LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 17-2229    Name:
Type: Preview Ordinance Status: Adoption
File created: 5/15/2017 In control: Broken Arrow City Council
On agenda: 6/5/2017 Final action:
Title: Consideration, discussion, and possible preview of an ordinance amending Chapter 22, Taxation, Article V, Use Taxes, Division 1, Nine-One-One Emergency, Section 22-78, Emergency Telephone service fee, of the Broken Arrow Code; repealing all ordinances to the contrary; and declaring an emergency
Attachments: 1. 02-07-2017 Chapter 22, Article V, Section 22-78 Emergency telephone service and fee.pdf

Broken Arrow City Council

                                                                                               Meeting of: 06-05-2017

                                                                                    

To:                     Mayor and City Council

From:                     Office of the City Attorney

Title: 

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                     Consideration, discussion, and possible preview of an ordinance amending Chapter 22, Taxation, Article V, Use Taxes, Division 1, Nine-One-One Emergency, Section 22-78, Emergency Telephone service fee, of the Broken Arrow Code; repealing all ordinances to the contrary; and declaring an emergency

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Background:

As of January 1, 2017, HB 3126, the 911 reform bill became law increasing the wireless fee from fifty-cents ($0.50) to seventy- five ($0.75). The proposed ordinance change includes those changes to State law regarding the wireless fees. The following fees will be imposed upon customers whose business or residences are located within the City at the following rates in accordance with State law:

 

(1)                     Seventy-five cents ($0.75) monthly on each wireless telephone connection and other communication device or service connection with the ability to dial 9-1-1 for emergency calls; and

 

(2)                     Seventy-five cents ($0.75) monthly on each service that is enabled by Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) or Internet Protocol (IP) with the ability to dial 9-1-1 for emergency calls; and

 

(3)                     Seventy-five cents ($0.75) on each prepaid wireless retail transaction occurring in this state.

 

Staff recommends that the Council preview the ordinance and set it for adoption at the next

meeting.


Cost:                                                                $0

 

Prepared By:                                           Beth Anne Childs, City Attorney

 

Reviewed By:                                          Assistant City Manager-Operations
                                    Broken Arrow Police Department

 

Approved By:                      Michael L. Spurgeon, City Manager
                                                                   

Attachments:                                          Preview Ordinance

Recommendation:

Preview the Ordinance and set it for adoption at the next meeting.