Section 11-98-5.1 Maximum tariff rates. - Alabama Statutes

Section 11-98-5.1

Maximum tariff rates.

(a) The tariff rate to be utilized in determining the maximum rate of the emergency communication district fee authorized to be levied in each district pursuant to Section 11-98-5 shall be determined by utilizing either of the following rates at the discretion of the board of commissioners of each emergency communication district:

(1) The maximum tariff charged for any bundled service provided by any service supplier in the district on the date of the levy and collection of the fee.

(2) The maximum tariff charged for any bundled service provided by any service supplier in the district as it existed on February 1, 2005, and adjusted as prescribed in subsection (b).

(b) A record of maximum tariff rates for any service provided in the district as the maximum tariff existed on February 1, 2005, shall be maintained by the Public Service Commission and shall be published on the Internet website or similar communication system operated by the commission. The maximum tariff as it existed on February 1, 2005, shall be adjusted once every five years, beginning on February 1, 2010, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index over the preceding five calendar years. This adjusted rate shall also be published by the Public Service Commission beginning in February of 2010.

(c) The emergency communication district fee authorized and levied in each district pursuant to Section 11-98-5 shall apply to all wired telephone service utilized within the district, including such service provided through Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) or other similar technology. It shall be the duty of each provider of VoIP or similar service to collect the fee for each 10-digit access number assigned to the user and to remit such fee as provided in Section 11-98-5.

(Act 2005-111, p. 177, §1.)