Telecommunications: Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge.

Existing law establishes the State Emergency Telephone Number Account in the General Fund, pursuant to which funds derived from a surcharge imposed on amounts paid by every person in the state for intrastate telephone communication service may be appropriated by the Legislature for specified purposes, including costs of administering, operating, and maintaining the state "911" emergency telephone number system. This bill would specify that a minimum of 0.50% of the charges for intrastate telephone communications services and VoIP service to which the surcharge applies be spent for those specified purposes and costs, including, until December 31, 2011, a maximum of 0.25% of the charges for intrastate telephone communications services and VoIP service to which the surcharge applies for a one-time payment to Primary Public Safety Answering Points for personnel costs, as specified.