§ 441-5. Collection of surcharge.

A. 

The appropriate service supplier or suppliers serving a 911 service area shall act as collection agent for Suffolk County and shall remit the funds collected as the surcharge to the Suffolk County Police Department each month. Such funds shall be remitted no later than 30 days after the last business day of such period.

B. 

The service supplier shall be entitled to retain as an administrative fee an amount equal to 2% of its collections of the surcharge.

C. 

The surcharge required to be collected by the service supplier shall be added to and stated separately in its billings to the customer.

D. 

Each service supplier shall maintain adequate records to permit the review of the surcharge amounts billed and collected and shall annually provide to the Suffolk County Comptroller an accounting of the surcharge amounts billed and collected within 45 days of the end of the service provider’s fiscal year.

Amended 12-3-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2014