Sec. 130603. State authority over fees
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Nothing in this Act, any amendment made by this Act, the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), or any Commission regulation or order may prevent the imposition and collection of a fee or charge applicable to a voice service specifically designated by a State, a political subdivision of a State, an Indian Tribe, or a village or regional corporation serving a region established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) for the support or implementation of 9–8–8 services, if the fee or charge is held in a sequestered account to be obligated or expended only in support of 9–8–8 services, or enhancements of such services, as specified in the provision of State or local law adopting the fee or charge.
A fee or charge collected under this subsection shall only be imposed, collected, and used to pay expenses that a State, a political subdivision of a State, an Indian Tribe, or a village or regional corporation serving a region established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is expected to incur that are reasonably attributable to— ensuring the efficient and effective routing of calls made to the 9–8–8 national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline to an appropriate crisis center; or the provision of acute mental health, crisis outreach, and stabilization services directly responding to the 9–8–8 national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline.
To ensure efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the collection and expenditure of a fee or charge for the support or implementation of 9–8–8 services, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that— details the status in each State, political subdivision of a State, Indian Tribe, or village or regional corporation serving a region established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) of the collection and distribution of such fees or charges, including a detailed report about how those fees or charges are being used to support 9–8–8 services; and includes findings on the amount of revenues obligated or expended by each State, political subdivision of a State, Indian Tribe, or village or regional corporation serving a region established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) for any purpose other than the purpose for which any such fees or charges are specified.
In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. The term State has the meaning given that term in section 7 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 ( 47 U.S.C. 615b ). The term voice service has the meaning given that term in section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8) ).
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