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. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall determine
annually, on or before October 1, to be effective on January 1 of the
following year, a surcharge rate pursuant to subdivision (b) that it
estimates will produce sufficient revenue to fund the current fiscal
year's 911 costs.
(b) (1) The surcharge rate shall be determined by dividing the
costs (including incremental costs) the Office of Emergency Services
estimates for the current fiscal year of 911 costs approved pursuant
to Article 6 (commencing with Section 53100) of Chapter 1 of Part 1
of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, less the available
balance in the State Emergency Telephone Number Account in the
General Fund, by its estimate of the charges for intrastate telephone
communications services and VoIP service to which the surcharge will
apply for the period of January 1, 2015, to December 31, inclusive,
of the next succeeding calendar year, but in no event shall the
surcharge rate in any year be greater than three-quarters of 1
percent nor less than one-half of 1 percent.
(2) Commencing with the calculation made October 1, 2015, to be
effective January 1, 2016, the surcharge shall be determined by
dividing the costs (including incremental costs) the Office of
Emergency Services estimates for the current fiscal year of 911 costs
approved pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 53100) of
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code,
less the available balance in the State Emergency Telephone Number
Account in the General Fund, by its estimate of the charges for
intrastate telephone communications services, the intrastate portion
of prepaid mobile telephony services, and VoIP service to which the
surcharge will apply for the period of January 1 to December 31,
inclusive, of the next succeeding calendar year, but in no event
shall the surcharge rate in any year be greater than three-quarters
of 1 percent or less than one-half of 1 percent. In making its
computation of the charges that are applicable to the intrastate
portion of prepaid mobile telephony services, the Office of Emergency
Services shall use the computation method developed by the Public
Utilities Commission and reported to the Office of Emergency Services
pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 319 of the Public
Utilities Code.
(c) When determining the surcharge rates pursuant to this section,
the office shall include the costs it expects to incur to plan,
test, implement, and operate Next Generation 911 technology and
services, including text to 911 service, consistent with the plan and
timeline required by Section 53121 of the Government Code.
(d) The office shall notify the board of the surcharge rate
imposed under this part, determined pursuant to this section on or
before October 1 of each year, and the surcharge rate applicable to
prepaid mobile telephony services determined pursuant to this section
for purposes of the prepaid MTS surcharge calculated under Part 21
(commencing with Section 42001) on or before October 15 of each year.
(e) At least 30 days prior to determining the surcharge pursuant
to subdivision (a), the Office of Emergency Services shall prepare a
summary of the calculation of the proposed surcharge and make it
available to the public, the Legislature, the 911 Advisory Board, and
on its Internet Web site. The summary shall contain all of the
following:
(1) The prior year revenues to fund 911 costs, including, but not
limited to, revenues from prepaid service.
(2) Projected expenses and revenues from all sources, including,
but not limited to, prepaid service to fund 911 costs.
(3) The rationale for adjustment to the surcharge determined
pursuant to subdivision (b), including, but not limited to, all
impacts from the surcharge collected pursuant to Part 21 (commencing
with Section 42001).
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends
that date.