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278.5499 Funding mechanism for Telecommunications Access Program.
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The Public Service Commission shall determine the appropriate funding
mechanism for the Telecommunications Access Program established pursuant
to KRS 163.525. The funding mechanism shall be designed to collect
reasonably necessary funds, not to exceed two cents ($0.02) per access line
per month, from subscribers of telecommunication utilities. The
telecommunications industry shall not be required to absorb the cost of funding
the Telecommunications Access Program.
The Public Service Commission shall distribute the funds collected from this
funding mechanism to the Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for the
purpose of implementing and operating the Telecommunications Access
Program. The secretary of the cabinet to which the Commission on the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing is attached by statute or executive order shall establish
oversight conditions with the Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to
ensure the funds are being used solely for the purposes consistent with this
section and KRS 163.525.
The Public Service Commission, with the advice of the Commission on the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing, shall initiate an investigation, conduct public
hearings, and determine the appropriate funding mechanism for the
Telecommunications Access Program no later than January 1, 1995. As part of
this determination, the commission may review the funding mechanism for the
telecommunications relay service pursuant to KRS 278.549. The commission
shall consider whether a telecommunications utility experiences a competitive
disadvantage resulting from the funding mechanism when compared to other
telecommunication utilities.
Effective:June 4, 2010
History: Amended 2010 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 10, effective June 4,
2010. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 4, effective July 1, 2006. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 237, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1994.
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