§  69.131   Universal service end user charges.

   To the extent the company makes contributions to the Universal Service
   Support Mechanisms pursuant to § § 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
   § 69.153(d), and for Centrex lines, as per § 69.153(e).

   [ 66 FR 59732 , Nov. 30, 2001]