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An Act To Authorize the Public Utilities Commission To Determine the Amount of the E-9-1-1 Surcharge
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§1-E, ¶A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 617, §8 and affected by §13, is further amended to read:
 
A. The Public Utilities Commission shall establish the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge is 37¢ per month per line or number. Beginning July 1, 2010, except that the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge ismay not exceed 45¢ per month per line or number. The commission shall establish the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge by routine technical rules, as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, or through other commission proceedings. The statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge may not be imposed on more than 25 lines or numbers per customer billing account.
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2927, sub-§1-F, ¶A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 617, §9 and affected by §13, is further amended to read:
 
A. The Public Utilities Commission shall establish the prepaid wireless E-9-1-1 surcharge is 37¢ per retail transaction. Beginning July 1, 2010, except that the prepaid wireless E-9-1-1 surcharge ismay not exceed 45¢ per retail transaction. The commission shall establish the prepaid wireless E-9-1-1 surcharge by routine technical rules, as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, or through other commission proceedings.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge and the prepaid wireless E-9-1-1 surcharge but limits the surcharges to no more than 45¢ per month per line or number for the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge and 45¢ per retail transaction for the prepaid wireless E-9-1-1 surcharge, which are the same amounts as in the current law. The bill requires the commission to establish the surcharges by routine technical rules or through other commission proceedings.