2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 128 | 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number System › Section 128.40 | [Former r.c. 128.42, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Wireless 9-1-1 Charges Ending January 1, 2024.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Ending January 1, 2024, there are hereby imposed the following wireless 9-1-1 charges:
(1) On each wireless telephone number of a wireless service subscriber who has a billing address in this state, a charge of twenty-five cents per month. The subscriber shall pay the wireless 9-1-1 charge for each such wireless telephone number assigned to the subscriber. Each wireless service provider and each reseller shall collect the wireless 9-1-1 charge as a specific line item on each subscriber's monthly bill. The line item shall be expressly designated "State/Local Wireless-E911 Costs ($0.25/billed number)." If a provider bills a subscriber for any wireless enhanced 9-1-1 costs that the provider may incur, the charge or amount is not to appear in the same line item as the state/local line item. If the charge or amount is to appear in its own, separate line item on the bill, the charge or amount shall be expressly designated "[Name of Provider] Federal Wireless-E911 Costs."
(2) On each retail sale of a prepaid wireless calling service occurring in this state, a wireless 9-1-1 charge of five-tenths of one per cent of the sale price.
(B) For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, a retail sale occurs in this state if it is effected by the consumer appearing in person at a seller's business location in this state, or if the sale is sourced to this state under division (E)(3) of section 5739.034 of the Revised Code, except that under that division, in lieu of sourcing a sale under division (C)(5) of section 5739.033 of the Revised Code, the seller, rather than the service provider, may elect to source the sale to the location associated with the mobile telephone number.
(C)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(3) of this section, the seller of the prepaid wireless calling service shall collect the charge imposed under division (A) of this section from the consumer at the time of each retail sale and disclose the amount of the charge to the consumer at the time of the sale by itemizing the charge on the receipt, invoice, or similar form of written documentation provided to the consumer.
(2) The seller that collects the charge imposed under division (A) of this section shall comply with the reporting and remittance requirements under section 128.46 of the Revised Code.
(D) When a prepaid wireless calling service is sold with one or more other products or services for a single, nonitemized price, the wireless 9-1-1 charge imposed under division (A)(2) of this section shall apply to the entire nonitemized price, except as provided in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section.
(1) If the amount of the prepaid wireless calling service is disclosed to the consumer as a dollar amount, the seller may elect to apply the charge only to that dollar amount.
(2) If the seller can identify the portion of the nonitemized price that is attributable to the prepaid wireless calling service, by reasonable and verifiable standards from the seller's books and records that are kept in the regular course of business for other purposes, including nontax purposes, the seller may elect to apply the charge only to that portion.
(3) If a minimal amount of a prepaid wireless calling service is sold with a prepaid wireless calling device for the single, nonitemized price, the seller may elect not to collect the charge. As used in this division, "minimal" means either ten minutes or less or five dollars or less.
(E) The wireless 9-1-1 charges authorized under this section shall not be imposed on a subscriber of wireless lifeline service or a provider of that service.
(F) The wireless 9-1-1 charges shall be exempt from state or local taxation.
Last updated October 5, 2023 at 4:51 AM