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Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act.

It became law on Jul 1, 2019.

CA SB 96 · Senate Bill · 2019–2020

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Jul 1, 2019

What it does

The Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act generally imposes a surcharge on amounts paid by every person in the state for intrastate telephone communication service and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that provides access to the 911 emergency system. Under the act, the surcharge is imposed at a percentage rate not less than 0.5% nor more than 0.75% of those charges that the Office of Emergency Services annually estimates, pursuant to a specified formula, will produce sufficient revenue to fund the current fiscal year's 911 costs, including the costs it expects to incur to plan, test, implement, and operate Next Generation 911 technology and services, as specified. Existing law…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Jul 1, 2019

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Who is involved

Sponsors

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  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal ReviewLead sponsor

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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