
             340          (ii) billed and collected by the person that provides:
             341          (A) local exchange service switched access line services;
             342          (B) radio communications access line services; or
             343          (C) service described in Subsection 69-2-5 (3)(a)(iii).
             344          (b) A person that pays a charge under this section shall pay the charge to the
             345      commission:
             346          (i) monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of
             347      the previous month if:
             348          (A) the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission
             349      monthly under Section 59-12-108 ; or
             350          (B) the person is not required to file a sales and use tax return under Title 59, Chapter
             351      12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or
             352          (ii) quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day
             353      of the previous quarter if the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the
             354      commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107 .
             355          (c) [A] The revenue collected from a charge imposed under this section shall be
             356      deposited into the Statewide Unified E-911 Emergency Service Account created by Section
             357      53-10-603 and used as provided in Section 53-10-603 .
             358          (3) The person that bills and collects the charges levied by this section pursuant to
             359      Subsections (2)(b) and (c) may:
             360          (a) bill the charge imposed by this section in combination with the charge levied under
             361      Section 69-2-5 as one line item charge; and
             362          (b) retain an amount not to exceed 1.5% of the charges collected under this section as
             363      reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting, and remitting the levy.
             364          (4) The State Tax Commission shall collect, enforce, and administer the charges
             365      imposed under Subsection (1) using the same procedures used in the administration, collection,
             366      and enforcement of the emergency services telecommunications charge to fund the Poison


             367      Control Center under Section 69-2-5.5 .
             368          (5) Notwithstanding Section 53-10-603 , the State Tax Commission shall retain and
             369      deposit an administrative charge in accordance with Section 59-1-306 from the revenues the
             370      State Tax Commission collects from a charge under this section.
             371          (6) A charge under this section is subject to Section 69-2-5.8 .
             372          (7) This section sunsets in accordance with Section 63I-1-269 .
             373          Section 5. Section 69-2-5.7 is amended to read:
             374           69-2-5.7. Prepaid wireless telecommunications charge to fund 911 service --
             375      Administrative charge.
             376          (1) As used in this section:
             377          (a) "Consumer" means a person who purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications
             378      service in a transaction.
             379          (b) "Prepaid wireless 911 service charge" means the charge that is required to be
             380      collected by a seller from a consumer in the amount established under Subsection (2).
             381          (c) (i) "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" means a wireless
             382      telecommunications service that:
             383          (A) is paid for in advance;
             384          (B) is sold in predetermined units of time or dollars that decline with use in a known
             385      amount or provides unlimited use of the service for a fixed amount or time; and
             386          (C) allows a caller to dial 911 to access 911 emergency telephone service.
             387          (ii) "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" does not include a wireless
             388      telecommunications service that is billed:
             389          (A) to a customer on a recurring basis; and
             390          (B) in a manner that includes the emergency services telecommunications charges,
             391      described in Sections 69-2-5 , 69-2-5.5 , and 69-2-5.6 , for each radio communication access line
             392      assigned to the customer.
             393          (d) "Seller" means a person that sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to a
             394      consumer.
             395          (e) "Transaction" means each purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service
             396      from a seller.
             397          (f) "Wireless telecommunications service" means commercial mobile radio service as


             398      defined by 47 C.F.R. Sec. 20.3, as amended.
             399          (2) There is imposed a prepaid wireless 911 service charge of 1.9% of the sales price
             400      per transaction.
             401          (3) The prepaid wireless 911 service charge shall be collected by the seller from the
             402      consumer for each transaction occurring in this state.
             403          (4) The prepaid wireless 911 service charge shall be separately stated on an invoice,
             404      receipt, or similar document that is provided by the seller to the consumer.
             405          (5) For purposes of Subsection (3), the location of a transaction is determined in
             406      accordance with Sections 59-12-211 through 59-12-215 .
             407          (6) When prepaid wireless telecommunications service is sold with one or more other
             408      products or services for a single non-itemized price, then the percentage specified in Section
             409      (2) shall apply to the entire non-itemized price.
             410          (7) A seller may retain 3% of prepaid wireless 911 service charges that are collected by
             411      the seller from consumers as reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting, and remitting the
             412      charge.
             413          (8) Prepaid wireless 911 service charges collected by a seller, except as retained under
             414      Subsection (7), shall be remitted to the State Tax Commission at the same time as the seller
             415      remits to the State Tax Commission money collected by the person under Title 59, Chapter 12,
             416      Sales and Use Tax Act.
             417          (9) The State Tax Commission:
             418          (a) shall collect, enforce, and administer the charge imposed under this section using
             419      the same procedures used in the administration, collection, and enforcement of the state sales
             420      and use taxes under:
             421          (i) Title 59, Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies; and
             422          (ii) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection, except for:
             423          (A) Section 59-12-104 ;
             424          (B) Section 59-12-104.1 ;
             425          (C) Section 59-12-104.2 ;
             426          (D) Section 59-12-104.6;
             427          [(D)] (E) Section 59-12-107.1 ; and
             428          [(E)] (F) Section 59-12-123 ;


             429          (b) may retain up to 1.5% of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue collected
             430      under Subsection (9)(a) as reimbursement for administering this section;
             431          (c) shall distribute the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue, except as retained
             432      under Subsection (9)(b), as follows:
             433          (i) 80.3% of the revenue shall be distributed to each county, city, or town in the same
             434      percentages and in the same manner as the entities receive money to fund 911 emergency
             435      telecommunications services under Section 69-2-5 ;
             436          (ii) 9.2% of the revenue shall be distributed to fund the Poison Control Center as in
             437      Section 69-2-5.5 ; and
             438          (iii) 10.5% of the revenue shall be distributed to fund the statewide unified E-911
             439      emergency service as in Section 69-2-5.6 ; and
             440          (d) may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
             441      Rulemaking Act, to administer, collect, and enforce the charges imposed under this section.
             442          (10) A charge under this section is subject to Section 69-2-5.8 .
             443          Section 6. Effective date.
             444          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2014.


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