The AMBER Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
A fee or other charge that is added to the cost of a good or service. A surcharge is typically added to an existing tax, and may not be included in the stated price of a good or service. It may be a temporary measure to defray the cost of increased commodity pricing, such as with a fuel surcharge, or it may be permanent.
A surcharge appears as an additional charge on a ratepayerâs utility bill, above and. beyond the base rates, fuel surcharge and taxes. Some surcharges are a flat rate while. others fluctuate, either based on usage or changes in the surcharge rate.