Sec.  54.801   General.

   (a)  The total amount of universal service support under this subpart,
   excluding administrative expenses, for areas served by price cap local
   exchange carriers as of June 30, 2000, is targeted to be $650 million per
   year, if no exchanges, other than those offered for sale prior to January 1,
   2000, are sold to non-price-cap local exchange carriers or purchased from
   non-price cap local exchange carriers by price cap local exchange carriers.

   (b) In the event that all or a portion of a study area served by a price cap
   local exchange carrier is sold to an entity other than a price cap local
   exchange carrier, and the study area or portion thereof was not offered for
   sale prior to January 1, 2000, then the support that would otherwise be
   provided under this subpart, had such study area or portion thereof not been
   sold, will not be distributed or collected. Subsequent calculations will use
   the last reported data for the study area or portion thereof that was sold
   to determine the amount that will not be distributed or collected.

   (c) In the event that a price cap local exchange carrier acquires additional
   exchanges, from an entity other than a price cap local exchange carrier,
   that acquisition should be reported to the Administrator pursuant to  Sec. 54.802
   and included in the determination of study area support pursuant to  Sec. 54.806
   for the areas served by the acquiring price cap LEC, beginning with the next
   support recalculation pursuant to  Sec. 54.808.

   (d) In the event that a price cap local exchange carrier acquires additional
   exchanges from an entity that is also a price cap local exchange carrier,
   the acquiring price cap local exchange carrier will receive support under
   this subpart at the same level as the selling price cap local exchange
   carrier formerly received, and both carriers will adjust their line counts
   accordingly beginning with the next quarterly report to the Administrator.
   At the subsequent report to the Administrator for purposes of recalculating
   support as required by  Sec. 54.808, the acquiring and selling price cap local
   exchange carriers will reflect the acquired and sold lines, and will adjust
   the  Average  CMT  Revenue per Line month for the affected study areas
   accordingly.

   (e) The Administrator for the fund created by this subpart shall be the
   Universal Service Administrative Company.

   [ 65 FR 38690 , June 21, 2000;  65 FR 57739 , Sept. 26, 2000]