R746.  Public Service Commission, Administration.

R746-360.  Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund.

R746-360-4.  Application of Fund Surcharges to Customer Billings.
	A.  Commencement of Surcharge Assessments -- Commencing June 1, 1998, end-user surcharges shall be the source of revenues to support the fund.  Surcharges will be applied to intrastate retail rates, and shall not apply to wholesale services.
	B.  Surcharge Based on a Uniform Percentage of Retail Rates -- The retail surcharge shall be a uniform percentage rate, determined and reviewed annually by the Commission and billed and collected by all retail providers.
	C.  Surcharge -- The surcharge to be assessed [shall equal]is as follows:
	1.  through September 30, 2016, 1 percent of billed intrastate retail rates; and
	2.  beginning October 1, 2016, 1.65 percent of billed intrastate retail rates.

KEY:  public utilities, telecommunications, universal service fund
Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment:  [July 8, 2015]
Notice of Continuation:  November 13, 2013
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law:  54-3-1; 54-4-1; 54-7-25; 54-7-26; [54-8b-12;] 54-8b-15