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Senate Study Bill 3089

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  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 state as follows:
  1  7    1.  The total assessment shall be allocated one-half
  1  8 including but not limited to local exchange telephone
  1  9 utilities and one-half to the following telephone utilities:,
  1 10 wireless telephone service providers,
  1 11    a.  Interexchange interexchange carriers.,
  1 12    b.  Centralized centralized equal access providers.,
  1 13    c.  Alternative and 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 services under 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.
  1 26    5.  The local exchange telephone utilities shall not
  1 27 recover from intrastate access charges any portion of such the
  1 28 utilities assessment imposed under this section.  
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill amends Code chapter 477C, relating to dual party
  1 31 relay service.
  1 32    The bill amends Code section 477C.7, relating to the
  1 33 assessment of telephone utilities for the dual party relay
  1 34 service.  The bill eliminates the current percentage of
  1 35 assessment allocated to certain types of telephone utilities,
  2  1 adds wireless telephone service providers to the list of
  2  2 telephone utilities subject to assessment for dual party relay
  2  3 service, and adds that the assessment shall also be levied on
  2  4 revenues from all intrastate unregulated services.  
  2  5 LSB 5760DP 79
  2  6 jj/hk/91.1
     

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