Prepaid Point of Sale Status
December 10, 2011
E9-1-1 fees have historically been collected from telecommunications users on their monthly bills and remitted to governments by telecommunications providers. However, the lack of a billing relationship between the prepaid wireless user and the sellers and providers of prepaid wireless service means that the existing collection methodologies are not well suited to prepaid wireless, causing administrative and legal disputes that inhibit collection of E9-1-1 fees on prepaid wireless service. As such, The National Conference of State Legislatures has developed model legislation for states that creates a uniform methodology for collecting E9-1-1 fees from prepaid wireless consumers which would provide needed funding for E9-1-1 systems while minimizing administrative costs for states and providers of prepaid wireless service. The list below shows states that have adopted the model legislation.
Enacted Law (18):
- ME LD 1056 (effective date 1/1/2010)
- LA HB 856 (effective date 1/1/2010)
- TX HB 1831 (effective date 6/1/2010)
- IN HB 1086 (signed 3/25/2010; effective date 7/1/2010)
- SC H 4551 (signed 3/30/2010; effective date 7/1/2011)
- VA HB 754 (signed 4/11/2010; effective date 1/1/2011)
- TN SB 2497 (signed 4/16/2010; effective date 7/1/2011)
- OK HB 2556 (signed 5/4/2010; effective date 1/1/2011)
- MS SB 2938 (signed 5/13/2010; effective date 7/1/2010)
- CO SB 120 (signed 6/7/2010; effective date 1/1/2011)
- RI HB7397, Article 9 (became law 6/12/10; effective date 8/1/2010)
- DC Bill 18-0731 (signed 7/2/2010; effective date 10/1/2010)
- PA HB 2321 (signed 11/23/2010; effective date 7/1/2011)
- UT HB 303 (signed 3/23/2011; effective date 7/1/2011)
- GA HB 256 (signed 5/11/2011; effective date 1/1/2012)
- KS SB 50 (signed 5/18/2011; effective date 1/1/2012)
- NC H571 (signed 6/13/2011; effective date 7/1/2013)
- IL SB2063 (signed 8/19/2011; effective date 1/1/2012)
Pending – 2011 Session:
- MA H643 – in Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee; hearing held 6/23/2011
- OH HB360 – introduced 11/9/11; in House Public Utilities
The NCSL Model Legislation
The NCSL Resolution on the Collection of E911 Fees
For more information, contact James Ward or Max Behlke in the NCSL Washington D.C. Office at 202-624-5400.