House of Representatives

HB 2625

emergency 911 services; revenue

Sponsors: May, Giffords: Carpenter, et al

X	Committee on Energy Utilities & Technology
	Committee on Ways & Means
	Caucus and COW	This bill as introduced contains a PROP 108 clause.
	As Passed the House

House Bill 2625 provides an increase in the telecommunications service excise tax in order to update emergency telecommunication services.

History

The State of Arizona has funded the state wide 9-1-1 telecommunications services with an excise tax on telephone service. Currently, this excise tax stands at about sixteen cents for each residential account, forty-two cents for each business account and ten cents for wireless phones per month. The revenue from this tax is in sufficient to provide the funding necessary to accommodate the increased use of new technologies and the FCC mandates that the emergency telecommunication services face.

Provisions

· Increases the time period between telecommunication services excise tax recommendations from a one-year period to a two-year period.

· Requires the legislature to review and take action on the recommendation.

· Outlines the levy of tax:

- Twenty cents per month for each activated residential wire service account

- Fifty cents per month for each activated business wire service.

- Forty-seven cents per month for each activated wireless service

· This bill as introduced contains a PROP 108 clause

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 2 February 21, 2001

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