Text: HF02489 Text: HF02491 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section. 1. Section 477C.7, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 477C.7 FUNDING. 1 4 1. The board shall impose an annual assessment to fund the 1 5 programs upon all telephone utilities providing service in the 1 6 stateas follows:1 71. The total assessment shall be allocated one-half1 8 including but not limited to local exchange telephone 1 9 utilitiesand one-half to the following telephone utilities:, 1 10 wireless telephone service providers, 1 11a. Interexchangeinterexchange carriers., 1 12b. Centralizedcentralized equal access providers., 1 13c. Alternativeand alternative operator services 1 14 companies. 1 15 2. The assessment shall be levied upon revenues from all 1 16 intrastate regulated, deregulated, unregulated, and exempt 1 17 telephone servicesunder sections 476.1 and 476.1D. 1 18 3. The telephone utilities shall remit the assessed 1 19 amounts quarterly to a special fund, as defined under section 1 20 8.2, subsection 9. The moneys in the fund are appropriated 1 21 solely to plan, establish, administer, and promote the relay 1 22 service and equipment distribution programs. 1 23 4. The telephone utilities subject to assessment shall 1 24 provide the information requested by the board necessary for 1 25 implementation of the assessment. Revenue information 1 26 provided to the board pursuant to this subsection shall be 1 27 held confidential pursuant to section 22.7, subsections 3 and 1 28 6. 1 29 5. The local exchange telephone utilities shall not 1 30 recover from intrastate access charges any portion ofsuchthe 1 31 utilities assessment imposed under this section. 1 32 EXPLANATION 1 33 This bill amends Code chapter 477C, relating to dual party 1 34 relay service. 1 35 The bill amends Code section 477C.7, relating to the 2 1 assessment of telephone utilities for the dual party relay 2 2 service. The bill eliminates the current percentage of 2 3 assessment allocated to certain types of telephone utilities, 2 4 adds wireless telephone service providers to the list of 2 5 telephone utilities subject to assessment for dual party relay 2 6 service, and adds that the assessment shall also be levied on 2 7 revenues from all intrastate unregulated services. Revenue 2 8 information provided to the utilities board by telephone 2 9 utilities shall remain confidential. 2 10 LSB 5760HV 79 2 11 jj/hk/91
Text: HF02489 Text: HF02491 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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