Both bills passed with bipartisan votes, although most Republicans voted against, with several expressing concern that the bills tie the surcharges to inflation.
would take the monthly 911 surcharge from the current $1.65 per phone line to $1.97 as of Jan. 1, 2024, and increase the charge to inflation in subsequent years until it sunsets at the end of 2029.
The hike is necessary to assist county 911 dispatch systems that are often struggling to upgrade and adapt to new technology, with many 911 networks still “operating off 1970s and 1980s technology,” said the bill’s prime sponsor, Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Philadelphia. County governments have said that – despite guarantees that surcharge revenues and other state and federal grants would shoulder the lion’s share of 911 costs – insufficient funding has meant that the counties’ share of 911 costs have crept up.
Several Republicans objected Wednesday to the idea of automatically increasing the surcharge with inflation by pegging it to the Consumer Price Index.
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