256.35(3)(b)3.b.
b. The amount of recurring charges service users in the county will pay for all recurring services related to the maintenance and operation of a basic or sophisticated system established in that county.
256.35(3)(b)3.c.
c. Every provision of any applicable schedule which the service supplier has filed with the commission under
s. 196.19 or
196.20, which is in effect on the date the county signs the contract and which is related to the provision of service for a basic or sophisticated system.
256.35(3)(b)4.
4. The charge is calculated, under a schedule filed under
s. 196.19 or
196.20, by dividing the costs related to establishing a basic or sophisticated system in that county by the total number of exchange access lines, or their equivalents, which are in the county and which are capable of accessing that system.
256.35(3)(b)5.
5. The charge is billed to service users in the county in a service supplier's regular billing to those service users.
256.35(3)(b)6.
6. Every public safety answering point in the system is in constant operation.
256.35(3)(b)7.
7. Every public safety agency in the county maintains a telephone number in addition to “911".
256.35(3)(b)8.a.
a. Twenty-five cents each month for each exchange access line or its equivalent in the county if the county has a population of 500,000 or more.
256.35(3)(b)8.b.
b. One dollar each month for each exchange access line or its equivalent if the county has a population of less than 500,000 and the county is recovering charges under
subd. 3. a.
256.35(3)(b)8.c.
c. Forty cents each month for each exchange access line or its equivalent if the county has a population of less than 500,000 and the county is not recovering charges under
subd. 3. a.
256.35(3)(c)
(c) If 2 or more counties combine under
sub. (2) (b) to establish a basic or sophisticated system, they may levy a charge under
par. (b) if every one of those counties adopts the same ordinance, as required under
par. (b).
256.35(3)(d)
(d) Charges under
par. (b) 3. a. may be recovered in rates assessed over a period not to exceed 36 months.
256.35(3)(e)
(e) If a county has more than one service supplier, the service suppliers in that county jointly shall determine the method by which each service supplier will be compensated for its costs in that county.
256.35(3)(f)1.1. Except as provided under
subd. 2., a service supplier which has signed a contract with a county under
par. (b) 3. may apply to the commission for authority to impose a surcharge on its service users who reside outside of that county and who have access to the basic or sophisticated system established by that county.
256.35(3)(f)2.
2. A service supplier may not impose a surcharge under
subd. 1. on any service user who resides in any governmental unit which has levied a property tax or other charge for a basic or sophisticated system, except that if the service user has access to a basic or sophisticated system provided by the service supplier, the service supplier may impose a surcharge under
subd. 1. for the recurring services related to the maintenance and operation of that system.
256.35(3)(f)3.
3. The surcharge under
subd. 1. shall be equal to the charge levied under
par. (b) by that county on service users in that county. A contract under
par. (b) 3. may be conditioned upon the commission's approval of such a surcharge. The commission's approval under this paragraph may be granted without a hearing.
256.35(3)(g)
(g) No service supplier may bill any service user for a charge levied by a county under
par. (b) unless the service supplier is actually participating in the countywide operation of a basic or sophisticated system in that county.
256.35(3)(h)
(h) Every service user subject to and billed for a charge under this subsection is liable for that charge until the service user pays the charge to the service supplier.
256.35(3)(i)
(i) Any rate schedule filed under
s. 196.19 or
196.20 under which a service supplier collects a charge under this subsection shall include the condition that the contract which established the charge under
par. (b) 3. is compensatory and shall include any other condition and procedure required by the commission in the public interest. Within 20 days after that contract or an amendment to that contract has been executed, the service supplier which is a party to the contract shall submit the contract to the commission. The commission may disapprove the contract or an amendment to the contract if the commission determines within 60 days after the contract is received that the contract is not compensatory, is excessive or does not comply with that rate schedule. The commission shall give notice to any person, upon request, that such a contract has been received by the commission. The notice shall identify the service supplier and the county that have entered into the contract.
256.35(3)(j)
(j) A service supplier providing telephone service in a county, upon request of that county, shall provide the county information on its capability and an estimate of its costs to install and maintain trunking and central office equipment to operate a basic or sophisticated system in that county and the database required to operate a sophisticated system.
256.35(3m)(a)3.
3. “Federal wireless orders" means the orders of the federal communications commission regarding 911 emergency services for wireless telephone users in FCC docket no. 94-102.
256.35(3m)(a)4.
4. “Local government" means a city, village, town, or county, or an entity formed by a contract under
s. 66.0301 (2) by a city, village, town, or county.
256.35(3m)(a)5.
5. “Reimbursement period" means the period beginning on September 3, 2003, and ending on the last day of the 3-year period beginning on the first day of the 2nd month beginning after the effective date of the rules promulgated under
par. (f) 1.
256.35(3m)(a)6.
6. “Wireless provider" means a commercial mobile radio service provider that is subject to the federal wireless orders.