§ 28-39. Emergency Telephone System Surcharge.

(a)

The surcharge shall be collected from the subscriber by the telecommunications carrier providing the subscriber the network connection as a separately stated item on the subscriber's bill. The amount of surcharge collected by the telecommunications carrier shall be paid to the village not later than 30 days after the surcharge is collected by the telecommunications carrier, net of any network or other 911 or sophisticated 911 system charges then due the particular telecommunications carrier, as shown on an itemized bill. The telecommunications carrier collecting the surcharge shall also be entitled to deduct three percent of the gross amount of surcharge collected to reimburse the telecommunications carrier for the expense of accounting and collecting the surcharge.

(b)

The Village Clerk shall provide any telecommunications carrier subject to the surcharge with a certified list of those network connections assigned to the village to be exempt from imposition of said surcharge. The certified list may be revised by the municipality on 60 days prior written notice provided to the telecommunication carriers.

(c)

The surcharge shall be imposed on the first day of the month following the expiration of 90 days from the date the Village Clerk certifies to any of the telecommunication carriers that they are subject to the surcharge.

(d)

Simultaneously with the remittance subscribed in subsection (a) of this section, each telecommunication carrier shall submit a return to the Finance Director for the period to which the remittance applies, stating as follows:

(1)

The name of the telecommunication carrier.

(2)

The telecommunication carrier's principal place of business.

(3)

The number of network connections to which the surcharge applies.

(4)

The amount of surcharge due.

(5)

Such other reasonable and related information as the Finance Director may require.

(Code 1993, § 17-3.3; Ord. No. 2002-O-101, 12-10-2002)