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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 emergency services fee; |
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clarifying the applicability of the fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 771.0712(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) To ensure that all 9-1-1 agencies under Section 418.051, |
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Government Code, are adequately funded, [beginning on June 1,
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2010,] a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 emergency services fee of two |
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percent of the purchase price of each prepaid wireless |
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telecommunications service purchased by any method[,] shall be |
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collected by the seller from the consumer at the time of each retail |
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transaction of prepaid wireless telecommunications service |
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occurring in this state and remitted to the comptroller consistent |
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with Chapter 151, Tax Code, and distributed consistent with the |
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procedures in place for the emergency services fee in Section |
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771.0711, Health and Safety Code. A seller may deduct and retain |
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two percent of prepaid wireless 9-1-1 emergency services fees that |
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it collects under this section to offset its costs in administering |
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this fee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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the fee under this subsection is the only 9-1-1 emergency services |
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fee that applies under this subchapter to a prepaid wireless |
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telecommunications service. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |