(A) Metro Council is authorized by KRS 65.760 to adopt an ordinance to impose a monthly 911 charge upon each local exchange access facility subscribed to by telephone subscribers whose local exchange access lines are in the area served or which would be served by the 911 service. The E911 service fee shall be uniform and not vary according to the type of local exchange access facility used. This chapter may be amended at any time to further ensure the delivery of services as required under the E911 system.
(B) The E911 service fee shall include charges as may be required by the service suppliers and agreed upon by the Metro Government for support, planning, operation and current or future enhancements as required by the Metro Government and shall be approved by the Metro Council to the normal adoption of the Ordinary and Capital Budgets. Said budget shall clearly delineate the estimated E911 service fee revenue and the associated expense, and sources of revenue and authorized expenses from sources other than the E911 service fee, by budget account and line item/object.
(C) An Emergency Telephone System Fund shall be established in an interest-bearing account by the Department of Finance.
(D) Funding must be used only to pay for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a 911 emergency communications system; this may include expenditures to train communications personnel and to inform the public of the availability and proper use of 911 service, as allowed by KRS 65.760.
(E) The E911 service fee charge shall be no lower than $0.79 per applicable subscriber line, for each billed line intended to have access to emergency service through the E911 telephone system. The rate of the E911 service fee charge shall be at a dollar value rate or fraction thereof that may be changed as needed, by the Metro Council.
(F) The service supplier shall remit to the Louisville Metro Department of Finance, acting as the fiscal agent on behalf of the E911 service providers, service fee collections within 30 days following the end of the calendar month in which they were billed. The allowable service charge for billing and collections shall be equal to no more than 1% of the total amount collected.
(G) The appropriate finance office shall cause procedures to be established with the service supplier for the identification of delinquent accounts and the service supplier shall forward such information to the appropriate authority for collection procedures.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 93.12) (Jeff. Ord. 16-1996, adopted and effective 4-9-1996; Jeff. Am. Ord. 1-1999, adopted and effective 1-12-1999; Jeff. Am. Ord. 7-1999, adopted and effective 3-23-1999; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 81-2006, approved 5-16-2006)