Resolve, Concerning the Collection of the Statewide E-9-1-1 Surcharge from Prepaid Wireless Telephone Service
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 2088

Legislative Document 
No. 2088 
H.P.1476 
House of Representatives, March 21, 2006 
Resolve, Concerning the Collection of the Statewide E-9-1-1 
Surcharge from Prepaid Wireless Telephone Service 
Reported by Representative BLISS of South Portland for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Utilities and Energy pursuant to Resolve 2005, chapter 62, section 3. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Sec. 1. Prepaid wireless stakeholder group. Resolved: 
That the Public 
Utilities Commission shall form and participate in a stakeholder group to define an 
appropriate amount of and means of collecting and remitting an E-9-1-1 surcharge under 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, chapter 352 on prepaid wireless telephone service. 
The stakeholder group must include a representative of the Emergency Services 
Communication Bureau within the commission and a representative of the Office of the 
Public Advocate. The commission shall also invite participation by representatives of 
providers of prepaid wireless telephone service that do not also provide post-paid wireless 
telephone service, providers of post-paid wireless telephone service that also offer 
prepaid wireless telephone service, national retail store chains that sell prepaid wireless 
telephone service offered by service providers, local businesses that sell prepaid wireless 
telephone service offered by service providers and any other entities the commission 
believes should be included to ensure adequate and appropriate stakeholder 
representation; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Issues examined. Resolved: That the stakeholder group shall consider 
ways of calculating the E-9-1-1 surcharge to achieve reasonable equivalency with the 
surcharge imposed on other telecommunications services and means of collecting the 
surcharge that are competitively neutral, but the stakeholder group may consider and 
examine any means of collecting and remitting the surcharge that it determines 
appropriate. 
The stakeholder group shall consider costs, flexibility, efficiencies and enforcement 
of the means of collecting and remitting the surcharge from the perspective of the 
commission, service providers, retailers and end users; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Report; authority to report out legislation. Resolved: That the 
Public Utilities Commission shall report to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters by January 1, 2007 the 
results of and recommendations produced by the stakeholder group. The report must 
include suggested legislation to implement any recommendations of the stakeholder 
group. If the stakeholder group fails to reach agreement or if for any other reason the 
commission determines it appropriate to provide its own separate recommendations on 
the subject matter of this resolve, the commission may include its own analysis and 
recommendations in the report, including any suggested legislation to implement its 
recommendations. 
The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and 
energy matters may report out legislation relating to the subject matter of this resolve to 
the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve is reported by the Joint Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy 
pursuant to Resolve 2005, chapter 62, section 3. 
This resolve directs the Public Utilities Commission to form a stakeholder group to 
define an appropriate amount of and means of collecting and remitting an E-9-1-1 
surcharge on prepaid wireless telephone service. The commission is directed to submit a 
report of the stakeholder group's recommendations to the joint standing committee of the 
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Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters by January 1, 2007. The 
resolve authorizes the commission to offer its own recommendations on the subject if the 
stakeholder group fails to reach agreement or the commission otherwise determines it 
appropriate to supply its own separate recommendations. The joint standing committee 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters is authorized to 
report out legislation relating to the subject matter of this resolve to the First Regular 
Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
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2088 
LR 3248(01) 
Resolve, Concerning the Collection Of The Statewide E-9-1-1 Surcharge From Prepaid Wireless 
Services 
Fiscal Note for Committee Bill 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
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