N.Y. County Law § 303: Establishment of surcharge for system costs

§ 303. Establishment of surcharge for system costs. 1.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any

municipality of this state, acting through its board, is hereby

authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal local laws to impose

a surcharge in an amount not to exceed thirty-five cents per access line

per month on the customers of every service supplier within such

municipality to pay for the costs associated with obtaining, operating

and maintaining the telecommunication equipment and telephone services

needed to provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system to serve

such municipality, provided, however, that any municipality that is a

city having a population of one million or more is hereby authorized and

empowered to adopt, amend or repeal local laws to impose a surcharge in

an amount not to exceed one dollar per access line per month on the

customers of every service supplier within such municipality to pay for

the costs associated with obtaining, operating and maintaining the

telecommunication equipment and telephone services needed to provide an

enhanced 911 emergency telephone system to serve such municipality.

2. Any such local law shall state the amount of the surcharge, the

date on which the service supplier shall begin to add such surcharge to

the billings of its customers and, to the extent practicable, the date

on which such E911 service is to begin. Such local law may authorize the

service supplier to begin billing its customers for such surcharge prior

to the date the E911 system service is to begin.

3. Any service supplier within a municipality which has imposed a

surcharge pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be given a

minimum of forty-five days written notice prior to the date it shall

begin to add such surcharge to the billings of its customers or prior to

any modification to or change in the surcharge amount.