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UTAH COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY AMENDMENTS

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2022 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper

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House Sponsor: Stephen G. Handy

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill makes amendments related to the amount and collection of charges for the
10     Utah Communications Authority.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     revokes the Utah Communications Authority's existing exemption from the
14     Budgetary Procedures Act;
15          ▸     adjusts the collection amount for:
16               •     the Utah Statewide Radio Restricted Account;
17               •     the public safety network; and
18               •     the 911 emergency service charge;
19          ▸     revokes a repeal date for the emergency services telecommunications charge;
20          ▸     sets a future repeal date for charges to maintain the public safety communications
21     network; and
22          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
23     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
24          None
25     Other Special Clauses:
26          This bill provides a special effective date.
27     Utah Code Sections Affected:
28     AMENDS:
29          63H-7a-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapters 84 and 345
30          63H-7a-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapters 162 and 345
31          63H-7a-403, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 294
32          63H-7a-803, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapters 84 and 345
33          63I-1-269, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 509
34          63I-2-263, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, First Special Session, Chapter 4
35          69-2-402, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 430
36          69-2-403, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 509
37          69-2-404, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 430
38          69-2-405, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 294
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40     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
41          Section 1. Section 63H-7a-104 is amended to read:
42          63H-7a-104. Relation to certain acts.
43          (1) The authority is exempt from:
44          (a) Title 51, Chapter 5, Funds Consolidation Act;
45          (b) Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code; and
46          [(c) Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act; and]
47          [(d)] (c) Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act.
48          (2) The authority is subject to:
49          (a) Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;
50          (b) Section 67-3-12;
51          (c) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act; and
52          (d) Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code.
53          Section 2. Section 63H-7a-304 is amended to read:
54          63H-7a-304. Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account -- Creation --
55     Administration -- Permitted uses.
56          (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Unified
57     Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account," consisting of:
58          (a) proceeds from the fee imposed in Section 69-2-403;
59          (b) money appropriated or otherwise made available by the Legislature; and
60          (c) contributions of money, property, or equipment from federal agencies, political
61     subdivisions of the state, persons, or corporations.
62          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4) and subject to Subsection (3) and
63     appropriations by the Legislature, the authority shall disburse funds in the 911 account for the
64     purpose of enhancing and maintaining the statewide public safety communications network and
65     911 call processing equipment in order to rapidly, efficiently, effectively, and with greater
66     interoperability deliver 911 services in the state.
67          (b) In expending funds in the 911 account, the authority shall give a higher priority to
68     an expenditure that:
69          (i) best promotes statewide public safety;
70          (ii) best promotes interoperability;
71          (iii) impacts the largest service territory;
72          (iv) impacts a densely populated area; or
73          (v) impacts an underserved area.
74          (c) The authority shall expend funds in the 911 account in accordance with the
75     authority strategic plan described in Section 63H-7a-206.
76          (d) The authority may not expend funds from the 911 account collected through the
77     911 emergency service charge imposed in Section 69-2-403 on behalf of a PSAP that chooses
78     not to participate in the:
79          (i) public safety communications network; and
80          (ii) the 911 emergency service defined in Section 69-2-102.
81          (e) The authority may not expend funds from the 911 account collected through the
82     prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue distributed in [Subsection 69-2-405(9)(c)]
83     Subsections 69-2-405(9)(a)(iii) and 69-2-405(9)(b)(iii) on behalf of a PSAP that chooses not to
84     participate in the:
85          (i) public safety communications network; and
86          (ii) 911 emergency service defined in Section 69-2-102.
87          (f) The executive director shall recommend to the board expenditures for the authority
88     to make from the 911 account in accordance with this Subsection (2).
89          (3) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature and approval by the board , the
90     Administrative Services Division may use funds in the 911 account to cover the Administrative
91     Services Division's administrative costs related to the 911 account.
92          (4) (a) The authority shall reimburse from the 911 account to the Utah Geospatial
93     Resource Center created in Section 63A-16-505 an amount equal to up to 1 cent of each unified
94     statewide 911 emergency service charge deposited into the 911 account under Section
95     69-2-403.
96          (b) The Utah Geospatial Resource Center shall use the funds reimbursed to the Utah
97     Geospatial Resource Center under Subsection (4)(a) to:
98          (i) enhance and upgrade digital mapping standards; and
99          (ii) maintain a statewide geospatial database for unified statewide 911 emergency
100     service.
101          Section 3. Section 63H-7a-403 is amended to read:
102          63H-7a-403. Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account -- Creation --
103     Administration.
104          (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Utah
105     Statewide Radio System Restricted Account," consisting of:
106          (a) money appropriated or otherwise made available by the Legislature; and
107          (b) contributions of money from federal agencies, political subdivisions of the state,
108     persons, or corporations.
109          (2) (a) Subject to appropriations by the Legislature and subject to this Subsection (2),
110     the authority may expend funds in the Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account for the
111     purpose of acquiring, constructing, operating, maintaining, and repairing a statewide radio
112     system public safety communications network as authorized in Section 63H-7a-202, including:
113          (i) public safety communications network and related facilities, real property,
114     improvements, and equipment necessary for the acquisition, construction, and operation of
115     services and facilities;
116          (ii) installation, implementation, and maintenance of the public safety communications
117     network;
118          (iii) maintaining and upgrading VHF and 800 MHz radio networks; and
119          (iv) an operating budget to include personnel costs not otherwise covered by funds
120     from another account.
121          (b) For each radio network charge that is deposited into the Utah Statewide Radio
122     System Restricted Account under Section 69-2-404, the authority shall spend, subject to an
123     appropriation by the Legislature and this Subsection (2):
124          (i) on and after July 1, 2017, [18] and before January 1, 2025, 18 cents of each total
125     radio network charge to maintain the public safety communications network, including:
126          (A) the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, and VHF radio networks;
127          (B) the authority's radio console network connectivity;
128          (C) funding a statewide interoperability coordinator; and
129          [(D) supplementing costs formerly offset by public safety communications network
130     user fees assessed by the authority before July 1, 2017; and]
131          (D) authority administration costs;
132          (ii) on and after January 1, 2025, and before July 1, 2033, 27 cents of each total radio
133     network charge to maintain the public safety communications network, including:
134          (A) the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, and VHF radio networks;
135          (B) the authority's radio console network connectivity;
136          (C) funding a statewide interoperability coordinator; and
137          (D) authority administration costs; and
138          [(ii)] (iii) on and after January 1, 2018, [34] and before January 1, 2025, 34 cents of
139     each total radio network charge to acquire, construct, equip, and install property for, and to
140     make improvements to, the 800 MHz radio system, including debt service costs.
141          (c) In expending funds in the Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account, the
142     authority shall give a higher priority to an expenditure that:
143          (i) best promotes statewide public safety;
144          (ii) best promotes interoperability;
145          (iii) impacts the largest service territory;
146          (iv) impacts a densely populated area; or
147          (v) impacts an underserved area.
148          (d) The authority shall expend funds in the Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted
149     Account in accordance with the authority strategic plan described in Section 63H-7a-206.
150          (e) The authority may not expend funds from the Utah Statewide Radio System
151     Restricted Account collected through the radio network charge imposed in Section 69-2-404 on
152     behalf of a public agency or PSAP if the public agency or PSAP chooses not to participate in
153     the:
154          (i) public safety communications network; and
155          (ii) radio communications service defined in Section 69-2-102.
156          (f) The authority may not expend funds from the Utah Statewide Radio System
157     Restricted Account collected through the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue
158     distributed in [Subsection 69-2-405(9)(c)] Subsections 69-2-405(9)(a)(iii) and
159     69-2-405(9)(b)(iii) on behalf of a public agency or PSAP if the public agency or PSAP chooses
160     not to participate in the:
161          (i) public safety communications network; and
162          (ii) radio communications service defined in Section 69-2-102.
163          (g) The executive director shall recommend to the board expenditures for the authority
164     to make from the Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account in accordance with this
165     Subsection (2).
166          (3) Subject to appropriations by the Legislature , the Administrative Services Division
167      may expend funds in the Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account for administrative
168     costs that the Administrative Services Division incurs related to the Utah Statewide Radio
169     System Restricted Account .
170          Section 4. Section 63H-7a-803 is amended to read:
171          63H-7a-803. Relation to certain acts -- Participation in Risk Management Fund.
172          (1) The Utah Communications Authority is exempt from:
173          (a) except as provided in Subsection (3), Title 63A, Utah Government Operations
174     Code;
175          (b) Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act; and
176          (c) Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act.
177          (2) (a) The board shall adopt [budgetary] procedures, accounting, and personnel and
178     human resource policies substantially similar to those from which they have been exempted in
179     Subsection (1).
180          (b) The authority, the board, and the committee members are subject to Title 67,
181     Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act.
182          (c) The authority is subject to Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
183          (d) The authority is subject to Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code.
184          (e) The authority is subject to Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, only
185     with respect to money appropriated to the authority by the Legislature.
186          (3) (a) Subject to the requirements of Subsection 63E-1-304(2), the administration may
187     participate in coverage under the Risk Management Fund created by Section 63A-4-201.
188          (b) The authority is subject to Section 67-3-12.
189          Section 5. Section 63I-1-269 is amended to read:
190          63I-1-269. Repeal dates, Title 69.
191           [Section 69-2-403, emergency services telecommunications charge to fund unified
192     statewide 911 emergency service, is repealed July 1, 2025.]     
193          Section 6. Section 63I-2-263 is amended to read:
194          63I-2-263. Repeal dates, Title 63A to Title 63N.
195          [(1) Section 63A-3-111 is repealed June 30, 2021.]
196          [(2) Title 63C, Chapter 19, Higher Education Strategic Planning Commission is
197     repealed July 1, 2021.]
198          [(3)] (1) Title 63C, Chapter 22, Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe Technology
199     Commission is repealed July 1, 2023.
200          [(4)] (2) Section 63G-1-502 is repealed July 1, 2022.
201          [(5)] (3) The following sections regarding the World War II Memorial Commission are
202     repealed on July 1, 2022:
203          (a) Section 63G-1-801;
204          (b) Section 63G-1-802;
205          (c) Section 63G-1-803; and
206          (d) Section 63G-1-804.
207          [(6)] (4) Section 63H-7a-303 is repealed July 1, 2024.
208          (5) Subsection 63H-7a-403(2)(b), regarding the charge to maintain the public safety
209     communications network, is repealed July 1, 2033.
210          [(7) Subsection 63J-1-206(3)(c), relating to coronavirus, is repealed July 1, 2021.]
211          [(8)] (6) Sections 63M-7-213 and 63M-7-213.5 are repealed on January 1, 2023.
212          [(9)] (7) Section 63M-7-217 is repealed on July 1, 2022.
213          [(10)] (8) Title 63N, Chapter 13, Part 3, Facilitating Public-private Partnerships Act, is
214     repealed January 1, 2024.
215          [(11) Title 63N, Chapter 15, COVID-19 Economic Recovery Programs, is repealed
216     December 31, 2021.]
217          Section 7. Section 69-2-402 is amended to read:
218          69-2-402. 911 emergency service charge.
219          (1) As used in this section, "911 emergency service charge" means the 911 emergency
220     service charge levied by the state under Subsection (2).
221          (2) (a) [Subject] Before January 1, 2025, and subject to Subsection (6), there is
222     imposed on each access line in the state a 911 emergency service charge of 71 cents per month.
223          (b) On and after January 1, 2025, and subject to Subsection (6), there is imposed on
224     each access line in the state a 911 emergency service charge of 73 cents per month.
225          [(b)] (c) An access line is within the state for the purposes of [Subsection] Subsections
226     (2)(a) and (b) if the telecommunications services provided over the access line are located
227     within the state:
228          (i) for the purposes of sales and use taxes under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use
229     Tax Act; and
230          (ii) as determined in accordance with Section 59-12-215.
231          (3) (a) Subject to Subsection (6), the person that provides service to an access line shall
232     bill and collect the 911 emergency service charge.
233          (b) A person that bills and collects the 911 emergency service charge shall, except for
234     costs retained under Subsection (3)(g)(iii), remit the 911 emergency service charge to the
235     commission:
236          (i) monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of
237     the previous month if:
238          (A) the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission
239     monthly under Section 59-12-108; or
240          (B) the person is not required to file a sales and use tax return under Title 59, Chapter
241     12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or
242          (ii) quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day
243     of the previous quarter if the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the
244     commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107.
245          (c) Except as provided in Subsections (3)(d) and (e), if an access line user is not
246     required to pay for the service, the access line provider shall collect the 911 emergency service
247     charge from the person that is required to pay for the access line.
248          (d) The 911 emergency service charge is not imposed on a provider of a consumer of
249     federal wireless lifeline service if the consumer does not pay the provider for the service.
250          (e) A consumer of federal wireless lifeline service shall pay, and the provider of the
251     service shall collect and remit, the 911 emergency service charge when the consumer purchases
252     from the provider optional services in addition to the federally funded lifeline benefit.
253          (f) The 911 emergency service charge is not imposed on an access line provided for
254     public pay telecommunications service.
255          (g) The person that bills and collects the 911 emergency service charge:
256          (i) shall remit the 911 emergency service charge along with a form prescribed by the
257     commission;
258          (ii) may bill the 911 emergency service charge in combination with the charges levied
259     under Sections 69-2-403 and 69-2-404 as one line item charge for 911 emergency service; and
260          (iii) may retain an amount not to exceed 1.5% of the 911 emergency service charge as
261     reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting, and remitting the 911 emergency service
262     charge.
263          (4) The commission shall transmit the funds the commission collects from the 911
264     emergency service charge monthly to a public safety answering point in accordance with
265     Section 69-2-302.
266          (5) An access line provider that fails to comply with this section is subject to penalties
267     and interest as provided in Sections 59-1-401 and 59-1-402.
268          (6) The state may impose, bill, and collect the 911 emergency service charge on a
269     mobile telecommunications service only to the extent permitted by the Mobile
270     Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 116 et seq.
271          Section 8. Section 69-2-403 is amended to read:
272          69-2-403. Unified statewide 911 emergency service charge to fund Unified
273     Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account.
274          (1) As used in this section, "unified statewide 911 emergency service charge" means
275     the unified statewide 911 emergency service charge imposed under Subsection (2).
276          (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (6), there is imposed on each access line in the state a
277     unified statewide 911 emergency service charge of:
278          (i) until June 30, 2019, 9 cents per month; and
279          (ii) beginning July 1, 2019, 25 cents per month.
280          (b) An access line is within the state for the purposes of Subsection (2)(a) if the
281     telecommunications services provided over the access line are located within the state:
282          (i) for the purposes of sales and use taxes under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use
283     Tax Act; and
284          (ii) as determined in accordance with Section 59-12-215.
285          (3) (a) The person that provides service to an access line shall bill and collect the
286     unified statewide 911 emergency service charge.
287          (b) A person that bills and collects the unified statewide 911 emergency service charge
288     shall pay the unified statewide 911 emergency service charge to the commission:
289          (i) monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of
290     the previous month if:
291          (A) the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission
292     monthly under Section 59-12-108; or
293          (B) the person is not required to file a sales and use tax return under Title 59, Chapter
294     12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or
295          (ii) quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day
296     of the previous quarter if the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the
297     commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107.
298          (c) If an access line user is not required to pay for the access line, the access line
299     provider shall collect the unified statewide 911 emergency service charge from the person that
300     is required to pay for the access line.
301          (d) The person that bills and collects the unified statewide 911 emergency service
302     charge:
303          (i) shall remit the unified statewide 911 emergency service charge along with a form
304     prescribed by the commission;
305          (ii) may bill the unified statewide 911 emergency service charge in combination with
306     the charges levied under Sections 69-2-402 and 69-2-404 as one line item charge for 911
307     emergency service; and
308          (iii) may retain an amount not to exceed 1.5% of the unified statewide 911 emergency
309     service charge collected under this section as reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting,
310     and remitting the unified statewide 911 emergency service charge.
311          (4) The commission shall deposit any unified 911 emergency service charge remitted to
312     the commission into the Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account created in Section
313     63H-7a-304.
314          (5) An access line provider that fails to comply with this section is subject to penalties
315     and interest as provided in Sections 59-1-401 and 59-1-402.
316          (6) The state may impose, bill, and collect an emergency services telecommunications
317     charge under this section on a mobile telecommunications service only to the extent permitted
318     by the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 116 et seq.
319          [(7) This section sunsets in accordance with Section 63I-1-269.]
320          Section 9. Section 69-2-404 is amended to read:
321          69-2-404. Radio network charge to fund the Utah Statewide Radio System
322     Restricted Account.
323          (1) As used in this section, "radio network charge" means the radio network charge
324     imposed under Subsection (2).
325          (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (6), there is imposed on each access line in the state a
326     radio network charge of:
327          (i) on and after July 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, 18 cents per month; [and]
328          (ii) on and after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2025, 52 cents per month[.];
329     and
330          (iii) on and after January 1, 2025, and before July 1, 2033, 27 cents per month.
331          (b) An access line is within the state for the purposes of Subsection (2)(a) if the
332     telecommunications services provided over the access line are located within the state:
333          (i) for the purposes of sales and use taxes under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use
334     Tax Act; and
335          (ii) as determined in accordance with Section 59-12-215.
336          (3) (a) The person that provides service to an access line shall bill and collect the radio
337     network charge.
338          (b) A person that bills and collects the radio network charge shall pay the radio
339     network charge to the commission:
340          (i) monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of
341     the previous month if:
342          (A) the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission
343     monthly under Section 59-12-108; or
344          (B) the person is not required to file a sales and use tax return under Title 59, Chapter
345     12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or
346          (ii) quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day
347     of the previous quarter if the person is required to file a sales and use tax return with the
348     commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107.
349          (c) If an access line user is not required to pay for the access line, the access line
350     provider shall collect the radio network charge from the person that is required to pay for the
351     access line.
352          (d) The person that bills and collects a radio network charge:
353          (i) shall remit the radio network charge along with a form prescribed by the
354     commission; and
355          (ii) may bill the radio network charge in combination with the charges levied under
356     Sections 69-2-402 and 69-2-403 as one line item charge for 911 emergency service.
357          (4) The commission shall deposit any radio network charge remitted to the commission
358     into the Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account created in Section 63H-7a-403.
359          (5) An access line provider that fails to comply with this section is subject to penalties
360     and interest as provided in Sections 59-1-401 and 59-1-402.
361          (6) The state may impose, bill, and collect the radio network charge under this section
362     on a mobile telecommunications service only to the extent permitted by the Mobile
363     Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 116 et seq.
364          Section 10. Section 69-2-405 is amended to read:
365          69-2-405. Service charges -- Collection and distribution of revenue.
366          (1) As used in this section:
367          (a) "Consumer" means a person who purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications
368     service in a transaction.
369          (b) "Prepaid wireless 911 service charge" means the charge that is required to be
370     collected by a seller from a consumer in the amount established under Subsection (2).
371          (c) (i) "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" means a wireless
372     telecommunications service that:
373          (A) is paid for in advance;
374          (B) is sold in predetermined units of time or dollars that decline with use in a known
375     amount or provides unlimited use of the service for a fixed amount or time; and
376          (C) allows a caller to access 911 emergency service.
377          (ii) "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" does not include a wireless
378     telecommunications service that is billed:
379          (A) to a customer on a recurring basis; and
380          (B) in a manner that includes the charges levied under Sections 69-2-402, 69-2-403,
381     and 69-2-404, for each radio communication access line assigned to the customer.
382          (d) "Seller" means a person that sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to a
383     consumer.
384          (e) "Transaction" means each purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service
385     from a seller.
386          (f) "Wireless telecommunications service" means commercial mobile radio service as
387     defined by 47 C.F.R. Sec. 20.3, as amended.
388          (2) There is imposed:
389          (a) (i) before January 1, 2025, a prepaid wireless 911 service charge of 3.7% of the
390     sales price per transaction; and
391          (ii) on and after January 1, 2025, a prepaid wireless 911 service charge of 3.13% of the
392     sales price per transaction; and
393          (b) a prepaid wireless telecommunications service charge of 1.2% of the sales price per
394     transaction.
395          (3) (a) Each charge described in Subsection (2) shall be collected by the seller from the
396     consumer for each transaction occurring in this state.
397          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsections (3)(b)(ii) and (iii), if a user of a service
398     subject to a charge described in Subsection (2) is not the consumer, the seller shall collect the
399     charge from the consumer for the service.
400          (ii) A charge described in Subsection (2) is not imposed on a seller or a consumer of
401     federal wireless lifeline service if the consumer does not pay the seller for the service.
402          (iii) A consumer of federal wireless lifeline service shall pay, and the seller of the
403     service shall collect and remit, each charge described in Subsection (2) when the consumer
404     purchases from the seller optional services in addition to the federally funded lifeline benefit.
405          (4) Each charge described in Subsection (2) shall be separately stated on an invoice,
406     receipt, or similar document that is provided by the seller to the consumer.
407          (5) For purposes of Subsection (3), the location of a transaction is determined in
408     accordance with Sections 59-12-211 through 59-12-215.
409          (6) When prepaid wireless telecommunications service is sold with one or more other
410     products or services for a single non-itemized price, then the percentage specified in
411     Subsection (2) shall apply to the entire non-itemized price.
412          (7) A seller may retain 3% of the charges described in Subsection (2) that are collected
413     by the seller from consumers as reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting, and remitting
414     the charge.
415          (8) A person that collects a charge described in Subsection (2), except as retained
416     under Subsection (7), shall remit each charge to the commission at the same time that the seller
417     remits to the commission money collected by the person under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and
418     Use Tax Act.
419          (9) The commission shall distribute revenues collected under this section as follows:
420          (a) Before January 1, 2025:
421          [(a)] (i) 47.97% of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to a public safety
422     answering point in accordance with Section 69-2-302;
423          [(b)] (ii) 16.89% of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to the Unified
424     Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account created in Section 63H-7a-304;
425          [(c)] (iii) 35.14% of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to the Utah
426     Statewide Radio System Restricted Account created in Section 63H-7a-403; and
427          [(d)] (iv) 100% of the prepaid wireless telecommunications service charge revenue to
428     the Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund created in Section
429     54-8b-15[.];
430          (b) after January 1, 2025, and before July 1, 2033:
431          (i) 58.4% of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to a public safety
432     answering point in accordance with Section 69-2-302;
433          (ii) 20% of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to the Unified Statewide
434     911 Emergency Service Account created in Section 63H-7a-304;
435          (iii) 21.6% of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to the Utah Statewide
436     Radio System Restricted Account created in Section 63H-7a-403; and
437          (iv) 100% of the prepaid wireless telecommunications service charge revenue to the
438     Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund created in Section 54-8b-15; and
439          (c) after July 1, 2033, when Subsection 63H-7a-403(2)(b) sunsets in accordance with
440     Section 63I-2-263:
441          (i) 74.49 % of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to a public safety
442     answering point in accordance with Section 69-2-302;
443          (ii) 25.51 % of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to the Unified
444     Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account created in Section 63H-7a-304; and
445          (iii) 100% of the prepaid wireless telecommunications service charge revenue to the
446     Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund created in Section 54-8-15.
447          Section 11. Effective date.
448          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2022.