§ 11-2323 Establishment of surcharge for E911 system.
AC § 11-2323
(a)In accordance with the provisions of article six of the county law, as amended, there is hereby established a surcharge of one dollar per telephone access line, or equivalent, per month on the customers of every service supplier within the city of New York.
(b)The surcharge imposed by subdivision (a) of this section shall be used to pay for the costs associated with obtaining, operating and maintaining the telecommunication equipment and telephone services needed to provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system to serve the city of New York.
(c)All service suppliers that provide local access service within the 911 service area in the city of New York shall begin to add the monthly surcharge of one dollar per telephone access line per month as provided in subdivision (a) of this section to all service bills no later than the forty-fifth day after the effective date of the local law that increased such surcharge to one dollar per telephone access line per month. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, all providers of voice over internet protocol service that provide such service within the 911 service area shall begin to add the monthly surcharge of one dollar per telephone access line, or equivalent, per month as provided in subdivision (a) of this section to all service bills no later than the forty-fifth day after the effective date of the local law that added this sentence. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1991/094.
