SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2204        FILED ON: 8/21/2015

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael O. Moore

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act establishing a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2204        FILED ON: 8/21/2015

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act establishing a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of section 18H of chapter 6A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 27 to 30, the following sentence “For prepaid wireless service, the department shall promulgate regulations establishing an equitable and reasonable method for the remittance and collection of the surcharge or surcharge amounts for such service.”  and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- “For prepaid wireless service, the seller of such service directly to an end user shall collect the surcharge from the end user at the point of sale on each retail sale within the Commonwealth, as defined in section 1 of chapter 64H, and remit it to the department of revenue. The department of revenue shall promulgate regulations within 60 days of the effective date of the act for the reporting and remittance of the amounts so collected, as well as enforcement of such obligations.”

SECTION 2. Regulations promulgated under section 1 shall take effect on July 1, 2016.