Link to April 21 Capital Times article, "Cell phone users might not see promised rebates".
You'll have to look elsewhere for that extra Abe.
Excerpt: The Democratic-controlled committee decided to give local governments $20 million that was supposed to be sent back to cell phone users in $5 checks. Instead, local governments would get the money as Doyle proposed to help them pay for services such as police and fire protection and to keep down property taxes.
The committee also approved imposing a new fee of up to 75 cents starting Oct. 1 on users of cell phones and other devices that can call 911 in order to pay for those services. The roughly $50 million raised a year would go to pay for staffing and equipping 911 service centers across the state.
Also approved was a new fee on all phone users to pay for six new positions with the state agency that investigates complaints against telephone companies.
See Legislative Fiscal Bureau Paper 665 for background.
If any legislator broached the issue of using the Universal Service Fund to pay for all statewide library services in 2009-2011, it's not indicated in this article.
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