An Act to revise provisions regarding the 911 emergency surcharge.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 34-45-4 be AMENDED:

34-45-4. A monthly uniform 911 emergency surcharge of one dollar and twenty-five cents shall be two dollars must be assessed per service user line. The proceeds of the 911 emergency surcharge shall must be used to pay for allowable nonrecurring and recurring costs of the 911 system. No 911 emergency surcharge may be imposed upon more than one hundred service user lines or equivalent service, per customer account billed, per month. In the case of multi-station network systems, the service user lines shall be are equal to the number of calls that can simultaneously be made from the system to the public switched telephone network. No prepaid wireless telecommunications service is subject to the 911 emergency surcharge imposed under this section.

Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 34-45:

Counties must distribute any moneys received pursuant to § 34-45-8.7 to the eligible public safety answering point serving the county.