Sec. 36.721  Telephone company eligibility for lifeline connection 
          assistance expense allocation.

    (a) In order to be entitled to the additional interstate expense 
adjustment described in this subpart a telephone company:
    (1) Must provide Lifeline Connection Assistance as defined in 
Sec. 36.711 (a)(1) and/or (a)(2) to eligible subscribers as defined in 
Sec. 36.711 (b) or (c);
    (2) Shall verify that subscribers meet the eligibility criteria set 
out in Sec. 36.711(b) or (c) provided that:
    (i) Verification of subscriber eligibility by designated State 
officials may be substituted for verification by the telephone company;
    (ii) If the eligibility criterion in Sec. 36.711(b)(1) is verified, 
then the criteria in Sec. 36.711(c) shall not apply;
    (iii) If the eligibility criterion in Sec. 36.711(b)(1) is self-
certified, then the eligibility criteria in Sec. 36.711(c)(1) and (c)(2) 
shall apply and must be verified;
    (iv) In all cases, the eligibility criterion in Sec. 36.711(b)(2) 
may be self-certified.
    (3) Shall file information with the Commission Secretary 
demonstrating that it is eligible for the additional interstate expense 
adjustment.
    (4) Shall file information with the Commission Secretary 
demonstrating that it is eligible for the additional interstate expense 
adjustment.
    (b) The additional interstate expense adjustment shall be effective 
as soon as the Commission certifies that the State or local telephone 
company is eligible for the additional interstate expense adjustment, 
the local exchange company files the data required by Sec. 36.731 with 
the National Exchange Carrier Association, and the relevant tariff 
provisions become effective.
[ 52 FR 17229 , May 6, 1987, as amended at  54 FR 16111 , Apr. 21, 1989]

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