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- Referred to local government
- Print number 4044a
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- Referred to local government
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Increases the wireless surcharges for the county of Cortland from thirty cents to one dollar per month
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Barbara Lifton
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BILL NUMBER:S4044A
Title of bill
An act to amend the county law, in relation to wireless communication surcharges in the county of Cortland
Purpose
The measure authorizes the Cortland County Legislature, at local option, to increase its wireless surcharge from thirty five cents ($.35) to as much as one dollar ($1) per device, per month.
Summary of provisions
The bill amends §308-a of the county law to authorize the Cortland County Legislature to impose an additional surcharge of up to seventy cents ($.70) per wireless device, per month, in addition to the thirty cent ($.30) surcharge currently established and imposed under law.
Existing law
Section 308-a of the county law currently authorizes a wireless surcharge of no more than thirty cents ($.30) per line, per month.
Justification
The Cortland County Legislature has requested the authority, by resolution, to increase the existing surcharge on wireless devices by an amount not to exceed seventy cents ($.70) per wireless device, per month, in order to fund an interoperable emergency communications system, estimated to cost the county $16 million. The county is required by FCC mandate to move its radio frequencies to narrow band width. 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 communication among all of the county's first responders.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
Immediately. The county will be required to enact its own local law.
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