N.Y. County Law 305 – Collection of surcharge
§ 305. Collection of surcharge. 1. The appropriate service supplier or suppliers serving a 911 service area shall act as collection agent for the municipality and shall remit the funds collected as the surcharge to the chief fiscal officer of the county every month. Such funds shall be remitted no later than thirty days after the last business day of such period.
Terms Used In N.Y. County Law 305
- Municipality: means any county except a county wholly contained within a city and any city having a population of one million or more persons. See N.Y. County Law 301
- Service supplier: means (i) a telephone corporation which provides local exchange access service within a 911 service area, or (ii) a provider of "voice over internet protocol service" or "VOIP service" that provides such service within a 911 service area. See N.Y. County Law 301
2. The service supplier shall be entitled to retain as an administrative fee an amount equal to two percent of its collections of the surcharge.
3. The surcharge required to be collected by the service supplier shall be added to and stated separately in its billings to the customer.
4. The service supplier shall annually provide to the municipality an accounting of the surcharge amounts billed and collected.