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House amends E9-1-1 fee, lawmakers debate including VoIP providers
Summary
The House passed an amended first-substitute H.B. 119 to reduce portions of the E9-1-1 fee and make local and state fee language identical, setting new rates while debating whether voice-over-IP services should be statutorily included; the House sent the bill to the Senate (47 yes, 17 no).
The Utah House on Friday amended and passed first-substitute House Bill 119, a measure that reduces portions of the E9-1-1 surcharge and clarifies how the fee applies to voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) services.
Representative D., the bill sponsor, said the measure has two parts: one that lowers local E9-1-1 charges and one that reduces the state portion while extending coverage to some VoIP providers. "We have lowered the fees in this bill on the local level from 65 to 61," the sponsor said, adding the state portion is reduced…
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