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A Pa. Senate committee advanced a bill to require VoIP providers ...

A Pa. Senate committee advanced a bill to require VoIP providers collecting E-911 fees from customers to send them to the state treasurer. The bill (SB-936) would cap the VoIP E-911 fee at $1 monthly per line. Under the…

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bill, approved by the Senate Communications & Technology Committee, the state Emergency Management Agency would oversee the VoIP E-911 fund and oversee distribution of VoIP fee revenues to counties. The state fee, listed as a separate line item on bills, would be in addition to any other 911 fees providers bills.