(a) Assessment. The E9-1-1 fee shall be assessed and collection shall begin in the monthly billing cycle following that month in which use of the city's enhanced 9-1-1 emergency communication system is made available through the access line on which the E9-1-1 fee is imposed.
(b) Collection. The E9-1-1 fee shall be added to and stated separately on the telephone service user's bill. Each telephone service user is liable for the E9-1-1 fee so billed until said E9-1-1 is paid. The amount of te E9-1-1 fee is due monthly at the same time as payment is due for the telephone bill on which the E9-1-1 fee is stated.
(c) Delinquency. A telephone service user shall be delinquent in the payment of the E9-1-1 fee if the telephone service user does not pay the E9-1-1 fee to the telephone service provider before the 31st day after the payment due date stated on the bill on which the E9-1-1 fee was stated.
(d) Certificate of Delinquency. The telephone service provider shall provide to the city a certificate of delinquency that states the amount of all delinquent E9-1-1 fees owed by each non-paying telephone service user and states the name and address of each such telphone service user. Each such certificate shall cover such a timeframe as shall be agreed between the city and the telephone service provider. Said certificate of delinquency shall be prima facie evidence that a fee included in the certificate is delinquent.
(e) Interest on delinquent E9-1-1 fees. Any and all delinquent fees shall accrue interest at an annual rate of twelve percent (12%) or the highest rate allowed by law, whichever is lower, beginning on the date the payment becomes due.
(f) Notice of change in amount of E9-1-1 fee. In accordance with any collection agreement, whether said collection agreement be authorized previous to the enactment of this article or subsequent to said enactment, the City Manager or the City Manager's designee shall notify telephone service providers of any change in the amount of the E9-1-1 fee in sufficient advance time to permit the telephone service providers' billing system to comply timely with the change and the effective date of any such future change shall be dlayed until sufficient time has elapsed to comply with this notice requirement.
(Ord. No. 3589, §2, 7-10-08)