HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1929        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1238

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

F. Jay Barrows

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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 to establish a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/19/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

 

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

 

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

 

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

 

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

 

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

 

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1929        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1238

By Mr. Barrows of Mansfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1238) of F. Jay Barrows and others for legislation to establish a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act to establish 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 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 25 to 27 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. The amount of the prepaid wireless E911 charge that is collected by a seller from a consumer shall not be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by the commonwealth or any intergovernmental agency.”

SECTION 2. Regulations promulgated under section 1 shall take effect on July 1, 2017.