N.Y. County Law 306 – Liability for surcharge
§ 306. Liability for surcharge. 1. Each service supplier customer who is subject to the provisions of this article shall be liable to the municipality for the surcharge until it has been paid to the municipality, except that payment to a service supplier is sufficient to relieve the customer from further liability for such surcharge.
Terms Used In N.Y. County Law 306
- 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
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- 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 have no obligation to take any legal action to enforce the collection of any surcharge. However, whenever the service supplier remits the funds collected as the surcharge to the county, it shall also provide the county with the name and address of any customer refusing or failing to pay the surcharge imposed by this article and shall state the amount of such surcharge remaining unpaid.