Current Status Bill Number:3545 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950208 Primary Sponsor:McTeer All Sponsors:McTeer Drafted Document Number:pt\1702dw.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:911 emergency telephone
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House 19950208 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM
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TO AMEND SECTION 23-47-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MAXIMUM CHARGES WHICH MAY BE CHARGED A SUBSCRIBER WHEN A COUNTY IMPLEMENTS A 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY TO CHARGE SUBSCRIBERS WITH A MAXIMUM OF TEN LOCAL EXCHANGE LINES A CHARGE WHICH IS LESS THAN OTHER SUBSCRIBERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 23-47-50(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 245 of 1991, is amended to read:
"(A) The maximum 911 charge that a subscriber may be billed for an individual local exchange access facility must be in accordance with the following scale:
Tier I - 1,000 to 40,999 access lines - $1.50 for start-up costs, $1.00 for on-going costs.
Tier II - 41,000 to 99,999 access lines - $1.00 for start-up costs, $.60 for on-going costs.
Tier III - more than 100,000 access lines - $.75 for start-up costs, $.50 for on-going costs.
Start-up includes a combination of recurring and nonrecurring costs and up to a maximum of fifty local exchange lines an account, except that subscribers with ten or less local exchange lines may be charged less at the sole discretion of the governing body of the county."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.