HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1999.12.16 - 25691December 16, 1999
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 99345
By: Sue Ann Douglas, Commissioner, District #8
Fran Amos, Commissioner, District #5
Ron Colasanti, Commissioner, District #10
Dan Devine, Jr., Commissioner, District #14
Nancy Dingeldey, Commissioner, District #11
David N. Galloway, Commissioner, District #2
John P. Garfield, Commissioner, District #9
Donald W. Jensen, Commissioner, District #15
Thomas A. Law, Commissioner, District #13
John P. McCulloch, Commissioner, District #22
Frank H. Millard, Jr., Commissioner, District #4
David L. Moffitt, Commissioner, District #18
Lawrence A. Obrecht, Commissioner, District #3
Charles E. Palmer, Commissioner, District #16
William R. Patterson, Commissioner, District #1
Kay Schmid, Commissioner, District #17
Terry L. Sever, Commissioner, District #19
Shelley G. Taub, Commissioner, District #12
IN RE: RESOLUTION SUPPORTING REPEAL OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND/
SCHOOL/LIBRARY INTERNET CHARGE (A.K.A. THE AL GORE
INTERNET TAX)
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Federal Government taxes Oakland County residents
long distance telephone services at 3%; and
WHEREAS, in addition, the Federal Government taxes Oakland
County residents local telephone services at 3%; and
WHEREAS, in addition, the Federal Government imposes a
Universal Service Fund or School Library Internet Charge (a.k.a.
the Al Gore Internet Tax) on service providers, which charge is
passed along to Oakland County residents as telephone service
users; and
WHEREAS, in November 1999, the required contribution to the
Internet Tax Fund was increased, passed along to Oakland County
residents, and now amounts to as much as $1.38 per month; and
WHEREAS this ever-increasing Telephone Internet Tax,
absolutely unconnected to the provision of better
telecommunications services, makes it difficult for families,
seniors and others on fixed, limited income to support the far more
essential local 911 emergency services telecommunications system;
and
WHEREAS repealing the Federal Internet Tax would free up the
fifty-seven cents per month needed to support vital local E-911
services and result in an additional eighty-one cents per month
savings to residents.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners calls upon its federal legislative delegation to
repeal the Universal Service Fund or School Library Internet Charge
(a.k.a. the Al Gore Internet Tax) immediately.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is
directed to forward copies of this resolution to all of Michigan's
federal legislators.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing re ution.
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Resolution #99345 December 16, 1999
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.