Resolve, To Direct the Public Utilities Commission to Examine Issues Related to the Collection of Certain Fees on Prepaid Wireless Telephone Services Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: . Sec. 1. Public Utilities Commission to study collection of fees on prepaid wireless telephone service. Resolved: That the Public Utilities Commission shall investigate methods of ensuring equity in funding the E-9-l-l system, the Telecommunications Education Access Fund and the universal service fund, established by the Public Utilities Commission, through the collection of fees on prepaid wireless telephone service. The commission shall consider, without limitation, methods that involve collecting fees from providers of the service and methods that involve collecting fees at the retail point of sale. The commission shall also consider methods to establish the amount of fees and how or whether these should relate to the sale price or value of prepaid wireless telephone service. The commission shall examine methods used in other jurisdictions to determine if suitable models have been created that have proven to be effective; and be it further Page l-LR0573(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1418
Committee Amendment CA_A_H419 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Act To Subject Prepaid 
Funding Requirements" 
"A" to H.P. 982, L.D. 1418, Bill, "An 
Wireless Telephone Service to E-9-l-l 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
. Resolve, To Direct the Public Utilities Commission to Examine 
Issues Related to the Collection of Certain Fees on Prepaid 
Wireless Telephone Services' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
title and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
. Sec. 1. Public Utilities Commission to study collection of fees on 
prepaid wireless telephone service. 
Resolved: 
That 
the 
Public 
Utilities Commission shall investigate methods of ensuring equity 
in funding the E-9-l-l system, the Telecommunications Education 
Access Fund and the universal service fund, established by the 
Public Utilities Commission, through the collection of fees on 
prepaid 
wireless 
telephone 
service. 
The 
commission 
shall 
consider, 
without limitation, 
methods that involve collecting 
fees 
from providers of the service and methods that involve 
collecting fees at the retail point of sale. 
The commission 
shall also consider methods to establish the amount of fees and 
how or whether these should relate to the sale price or value of 
prepaid wireless telephone service. 
The commission shall examine 
methods used in other jurisdictions to determine if suitable 
models have been created that have proven to be effective; and be 
it further 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A .. to H.P. 982, L.D. 1418 
Sec. 2. Report date. 
Resolved: 
That 
the 
Public Utili ties 
Commission shall submit a report of its findings under section 1 
and recommendations together with any implementing legislation to 
the Joint Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy no later 
than the first Monday in February 2006; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Authority to report out bill. Resolved: That the Joint 
Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy may report out a bill 
to the Second Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature relating 
to the subject matter of the report submitted by the Public 
Utilities Commission under section 2.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and turns the bill into a 
resolve. 
The amendment directs the Public Utilities Commission 
to examine methods of ensuring equity in funding the E-9-1-1 
system, 
the Telecommunications 
Education Access 
Fund 
and the 
universal 
service 
fund, 
established by 
the 
Public Utilities 
Commission, through the collection of fees on prepaid wireless 
telephone service. 
The commission is directed to submit its 
report with its recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee 
on Utilities and Energy by February 2006. 
The Joint Standing 
Committee on Utilities and Energy is authorized to report out a 
bill on the subject matter of the report to the Second Regular 
Session of the l22nd Legislature. 
FISCAL XOTE REQURED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
I 
Approved: 05/10105 frac::.. 
LD 1418 
LR0573(02) 
An Act To Subject Prepaid Wireless Telephone Service to E-9-1-1 Funding Requirements 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A" 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
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