By:  Harris                                                       S.B. No. 171
	(In the Senate - Filed January 11, 2005; February 1, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; 
March 31, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9, 
Nays 0; March 31, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the emergency service fee rate in certain 9-1-1 
emergency communication districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 772.214, Health and 
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The rate of the fee may not exceed six [three] percent of 
the monthly base rate charged a service user by the principal 
service supplier in the participating jurisdiction.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
a fee that is imposed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
fee that is imposed before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect when the fee was imposed, and that law 
is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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