Goto Section: 54.708 | 54.711 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.709
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 54.709 Computations of required contributions to universal service support
mechanisms.
(a) Prior to April 1, 2003, contributions to the universal service support
mechanisms shall be based on contributors' end-user telecommunications
revenues and on a contribution factor determined quarterly by the
Commission. Contributions to the mechanisms beginning April 1, 2003 shall be
based on contributors' projected collected end-user telecommunications
revenues, and on a contribution factor determined quarterly by the
Commission.
(1) For funding the federal universal service support mechanisms prior to
April 1, 2003, the subject revenues will be contributors' interstate and
international revenues derived from domestic end users for
telecommunications or telecommunications services, net of prior period
actual contributions. Beginning April 1, 2003, the subject revenues will be
contributors' projected collected interstate and international revenues
derived from domestic end users for telecommunications or telecommunications
services, net of projected contributions.
(2) Prior to April 1, 2003, the quarterly universal service contribution
factor shall be determined by the Commission based on the ratio of total
projected quarterly expenses of the universal service support mechanisms to
the total end-user interstate and international telecommunications revenues,
net of prior period actual contributions. Beginning April 1, 2003, the
quarterly universal service contribution factor shall be determined by the
Commission based on the ratio of total projected quarterly expenses of the
universal service support mechanisms to the total projected collected
end-user interstate and international telecommunications revenues, net of
projected contributions. The Commission shall approve the Administrator's
quarterly projected costs of the universal service support mechanisms,
taking into account demand for support and administrative expenses. The
total subject revenues shall be compiled by the Administrator based on
information contained in the Telecommunications Reporting Worksheets
described in Sec. 54.711(a).
(3) Total projected expenses for the federal universal service support
mechanisms for each quarter must be approved by the Commission before they
are used to calculate the quarterly contribution factor and individual
contributions. For each quarter, the Administrator must submit its
projections of demand for the federal universal service support mechanisms
for high-cost areas, low-income consumers, schools and libraries, and rural
health care providers, respectively, and the basis for those projections, to
the Commission and the Office of the Managing Director at least sixty (60)
calendar days prior to the start of that quarter. For each quarter, the
Administrator must submit its projections of administrative expenses for the
high-cost mechanism, the low-income mechanism, the schools and libraries
mechanism and the rural health care mechanism and the basis for those
projections to the Commission and the Office of the Managing Director at
least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the start of that quarter. Based on
data submitted to the Administrator on the Telecommunications Reporting
Worksheets, the Administrator must submit the total contribution base to the
Office of the Managing Director at least thirty (30) days before the start
of each quarter. The projections of demand and administrative expenses and
the contribution factor shall be announced by the Commission in a public
notice and shall be made available on the Commission's website. The
Commission reserves the right to set projections of demand and
administrative expenses at amounts that the Commission determines will serve
the public interest at any time within the fourteen-day period following
release of the Commission's public notice. If the Commission take no action
within fourteen (14) days of the date of release of the public notice
announcing the projections of demand and administrative expenses, the
projections of demand and administrative expenses, and the contribution
factor shall be deemed approved by the Commission. Except as provided in
Sec. 54.706(c), the Administrator shall apply the quarterly contribution factor,
once approved by the Commission, to contributor's interstate and
international end-user telecommunications revenues to calculate the amount
of individual contributions.
(b) If the contributions received by the Administrator in a quarter exceed
the amount of universal service support program contributions and
administrative costs for that quarter, the excess payments will be carried
forward to the following quarter. The contribution factors for the following
quarter will take into consideration the projected costs of the support
mechanisms for that quarter and the excess contributions carried over from
the previous quarter.
(c) If the contributions received by the Administrator in a quarter are
inadequate to meet the amount of universal service support program payments
and administrative costs for that quarter, the Administrator shall request
authority from the Commission to borrow funds commercially, with such debt
secured by future contributions. Subsequent contribution factors will take
into consideration the projected costs of the support mechanisms and the
additional costs associated with borrowing funds.
(d) If a contributor fails to file a Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet
by the date on which it is due, the Administrator shall bill that
contributor based on whatever relevant data the Administrator has available,
including, but not limited to, the number of lines presubscribed to the
contributor and data from previous years, taking into consideration any
estimated changes in such data.
[ 62 FR 41305 , Aug. 1, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 65038 , Dec. 10, 1997; 63 FR 2132 , Jan. 13, 1998; 63 FR 43098 , Aug. 12, 1998; 63 FR 70576 , Dec. 21, 1998;
64 FR 41331 , July 30, 1999; 64 FR 60358 , Nov. 5, 1999; 66 FR 16151 , Mar. 23,
2001; 67 FR 11260 , Mar. 13, 2002; 67 FR 13227 , Mar. 21, 2002; 67 FR 79533 ,
Dec. 30, 2002; 68 FR 38642 , June 30, 2003; 71 FR 38267 , July 6, 2006]
Goto Section: 54.708 | 54.711
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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