(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ENHANCED EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM. A telephone system that utilizes the three-digit number 911 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 user’s premises to a telephone system.
(a) The term includes:
1. An access line;
2. A private branch exchange (PBX) trunk; and
3. A centrex line trunk equivalent that is provided by the service supplier.
(b) The term also includes a mobile telephone system access trunk, whether the trunk is provided by a telephone company or a radio common carrier.
(c) The term does not include:
1. A service supplier owned and operated telephone pay station line;
2. A wide area telecommunications service (WATS) lines;
3. A foreign exchange (FX) line; or
4. 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.
(B) Monthly fee.
(1) Beginning October 1, 2003, and each month thereafter, each service supplier shall commence to collect a monthly enhanced emergency telephone system fee of $2.10 per telephone access line, or other exchange access facility.
(2) Prior to such date, each service supplier shall continue to collect the monthly fee of $1.89.
(C) Administrative fee. The service supplier(s) shall be entitled to retain an administrative fee of 3% of the monthly fees collected as compensation for collecting the fees.
(D) Remit to Auditor. All monthly fees collected, except for the 3% administrative fee, shall be remitted to the County Auditor within ten days after the last day of the calendar year quarter. With the fee remittal, the service supplier shall provide a fee collection report on a form provided by the County Auditor.
(E) County Emergency Telephone System Fund. The County Auditor shall deposit the remitted fees in a separate fund named the County Emergency Telephone System Fund. The County Auditor may invest monies in the fund in the same manner that other monies of the county are invested with the interest earned from such investment to be deposited in that fund.
(F) Delinquent fee report.
(1) 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 Auditor.
(2) The report shall list the name, address, and amount due for each service user who is two or more months delinquent in paying the fee.
(Council Ord. 1989-8, passed 7-10-1989; Council Ord. 2003-03, passed 8-11-2003)