Nevada § 244A.7643 - Surcharge: Imposition; master plan required; amount; collection; penalties for delinquent payment

§ 244A.7643. Surcharge: Imposition; master plan required; amount; collection; penalties for delinquent payment

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of county commissioners

of a county may by ordinance, for the enhancement of the telephone system for reporting

an emergency in the county and for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining portable

event recording devices and vehicular event recording devices, impose a surcharge

on: (a) Each access line or trunk line of each customer to the local exchange of any telecommunications

provider providing those lines in the county; and (b) The mobile telephone service provided to each customer of that service whose place

of primary use is in the county. 2. A board of county commissioners may not impose a surcharge pursuant to this section

unless the board first adopts a 5-year master plan for the enhancement of the telephone

system for reporting emergencies in the county or for the purpose of purchasing and

maintaining portable event recording devices and vehicular event recording devices,

as applicable. The master plan must include an estimate of the cost of the enhancement of the telephone

system or of the cost of purchasing and maintaining portable event recording devices

and vehicular event recording devices, as applicable, and all proposed sources of

money for funding those costs. For the duration of the imposition of the surcharge, the board shall, at least annually,

review and, if necessary, update the master plan. 3. The surcharge imposed by a board of county commissioners pursuant to this section: (a) For each access line to the local exchange of a telecommunications provider, must

not exceed $1 each month; (b) For each trunk line to the local exchange of a telecommunications provider, must

equal 10 times the amount of the surcharge imposed for each access line to the local

exchange of a telecommunications provider pursuant to paragraph (a); and (c) For each telephone number assigned to a customer by a supplier of mobile telephone

service, must equal the amount of the surcharge imposed for each access line to the

local exchange of a telecommunications provider pursuant to paragraph (a). 4. A telecommunications provider which provides access lines or trunk lines in a county

which imposes a surcharge pursuant to this section or a supplier which provides mobile

telephone service to a customer in such a county shall collect the surcharge from

its customers each month. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244A.7647 , the telecommunications provider or supplier shall remit the surcharge it collects

to the treasurer of the county in which the surcharge is imposed not later than the

15th day of the month after the month it receives payment of the surcharge from its

customers. 5. An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section may include a schedule of penalties

for the delinquent payment of amounts due from telecommunications providers or suppliers

pursuant to this section. Such a schedule: (a) Must provide for a grace period of not less than 90 days after the date on which

the telecommunications provider or supplier must otherwise remit the surcharge to

the county treasurer; and (b) Must not provide for a penalty that exceeds 5 percent of the cumulative amount

of surcharges owed by a telecommunications provider or a supplier. 6. As used in this section, “ trunk line ” means a line which provides a channel between a switchboard owned by a customer

of a telecommunications provider and the local exchange of the telecommunications

provider.