(A) The monthly enhanced emergency telephone system fee for each exchange access facility, as defined by I.C. 36-8-16-3, used in the county shall be $0.91 per month, commencing August 1, 2008, and continuing monthly thereafter until further action by Council.
(B) All E911 fees collected pursuant to this section shall be used only to pay for those purposes specified and authorized by I.C. 36-8-16-14(a).
(C) Pursuant to I.C. 36-8-16-12, each service supplier that collects an E911 fee on behalf of the county is entitled to a 3% administrative fee as compensation for collecting the fee. Each service supplier shall remit to the County Treasurer the E911 fees it collects during a calendar quarter within ten days after the end of the quarter; and at the same time the service supplier shall provide a fee collection report to the County Auditor. Additionally, pursuant to I.C. 36-8-16-11(b), during January of each year, each service supplier shall provide the County Treasurer with a delinquent fee report and the Treasurer may initiate legal action to collect any delinquent fees.
(D) Pursuant to I.C. 36-8-16-13, the County Treasurer shall collect and deposit all E911 fees into a separate fund known as the “Howard County Emergency Telephone System Fund.” The County Treasurer may invest money held in the fund and deposit any income earned back into the fund.
(E) Not later than January 31 of each year, the county fiscal body shall submit to each municipality within Howard County that operates a PSAP a report of all expenditures of E911 funds paid during the immediately preceding calendar year.
(F) The Howard County Council hereby adopts and imposes a tax rate for a PSAP in Howard County at a rate of 0.1% on the adjusted gross income of resident county tax payers of Howard County; and to the extent authorized by I.C. 6-3.5-6-28(c), on the adjusted gross income of all non-resident county tax payers of Howard County.
(CC Ord. 1988-17, passed 8-2-88; Am. CC Ord. 1989-4, passed 2-21-89; Am. BCC Ord. 1993-27, passed 8-2-93; Am. Res. 2007-BCC-20, passed 8-20-07; Am. Ord. 2008-CC-22, passed 7-24-08; Am. Ord. 2017-HCCO-37, passed 9-18-17)