A new bill in the year-round Pa. legislature would require VoIP p...
A new bill in the year-round Pa. legislature would require VoIP providers interconnected with the public switched telephone network to collect and remit to the state a $1 monthly E-911 surcharge per subscriber phone number. The legislation (SB-936) is…
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similar to a 2003 E- 911 surcharge law for wireless carriers. The funds collected from VoIP providers would be apportioned to counties through the state Emergency Management Agency, as is done for wireless collections. Supporters said the bill would put VoIP providers on the same footing as landline and wireless carriers regarding E-911 surcharges. The state surcharge would be listed as a separate line item on VoIP service bills and would be in addition to any fee already levied by the provider for provisioning 911 service. If the bill doesn’t advance this year, it would be carried over to the 2006 session.