Sec.  69.131   Universal service end user charges.

   To the extent the company makes contributions to the Universal Service
   Support Mechanisms pursuant to  Sec.  Sec. 54.706 and 54.709 of this chapter and the
   non-price cap local exchange carrier seeks to recover some or all of the
   amount of such contribution, the non-price cap local exchange carrier shall
   recover  those  contributions through a charge to end users other than
   Lifeline users. The charge to recover these contributions is not part of any
   other element established pursuant to part 69. Such a charge may be assessed
   on a per-line basis or as a percentage of interstate retail revenues, and at
   the option of the local exchange carrier it may be combined for billing
   purposes with other end user retail rate elements. A non-price cap local
   exchange  carrier opting to assess the Universal Service end-user rate
   element on a per-line basis may apply that charge using the “equivalency”
   relationships established for the multi-line business PICC for Primary Rate
   ISDN service, as per  Sec. 69.153(d), and for Centrex lines, as per  Sec. 69.153(e).

   [ 66 FR 59732 , Nov. 30, 2001]

Subpart C—Computation of Charges for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers

   Source:    62 FR 31935 , June 11, 1997, unless otherwise noted.