Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 270 - Department of Public Safety › Chapter 20 - E 9-1-1 Operations › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Rhode Island E 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System Rules and Regulations (270-RICR-20-00-1) › Section 270-RICR-20-00-1.2 - Surcharge Revenue

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All telephone common carriers and all telecommunication services providers, as those terms are defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-21.1-3, shall bill each subscriber of their respective services the surcharge levied under R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-1-62 and  39-21.1-14,, and shall remit such surcharge revenue to the Rhode Island Division of Taxation in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										39-1-62 and  39-21.1-14, and the requirements of the Division of Taxation. In the instances in which a telecommunications services provider or telephone common carrier resells its service to other entities, the surcharge shall be collected and paid by the telecommunications services provider or telephone common carrier that has the direct relationship with the end user subscriber, in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										39-1-62,  39-21.1-14, and the requirements of the Rhode Island Division of Taxation. The transmittal of such surcharge revenue shall be accompanied by such form as may be prescribed by the Division of Taxation or the entity that replaces the Division of Taxation. The form of the payment shall be made in accordance with requirements as may be prescribed from time to time by the Division of Taxation. Any surcharge revenue not timely transmitted in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										39-1-62 and  39-21.1-14, shall be assessed interest as prescribed by Rhode Island law. This section does not apply to E 9-1-1 surcharges related to prepaid wireless services, as those surcharges are regulated by R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-21.2-1.
B. When a telecommunications services provider or telephone common carrier resells its services other entities, that reseller shall report, upon request of the RI E 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System the number of lines that are resold to each individual reseller. This section does not apply to E 9-1-1 surcharges related to prepaid wireless services, as those surcharges are regulated by R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-21.2-1.
C. RI E 9-1-1 surcharges shall be applicable to any subscriber which is capable of accessing, connecting with, or interfacing with RI E 9-1-1 by dialing or initializing or otherwise activating the RI E 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System through the numerals "9-1-1" by means of a landline local telephone exchange device, wireless instrument, device or means including, but not limited to, prepaid, cellular, telephony, Internet, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), satellite, computer, radio, communications, data or data-only wireless lines or any other wireless instrument, device or means which has access to, connects with, or activates or interfaces or any combination thereof with the RI E 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System. This surcharge shall be billed by each telecommunication services provider and shall be payable to the telecommunication services provider by the subscriber or prepaid services customer. This section does not apply to E 9-1-1 surcharges related to prepaid wireless services, as those surcharges are regulated by R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-21.2-1.
D. The subscriber surcharge levied under R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-21.1-14(a), shall apply to Centrex-system-equivalent trunks in the ratio of 1:8; it shall not apply to trunks and lines provided to wireless telecommunication services providers as part of the RI E 9-1-1 network. The subscriber surcharge levied under R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										39-1-62 and 39-21.1.14 (a) shall not apply to trunks and lines provided by telephone common carriers or wireless telecommunications services provided as part of the RI E 9-1-1 network. This section does not apply to E 9-1-1 surcharges related to prepaid wireless services, as those surcharges are regulated by R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-21.2-1.