[Amended 2-28-1996; 3-6-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-02]
A. A monthly fee of $1.25 will be applied to each York County telephone
subscriber's monthly telephone bill on a per-access-line basis.
In the case of a Centrex or similar multiline telephone subscriber,
except PBX subscribers with more than 25 lines, the fee shall be adjusted
as provided in Section 7 of the Public Safety Emergency Telephone
Act.
B. The monthly fee shall continue at the fixed rate unless modified
or changed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Public
Safety Emergency Telephone Act.
C. The Director of the county's 9-1-1 system shall forthwith comply
with the triennial auditing requirements of the Public Safety Emergency
Telephone Act. In addition, the Director of the County's 9-1-1
system shall, no later than January 15 of each year, present a report
to the County Commissioners setting forth a statement of the nonrecurring
costs, maintenance and operating costs of the County's 9-1-1
emergency system. The Director shall certify awareness of and compliance
with the auditing and other reporting requirements of the Public Safety
Emergency Telephone Act.
D. The county's 9-1-1 Director shall include the annual report
with an analysis and recommendation concerning the need for contribution
rate changes within the guidelines of the Public Safety Emergency
Telephone Act.
The aforesaid assessment shall commence March 3, 1993.
GTE Telephone Company, Bell of Pennsylvania, United Telephone
of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth Telephone Company and any of the
telephone companies which provide, or may hereafter provide, telephone
service to subscribers in York County are hereby authorized and directed
to assess, bill and collect the sum of $1.25 per line per month for
each telephone subscriber in York County and to forward the same,
on a monthly basis, to the York County Treasurer for approved expenses
under the Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act.
The County Treasurer shall deposit the moneys received from the telephone companies, pursuant to §
35-4, in an interest-bearing, restricted account, to be used solely for the purpose of nonrecurring and recurring charges related to York County's 9-1-1 System.
The telephone companies referred to in §
35-4 hereof, on or before the first day of February each year, shall provide a list of names and addresses of all telephone subscribers who have not paid the fee imposed by this chapter for the previous calendar year.
Failure of any telephone subscriber to pay any charge imposed
pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
The County Solicitor is authorized to take legal action, including
instituting such action of law against the telephone subscriber as
may be necessary for collection of the outstanding charge provided
by this chapter and filing a municipal lien for such unpaid charges.
Any subscriber who has paid a monthly telephone charge, or portion
thereof, but fails or refuses to pay the charge of $1.25, contemplated
by this chapter, shall be sentenced, in a summary proceeding before
the District Justice serving the locality in which the subscriber
resides, to pay a fine not to exceed $600 for each month such charge
is not paid, together with the costs of prosecution and, in default
thereof, to be confined in the York County Jail for a period not to
exceed 90 days.