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The Legislature hereby declares and finds that to enable public agencies to implement "911" emergency phone systems required by the provisions of Chapter 1005 of the 1972 Regular Session (Article 6 (commencing with Section 53100) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) it is necessary that a surcharge be imposed upon amounts paid by every person in the state for intrastate telephone communication services in this state. This bill will provide funding for basic 911, basic 911 (including telephone central office identification) 911 with selective routing or a combination of the above. These services will include incoming 911 lines/trunks, 911 answering positions including common control equipment, transfer lines and transfer positions. In addition, this part will provide funding for incremental costs.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
  (a) Access to emergency telephone service has been a longstanding goal of the state.
  (b) The Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act remains an important means for making emergency telephone service available to every person in this state.
  (c) Every reasonable means should be employed by telephone corporations and every provider of telephone quality communication to ensure that every person using their service is informed of and is afforded the opportunity to use emergency telephone service, regardless of the means by which emergency telephone calls are placed.
  (d) The furnishing of emergency telephone service is in the public interest and should be supported fairly and equitably by every telephone corporation and every provider of telephone quality communication in a way that is equitable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral.