(A) Establishment. Under the authority of and subject to the provisions of Indiana law, an emergency telephone system fee is hereby established for the funding of the installation and operation of the enhanced emergency telephone system in the county. The fee shall be collected from the telephone service users of the county and administered in accordance with the Indiana Code and the following terms set forth in this section.
(B) Definitions.
ENHANCED EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM. A telephone system that uses the three-digit “911" number to send automatic number identification and automatic location identification for reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations.
EXCHANGE ACCESS FACILITY. The access from a particular service users premises to a telephone system, which shall include an access line; a private branch exchange (PBX) trunk; a centrex line trunk equivalent, all of which are provided by the service supplier; and a mobile telephone system access trunk, whether the trunk is provided by a telephone company or a radio common carrier. The term does not include a service supplier owned and operated telephone pay station line; a wide area telecommunication service (WATS); a foreign exchange (FX) line; or an incoming only line.
SERVICE SUPPLIER. A person who provides exchange telephone service to a service user.
SERVICE USER. A person to whom exchange telephone service is provided.
(C) Monthly fee. A monthly fee of $.69 per month per telephone access line or other exchange access facility shall be collected by the service supplier for each month or part of a month an exchange access facility is in service as a part of its normal billing process.
(D) Service supplier fee. Each service supplier that collects the enhanced emergency telephone system fee on behalf of the county shall be entitled to a 3% administrative fee as compensation for collecting the monthly fee.
(E) Remittal of fee. Each service supplier shall remit all monthly fees collected, except for the 3% administrative fee, to the County Treasurer within 10 days of the last day of each calendar year quarter. At the same time the fees are remitted, the service supplier shall provide a fee collection report to the County Auditor on a form approved or provided by the Auditor.
(F) Delinquent fee report. During January of each year, each service supplier that collects the enhanced emergency telephone system fee for the county shall provide a delinquent fee report to the County Treasurer. The report shall list the name, address, and amount due from each service user who is two or more months delinquent in paying the fee. The service supplier shall also indicate the amount of delinquent fees for which each person included on the list is liable.
(G) Commencement of fee collection. Each service supplier shall commence collection of the enhanced emergency telephone system fee as soon as it is administratively practicable after the effective date of this section.
(H) Effective date. This section shall be in full force and effect on the first day of the second month after its passage by the County Council as provided by Indiana law.
(I) Indiana Code controlling. This section shall be applied, construed and administered in accordance with Indiana law and any amendment thereto. In the event that Indiana Code provisions shall be amended by the state in such a manner as to become inconsistent, or cause a conflict with the provisions of this section, then, and in that event, this section shall be amended to include and adopt those provisions of the Indiana Code, as if the same were fully set forth and incorporated herein.
(Ord. 94-6, passed 4-19-1994)