Florida Administrative Code › 60 - DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES › 60FF1 - Emergency Communications Board › Chapter 60FF1-5 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS BOARD › Section 60FF1-5.004 - Requirements for Fee Remittance Submitted by or on Behalf of Wireless and Non-Wireless Service Providers

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) All
				non-wireless and wireless service providers shall remit fees pursuant to
				Section  365.172(8),
				F.S.
(2) The E911 fee rate is
				established based on Section
				 365.172(8)(f),
				F.S., and may be adjusted by the Board in accordance with Sections
				 365.172(8)(g) and
				(h), F.S. The Board posts the rate on its
				website in the "Fee Collection and Distribution document."
(3) Fees shall be submitted to the Board
				within 60 days after the end of the month in which the fee was billed, together
				with a monthly report of the number of service identifiers in each county. The
				information shall be submitted to the Board at the following address:
E911 Services
P.O. Box 6750
Tallahassee, Florida 32314-6750.
(a) For service providers collecting less
				than $50 per month of total fee remittances, The Board will not take collection
				action provided the reports and fee remittance are received on a quarterly
				basis.
(b) All service providers
				providing fee remittance for 911 or E911 service disbursements pursuant to
				Section  365.172(8)(f),
				F.S., shall provide the following information with the fee remittance. The
				information shall be provided in the appropriate categories, either the
				wireless, non-wireless LEC, non-wireless VoIP or non-wireless Specialty
				categories. This information shall be provided in a form format referred to as
				a Emergency Communications Services Fund Remittance Report. The form shall
				include:
1. Service provider's name and
				address: Contact person: Contact Phone Number: Email Address;
2. Date remittance report;
3. Service collection period;
4. Itemization of fee remittance revenue per
				county, including:
a. County; (if the county
				information is not available, the remittance should include a statement from
				the service provider that the county location information is not
				available)
b. Total Subscribers;
				each provider shall report the number of service identifiers for subscribers,
				or access lines billed based on the county;
c. Gross Fees Collected;
d. 1% Provider Allowance;
e. Additional Adjustment;
f. Billing Adjustment;
g. Uncollected;
h. Comment or description of any adjustment
				or other pertinent notation; and
i.
				Net Fees Collected.
5.
				Remittance Check Amount, Check Date, and Check Number; and
6. The following certification shall be a
				part of the form: These amounts are submitted in compliance with Sections
				 365.172,
				 365.173 and
				 365.174, F.S., along with
				ordinances and definitions held within. Under penalties of perjury, I declare
				that I have verified the foregoing and the amounts alleged are true, to the
				best of my knowledge and belief.
(c) Fee Remittance Definitions:
1. Total Subscribers: The number of billed
				service-identifiers, as described in Section
				 365.172(8),
				F.S., subject to the fee. (Item (2)(b)4.b.)
2. Gross Fees Collected: A calculated
				quantity equal to the product of the "subscribers" and the fee, plus any
				"billing adjustment, " minus the "uncollected." (Item (2)(b)4.c.)
3. 1% Provider Allowance: The 1 percent
				amount of the fees collected and retained by the provider as reimbursement for
				the administrative costs incurred by the provider to bill, collect, and remit
				the fee, as described in Section
				 365.172(8),
				F.S. It is deducted from the "gross fees collected, " in the calculation of the
				"net fees collected." (Item (2)(b)4.d.)
4. Additional Adjustment: An adjustment
				enabling service providers to correct errors in previous monthly remittances
				that are not subject to the "1 percent provider allowance." (Item
				(2)(b)4.e.)
5. Billing Adjustment:
				An adjustment, provided to reconcile differences between the service provider's
				actual fees collected and the product of the "subscribers" and the fee. Enables
				corrections to the amounts billed to subscribers caused by new subscriber
				partial billing issues. (Item (2)(b)4.f.)
6. Uncollected: The amount billed by the
				service provider that was not collected. Enables resolution of differences
				between the service provider's actual fees collected and the product of the
				"subscribers" and the fee. (Item (2)(b)4.g.)
7. Net Fees Collected: Revenues derived from
				the fee levied on subscribers in Section
				 365.172(8),
				F.S., that must be delivered to the Board for deposit by the Board into the
				Emergency Communications Number E911 System Fund. It is equal to the "gross
				fees collected, " minus the "1 percent provider allowance, " plus any
				"additional adjustment." (Item (2)(b)4.i.)
(d) In lieu of submitting a signed Emergency
				Communications Services Fund Remittance Report, it can be electronically
				transmitted to the Board's email address:
				E911BoardElectronicRemittanceReports@dms.fl.gov.
(e) New or existing service providers
				providing new services in a new service category shall provide registration
				notification to the Board. Notification shall include the provider's name,
				contact person, address, contact phone number and email address for the staff
				notification and inquires. Notification is also required for any provider
				utilizing different business names. Notification will also include the category
				of service that will be provided; e.g., either wireless, non-wireless VoIP, or
				non-wireless specialty categories.
(f) Third party companies submitting fee
				remittances on behalf of wireless and non-wireless service providers shall
				provide a contact person, address, contact phone number and email address on
				fee remittance information to respond to all Board Staff inquiries about the
				fee remittance.