[Adopted 11-21-2017 by L.L. No. 6-2018]
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that the New York Legislature repealed Suffolk County's authority to impose and collect a wireless communications surcharge under Article 6 of the New York County Law and, in its place, authorized the County to impose a new state-administered wireless surcharge pursuant to New York Tax Law § 186-g (Part EEE of Chapter
59 of the Laws of 2017). This Legislature further finds that by the enactment of Resolution No. 647-2017, the County of Suffolk repealed its old wireless communications surcharge law and authorized the new state-administered surcharge, effective December 1, 2017. This Legislature also finds that the repealed County wireless surcharge law included provisions ensuring that non-County public safety answering points (PSAPs) would receive an equitable share of the revenue from the wireless surcharge. This Legislature believes that non-County PSAPs should continue to receive a predictable and fair share of the surcharge revenue. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to ensure that non-County PSAPs will continue to receive, at a minimum, 20% of wireless surcharge revenues to offset the costs of providing enhanced wireless 911 services to the residents of Suffolk County.
This article shall apply to all actions occurring on or after
the effective date of this article.