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- Referred to local government
- Print number 4041a
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Relates to communication service surcharges applied to the county of Cortland
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Barbara Lifton
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BILL NUMBER:S4041A
Title of bill
An act to amend the county law, in relation to communication service surcharges applied to Cortland county and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Purpose
The measure authorizes the Cortland County Legislature, at local option, to increase its telephone access line surcharge from thirty five cents ($.35) to as much as one dollar ($1) per line per month.
Summary of provisions
The bill adds a new section 336 to the county law to authorize the Cort- land County Legislature to impose an additional surcharge of up to sixty-five cents ($.65) per access line, per month, in addition to the $.35 surcharge currently established and imposed under §333 of the coun- ty law.
Existing law
§333 of the county law currently authorizes an access line surcharge of no more than $.35 per line, per month.
Justification
The Cortland County Legislature has requested the authority, by resol- ution, to increase the existing surcharge on telephone access lines by an amount not to exceed sixty-five cents ($.65) per line, per month in order to fund an interoperable emergency communications system, esti- mated to cost the county $16 million. The county is required by FCC mandate to move its radio frequencies to narrow band. At the same time the county is meeting the FCC mandate, it is seeking solutions to an aging, inefficient radio system that currently does not permit communi- cation among all of the county's first responders.
Legislative history
S.7716 of 2010 (Rules); A.9918 (Passed Assembly)
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
Immediately. The county will be required to enact its own local law.
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