Proposed Adoption of New Chapter 5.6, Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act Operative on and After January 1, 2020, and Amendments to Chapter 5.7, Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services, and Proposed Repeal of Chapter 5.5, Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Law

The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration proposes to adopt new chapter 5.6, Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act Operative on and After January 1, 2020, in division 2 of title 18 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), to provide new Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge (ETUS) Act regulations to implement the ETUS Act as amended by Senate Bill No. (SB) 96 (Stats. 2019, ch.54) and Assembly Bill No. 988 (Stats. 2022, ch.747). The Department is also proposing to repeal chapter 5.5, Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Law, in division 2 of title 18 of the CCR, which contains the old ETUS Act regulations, because it's no longer necessary to continue to publish the old ETUS Act regulations in the CCR. Additionally, the Department, proposes amendments to chapter 5.7, Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services (MTS), of division 2 of title 18 of the CCR, to clarify how the Local Prepaid MTS Collection Act applies after the Prepaid MTS Surcharge Collection Act was repealed on January 1, 2020, and after the Local Prepaid MTS Collection Act was amended by SB 344 (Stats. 2019, ch.642) and SB 1441 (Stats. 2020, ch.179.)