Sec.28-24-8a. Administration of the 9-1-1 program

(a) Each telephone and telecommunications company providing local telephone service or voice over internet protocol service, and each provider of commercial mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR 20.3, shall assess against each subscriber a fee established by the PURA. The annual fee shall be determined at a proceeding conducted by the PURA on or before June 1st of each year, based upon an annual operating budget developed by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection on or before April 1st of each year.

(b) Any Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund surplus shall be carried forward to successive fiscal years and used for the sole purpose of administering the 9-1-1 program.

(c) Except for commercial mobile radio, for the purpose of assessment of customer accounts with multiple lines, the monthly 9-1-1 assessment shall be determined in accordance with the progressive wireline inclusion schedule as follows:

(1) If the number of access wire lines equals one, then the assessment factor shall be 1.0;

(2) If the number of access wire lines equals two, then the assessment factor shall be .75;

(3) If the number of access wire lines equals three, then the assessment factor shall be .67;

(4) If the number of access wire lines equals four or five, then the assessment factor shall be .6;

(5) If the number of access wire lines is six, seven, eight, nine or ten, then the assessment factor shall be .5;

(6) If the number of access wire lines is equal to or greater than eleven but less than 26, then the assessment factor shall be .4;

(7) If the number of access wire lines is equal to or greater than 26, but less than 51, then the assessment factor shall be .33;

(8) If the number of access wire lines is equal to or greater than 51, but less than 100, then the assessment factor shall be .25; and

(9) If the number of access wire lines is equal to or greater than 100, then the assessment factor shall be .2.

(d) All access line assessments collected each month by telephone and telecommunications companies providing local telephone service or voice over internet protocol service and providers of commercial mobile radio service shall be remitted to the Office of the State Treasurer for deposit into the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund no later than the fifteenth day of each month.

(e) Not later than February 1st of each year, each telephone and telecommunications company providing local telephone service or voice over internet protocol service or commercial mobile radio service shall submit to the Division the number of Connecticut subscribers on record as of January 1st of each year.

(f) Prior to April 1st of each year, the Division shall calculate the amount of funding required to implement the provisions of sections 28-24-1a to 28-24-12a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. This amount shall be adjusted annually to reflect the projected amount needed to implement the provisions of sections 28-24-1a to 28-24-12a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(Effective July 1, 2020)