Assembly Bill No. 173

Assembly Bill No. 173-Committee on Infrastructure

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AN ACT relating to public improvements; authorizing certain counties to establish a schedule of penalties for the delinquent payment of the surcharge on certain telephone lines and services to pay for the enhancement of telephone systems for reporting emergencies in those counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 16, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1. NRS 244A.7643 is hereby amended to read as follows:
244A.7643 1. The board of county commissioners in a county whose population is more than 100,000 but less than 400,000 may, by ordinance, impose a surcharge on:
(a) Each access line or trunk line of each customer to the local exchange of any telephone company providing those lines in the county; and
(b) The mobile telephone service provided to each customer of that service who resides in the county,
for the enhancement of the telephone system for reporting an emergency in the county.
2. The surcharge imposed by a board of county commissioners pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) For each access line to the local exchange of a telephone company, must not exceed 25 cents each month;
(b) For each trunk line to the local exchange of a telephone company, must equal 10 times the amount of the surcharge imposed for each access line to the local exchange of a telephone company pursuant to paragraph (a); and
(c) For each telephone number assigned to a customer by a supplier of mobile telephone service, must equal the amount of the surcharge imposed for each access line to the local exchange of a telephone company pursuant to paragraph (a).
3. A telephone company which provides access lines or trunk lines in a county which imposes a surcharge pursuant to this section or a supplier which provides mobile telephone service to a customer in such a county, shall collect the surcharge from its customers each month. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244A.7647, the telephone company or supplier shall remit the surcharge it collects to the treasurer of the county where the surcharge is imposed not later than the 15th day of the month after the month it receives payment of the surcharge from its customers.
4. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 may include a schedule of penalties for the delinquent payment of amounts due from telephone companies or suppliers pursuant to this section. Such a schedule:
(a) Must provide for a grace period of not less than 90 days after the date on which the telephone company or supplier must otherwise remit the surcharge to the county treasurer; and
(b) Must not provide for a penalty that exceeds 5 percent of the cumulative amount of surcharges owed by a telephone company or a supplier.
5. As used in this section, "trunk line" means a line which provides a channel between a switchboard owned by a customer of a telephone company and the local exchange of the telephone company.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.
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