ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor.                            Ch. 451

BOARD SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL, PRIVILEGED, AND PROPRIETARY AND MAY NOT BE
DISCLOSED TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE CMRS PROVIDER.

(e)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the 9-1-1 fee does
not apply to an intermediate service line used exclusively to connect a [wireless
telephone service or other 9-1-1-accessible service] CMRS OR OTHER 9-1-1
ACCESSIBLE SERVICE, other than a switched local access service, to another
telephone system or switching device.

(f)      A [cellular telephone company or personal communication company]
CMRS PROVIDER that pays or collects 9-1-1 fees under this section has the same
immunity from liability for transmission failures as that approved by the Public
Service Commission for local exchange telephone companies that are subject to
regulation by the Commission under the Public Utility Companies Article.

1-311.

(a)     In addition to the 9-1-1 fee, the governing body of each county, by
ordinance or resolution enacted or adopted after a public hearing, may impose an
additional charge to be added to all current [bills rendered] SUBSCRIBER
TELEPHONE—NUMBERS for switched local exchange access service[, wireless
telephone service, or other 9-1-1-accessible service] OR CMRS OR OTHER 9-1-1
ACCESSIBLE SERVICE in the county.

(b)     (1) The additional charge imposed by a county may not exceed 50 75
cents per month per bill.

(2) The amount of the additional charges may not exceed a level
necessary to cover the total eligible maintenance and operation costs of the county.

(c)      The additional charge continues in effect until repealed or modified by a
subsequent county ordinance or resolution.

(d)     After imposing, repealing, or modifying an additional charge, the county
shall certify the amount of the additional charge to the Public Service Commission.

(e)     The Public Service Commission shall direct each telephone company that
provides service in a county that imposed an additional charge to add, within 60 days,
the full amount of the additional charge to all current bills rendered for switched local
exchange access service in the county.

(f)      Within 60 days after a county enacts or adopts an ordinance or resolution
that imposes, repeals, or modifies an additional charge, each 9-1-1 service carrier
that provides service in the county shall add the full amount of the additional charge
to all current bills rendered for [wireless telephone service or other 9-1-1-accessible
service] CMRS OR OTHER 9-1-1 ACCESSIBLE SERVICE in the county.

(g)     (1) Each telephone company and each 9-1-1 service carrier shall:

(i) act as a collection agent for the 9-1-1 Trust Fund with respect
to the additional charge imposed by each county;

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