1. Senate Bill No. 366–Committee on Government Affairs

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AN ACT relating to telephone services; extending the prospective expiration of certain

provisions concerning surcharges on telephone services in certain counties for the

enhancement of the telephone systems for reporting emergencies in those counties;

and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 427, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at page

1057, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6. This act becomes effective on January 1, 1996, and

expires by limitation on December 31, [1999.] 2001.

Sec. 2. 1. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

  1. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 244A.7643, a board of
  1. county commissioners that has imposed a surcharge pursuant to NRS
  1. 244A.7643 shall not impose such a surcharge on the mobile telephone
  1. service provided to each customer of that service who resides in the county
  1. on or after the date on which the advisory committee established in that
  1. county pursuant to NRS 244A.7645 notifies the board of county
  1. commissioners that the enhancement of the telephone system for reporting
  1. an emergency in that county has been completed in such a manner that
  1. when a person reports an emergency by placing a call on a mobile
  1. telephone, the:
  1. (a) Identification of the person who pays for that mobile telephone
  1. service; and
  1. (b) Location of the antenna that receives and transmits that call,

are transmitted to the location that has been designated to receive calls that

report an emergency and to route them to the appropriate personnel for the

provision of emergency services.

3. A board of county commissioners that has imposed a surcharge

pursuant to NRS 244A.7643 shall notify in a timely manner each telephone

company and supplier that collects such a surcharge to cease collecting the

surcharge:

(a) On each access line or trunk line of each customer to the local

exchange of any telephone company providing those lines in the county on

or after December 31, 2001.

(b) On the mobile telephone service provided to each customer of that

service who resides in the county on or after the earlier of the following

dates:

(1) December 31, 2001; or

(2) The date on which the advisory committee established in that

county pursuant to NRS 244A.7645 notifies the board of county

commissioners of that county that the enhancement of the telephone system

for reporting an emergency in that county has been completed in the

manner described in subsection 2.

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