EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 244A.7643 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 244A.7643 1. The board of county commissioners in a county whose

1-12 pursuant to subsection 1:

2-1 (a) For each access line to the local exchange of a telephone company,

2-2 must not exceed 25 cents each month; and

2-3 (b) For each trunk line to the local exchange of a telephone company,

2-4 must equal 10 times the amount of the surcharge imposed for each access

2-5 line to the local exchange of a telephone company pursuant to paragraph (a)

2-6 . [; and

2-7 (c) For each telephone number assigned to a customer by a supplier of

2-8 mobile telephone service, must equal the amount of the surcharge imposed

2-9 for each access line to the local exchange of a telephone company pursuant

2-10 to paragraph (a).]

2-11 3. A telephone company which provides access lines or trunk lines in a

2-12 county which imposes a surcharge pursuant to this section [or a supplier

2-13 which provides mobile telephone service to a customer in such a county,]

2-14 shall collect the surcharge from its customers each month. Except as

2-15 otherwise provided in NRS 244A.7647, the telephone company [or

2-16 supplier] shall remit the surcharge it collects to the treasurer of the county

2-17 where the surcharge is imposed not later than the 15th day of the month

2-18 after the month it receives payment of the surcharge from its customers.

2-19 4. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 may include a

2-20 schedule of penalties for the delinquent payment of amounts due from

2-21 telephone companies [or suppliers] pursuant to this section. Such a

2-22 schedule:

2-23 (a) Must provide for a grace period of not less than 90 days after the

2-24 date on which the telephone company [or supplier] must otherwise remit

2-25 the surcharge to the county treasurer; and

2-26 (b) Must not provide for a penalty that exceeds 5 percent of the

2-27 cumulative amount of surcharges owed by a telephone company . [or a

2-28 supplier.]

2-29 5. As used in this section, "trunk line" means a line which provides a

2-30 channel between a switchboard owned by a customer of a telephone

2-31 company and the local exchange of the telephone company.

2-32 Sec. 2. NRS 244A.7647 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-33 244A.7647 A telephone company [or supplier] which collects the

2-36 surcharge.

2-37 Sec. 3. Section 6 of chapter 427, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at page

2-38 1057, is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-39 Sec. 6. This act becomes effective on January 1, 1996 . [, and

2-40 expires by limitation on December 31, 1999.]

2-41 Sec. 4. NRS 244A.7641 is hereby repealed.

2-42 Sec. 5. 1. This section and section 3 of this act become effective on

2-43 passage and approval.

3-1 2. Sections 1, 2 and 4 of this act become effective on the earlier of the

3-2 two following dates:

3-3 (a) December 31, 2001; or

3-4 (b) The date the board of county commissioners that has imposed a

3-5 surcharge pursuant to NRS 244A.7643 notifies the director of the

3-6 legislative counsel bureau that the advisory committee established in that

3-7 county pursuant to NRS 244A.7645 has enhanced the telephone system for

3-8 reporting an emergency in that county in such a manner that when a person

3-9 reports an emergency by placing a call on a mobile telephone, the:

3-10 (1) Identification of the person who pays for that mobile telephone

3-11 service; and

3-12 (2) Location of the antenna that receives and transmits that call,

3-13 are transmitted to the location that has been designated to receive calls that

3-14 report an emergency and to route them to the appropriate personnel for the

3-15 provision of emergency services.

3-16 TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION

3-20 the meanings ascribed to them in NRS 205.505.