Legal Opinion
Maryland Attorney General Opinion 99OAG208
Maryland Attorney General Reports
Decided December 5, 2014No. 99OAG208Published
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208 [99 Op. Att’y PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE – WHETHER RECIPIENTS OF FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED CELLPHONE SERVICE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY 9-1-1 FEE December 5, 2014 The Honorable James E. DeGrange, Sr. The Senate of Maryland You have asked whether low-income individuals who receive a free cellphone and a monthly allotment of free minutes from a prepaid wireless company through the federal government’s Lifeline program (“prepaid Lifeline participants”) must pay the fees that fund Maryland’s 9-1-1 system. There are two kinds of 9-1-1 fees. The first is a fee of up to $1.00 per month on “subscribers”…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Marriott Employees Federal Credit Union v. Motor Vehicle AdministrationCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- Mayor of Baltimore v. ChaseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Mayor and Council of Rockville v. Rylyns Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
- TracFone Wireless, Inc. v. Department of RevenueWashington Supreme Court · 2010
- Tracfone Wireless, Inc. and Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. v. Commission on State Emergency CommunicationsTexas Supreme Court · 2013
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