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AN ORDINANCE INCREASING ENHANCED 911 EXCISE TAXES ON
RADIO ACCESS LINES TO FUND CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF
MASON COUNTY ' S 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM .
VvrHEREAS , emergency services communications systems , including
enhanced 911 systems , are currently funded with revenue from state and
local excise taxes imposed on the use of switched and radio access lines ;
and
WHEREAS , the volume of 911 calls by users of cellular communications
systems and other similar wireless telecommunications systems continues to
increase ; and
WHEREAS , the 2002 Legislature found that statewide enhanced 911 has
proven to be a lifesaving service and that routing a 911 call to the
appropriate public safety answering point with a display of the caller ' s
identification and location should be available for all users of
telecommunications services , regardless of the technology used to make and
transmit the 911 call . The Legislature also found that it is in the best public
interest to ensure that there is adequate ongoing funding to support
enhanced 911 services ; and
WHEREAS , the Legislature amended Chapter 82 . 1413 RCW, by enacting
Chapter 341 , Laws of Washington 2002 , allowing counties to raise the
enhanced 911 excise tax from twenty- five (25 ) to fifty ( 50 ) cents per month
on each radio access line to fiend the emergency services communications
system ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF MASON
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS that Mason County Ordinance No . 57 - 97 ,
and Mason County Code , Chapter 3 . 27 , are each amended to read as
follows :
Section 1 Enhanced 911 Radio Access Line Excise Tax
An enhanced 911 excise tax in the amount of ((twe„ t five (25 )) fifty
50 cents per month on ( (eae-h)) the use of each radio access line , ((€er
hire, the addFeSS of the en tiler)) whose place of primary set
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forth in the records of the radio communications service company
providing such radio access lines is located within Mason County, is
hereby imposed to assist in financing the Mason County 911
emergency communications system, as defined in RCW 82 . 14B .
Section 5 : Effective Date of Tax — Notice of Radio Communications
Service Companies
The effective date of the tax herein imposed shall be January 1 , 20031
and notice of the tax shall be provided by Mason County at least sixty
(60 ) in advance of the date on which the first payment is due .
DATED this loth day of September 2002 ,
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Wes Jol ison, Chairperson
Herb Baze , Commissioner
Bob Holter, Commissioner
ATTEST :
Aecky S . Rogers , Clerk of fhe Board
PR�J S TO FORM :
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney