Collection of “911 Surcharge.”

(a)Each Local Exchange Carrier (LEC), Voice Over Internet Protocol

(VOIP)provider and Commercial Mobile Radio Service

(CMRS)provider shall collect the surcharge as established by the Commission, and identify such as a separate line item on its invoice.

(b)Each LEC, VOIP or CMRS provider shall remit the amounts collected to the Department of Administration no later than forty-five

(45)days after the end of the month in which the amount is collected. COL6/24/2021 CH. 12 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND THE GUAM TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 2004

(c)Each LEC, VOIP or CMRS provider shall be authorized to deduct from such remittances its actual expenses incurred for collection services, maintaining the PSAP database, and for reports and audits as may be required by the Commission; provided, such deductions are consistent with a Commission-approved budget for such expenses.

(d)The surcharges collected pursuant to this Section are not subject to any tax, fee or assessment, nor are they considered revenue of the LEC, VOIP or CMRS provider

(e)Each LEC, VOIP or CMRS provider is authorized to deduct from its “911” receipts, amounts necessary to cover the Commission's expenses in conducting the regulatory activities required in this Act, to be billed by the Commission on a prorata basis.

(f)For purposes of this Act, a CMRS provider means a provider of wireless cellular, telephone service, or wireless personal communications service.

(g)Subscriber lines are the lines that Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (I-LEC) use to connect to, and that Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (C-LEC) and Voice Over Internet Protocol

(VOIP)carriers use to interconnect to, the local

(Guam)telephone exchange.

(h)For purposes of this Act, a VOIP provider means a provider of telephone service over the internet, and within the 671 area code.