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23-17-303. Definitions.
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23-17-303. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Public Service Commission;
(2) “Interexchange carriers” includes persons, corporations, or other organizations which provide communications services which interconnect with local exchanges under provisions of the interstate and intrastate access charges tariffs and may include such other persons, corporations, or organizations engaged in interexchange communication services as the commission may find necessary for the successful administration of the fund established in § 23-17-304;
(3) “Interexchange communication services” means all services whereby interexchange carriers transmit voice, data, or other messages within Arkansas, whether or not the transmission is at any point on the facilities of a local exchange carrier; and
(4) “Local exchange carriers” means persons, corporations, or other organizations which provide local exchange telephone service as defined by the commission.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-303
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23-17-303. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Public Service Commission;
(2) “Interexchange carriers” includes persons, corporations, or other organizations which provide communications services which interconnect with local exchanges under provisions of the interstate and intrastate access charges tariffs and may include such other persons, corporations, or organizations engaged in interexchange communication services as the commission may find necessary for the successful administration of the fund established in § 23-17-304;
(3) “Interexchange communication services” means all services whereby interexchange carriers transmit voice, data, or other messages within Arkansas, whether or not the transmission is at any point on the facilities of a local exchange carrier; and
(4) “Local exchange carriers” means persons, corporations, or other organizations which provide local exchange telephone service as defined by the commission.
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23-17-304. Universal Telephone Service Fund created — Contents.
(a) There is created the Universal Telephone Service Fund to be established by assessing upon all interexchange carriers operating in this state a charge on interexchange communication services based on usage, revenue, volume, or other appropriate factors.
(b)(1) The amount of the charge shall be determined by the Arkansas Public Service Commission after notice and hearing.
(2) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall coordinate the development of the structure and level of the charge, as well as the support to be provided through the Universal Telephone Service Fund, with the interstate Universal Service Fund or similar arrangement established by the Federal Communications Commission so that the Universal Telephone Service Fund is not administered inconsistently with the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund or similar arrangements.
(c) The amounts shall be remitted to the Arkansas Public Service Commission under such reasonable rules as the Arkansas Public Service Commission may prescribe and shall be deposited by the Arkansas Public Service Commission into an account, separate from all other funds, designated as the “Universal Telephone Service Fund”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-304
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