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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1988 ADDENDUM ORDINANCE NO. 88-7 ' IMPOSING A SPECIAL TAX ON CONSUMERS OF TELEPHONE SERVICE For An Enhanced (E911) Emergency Telephone System WHEREAS, the County of Henry and the City of Martinsville, both in the Commonwealth of Virginia, have agreed to establish an Enhanced E911 Emergency Telephone System, hereinafter referred to as E911, to serve the citizens of the two jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, Central Telephone Company of Virginia can--and will--provide central office equipment and service which will permit such a system to be established and maintained; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session held July 12, 1988, pursuant to Section 58.1-3813 of the CODE OF VIRGINIA (195'0, and as amended), as follows: There is hereby imposed a special tax on Martinsville consumers of telephone service in the amount of seventy-two cents (72¢) per month for each access line. Said special tax hereby imposed shall be first utilized solely for the initial capital, installation, and maintenance costs of the E911 Emergency Telephone System. This levy shall be reduced when the capital and installation costs have been fully recovered to the level necessary to offset recurring maintenance costs only. Said levy shall apply to all telephone service bills rendered on and after August i, 1988, but shall not apply to federal, state, or local government agencies. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that the following definitions, as set forth in cited Section 58.1-3813, are hereby adopted and incorporated into this ordinance: E911 System. A telephone service which utilizes a computerized system to automatically route emergency telephone calls placed by dialing the digits "911" to the proper public safety answering point serving the County of Henry and the City of Martinsville. The E911 system includes selective routing of telephone calls, automatic telephone identification, and automatic location identification performed by computers and other ancillary control center communications equipment.