Minnesota § 237.491 - COMBINED PER NUMBER FEE
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§ 237.491. COMBINED PER NUMBER FEE
Subdivision 1.Definitions.
(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "911 emergency and public safety communications program" means the program governed by chapter 403.
(c) "Minnesota telephone number" means a ten-digit telephone number being used to connect to the public switched telephone network and starting with area code 218, 320, 507, 612, 651, 763, or 952, or any subsequent area code assigned to this state.
(d) "Service provider" means a provider doing business in this state who provides real-time, two-way voice service with a Minnesota telephone number.
(e) "Telecommunications access Minnesota program" means the program governed by sections 237.50 to 237.55.
(f) "Telephone assistance program" means the program governed by sections 237.69 to 237.71.
Subd. 2.Per number fee.
(a) The fee shall be set at a level calculated to generate only the amount of revenue necessary to fund:
(1) the telephone assistance program and the telecommunications access Minnesota program at the levels established by the commission under sections 237.52, subdivision 2, and 237.70; and
(2) the 911 emergency and public safety communications program at the levels appropriated by law to the commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of management and budget for purposes of sections 403.11, 403.113, 403.27, 403.30, and 403.31 for each fiscal year.
(b) The recommendations must include any changes to Minnesota Statutes necessary to establish the procedures whereby each service provider, to the extent allowed under federal law, would collect and remit the fee proceeds to the commissioner of revenue. The commissioner of revenue would allocate the fee proceeds to the three funding areas in paragraph (a) and credit the allocations to the appropriate accounts.
History:
2005 c 136 art 10 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 57; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 40
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
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