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23-17-418. Arkansas High Cost Fund — Programs — Assessments — Funding.
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23-17-418. Arkansas High Cost Fund — Programs — Assessments — Funding.
(a) The Arkansas High Cost Fund administrator shall:
(1) On March 19, 2013, begin making assessments to ensure proper funding to program participants; and
(2) Ninety (90) days after March 19, 2013, begin making distributions to eligible participants.
(b)(1) On the first day of the calendar quarter after March 19, 2013, the administrator shall use previous calculations of the annual determination and recalculate the support for all participants in the fund based on the revised cap.
(2) The difference between the recalculation and the current administrator's determination shall be known as the “transitional funding cap”.
(3) The transitional funding cap shall be transitioned from being unfunded to funded.
(4) If the effective date of payment of any part of the transitional funding cap occurs on a date that is not the beginning of a calendar year, the partial calendar year shall be prorated for the purpose of payment of the transitional funding cap for the remainder of the calendar year.
(c) Annually beginning January 1, 2014, the administrator shall determine the fund support during the annual determination process as described in § 23-17-404(e)(4)(C)(ii)(a) and pay the fund's eligible telecommunications carrier participants.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-418
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23-17-418. Arkansas High Cost Fund — Programs — Assessments — Funding.
(a) The Arkansas High Cost Fund administrator shall:
(1) On March 19, 2013, begin making assessments to ensure proper funding to program participants; and
(2) Ninety (90) days after March 19, 2013, begin making distributions to eligible participants.
(b)(1) On the first day of the calendar quarter after March 19, 2013, the administrator shall use previous calculations of the annual determination and recalculate the support for all participants in the fund based on the revised cap.
(2) The difference between the recalculation and the current administrator's determination shall be known as the “transitional funding cap”.
(3) The transitional funding cap shall be transitioned from being unfunded to funded.
(4) If the effective date of payment of any part of the transitional funding cap occurs on a date that is not the beginning of a calendar year, the partial calendar year shall be prorated for the purpose of payment of the transitional funding cap for the remainder of the calendar year.
(c) Annually beginning January 1, 2014, the administrator shall determine the fund support during the annual determination process as described in § 23-17-404(e)(4)(C)(ii)(a) and pay the fund's eligible telecommunications carrier participants.
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23-17-404. Preservation and promotion of universal service.
(a)(1) The Arkansas High Cost Fund (AHCF) is established by this section in order to promote and assure the availability of universal service at rates that are reasonable and affordable and to provide for reasonably comparable services and rates between rural and urban areas.
(2) The AHCF shall provide funding to an eligible telecommunications carrier that provides basic local exchange services and other supported services using its own facilities or a combination of its own facilities and another carrier's facilities by the eligible telecommunications carrier within its study area.
(3) The AHCF shall be designed to provide predictable, sufficient, and sustainable funding to eligible telecommunications carriers serving rural or high-cost areas of the state.
(4) The AHCF shall also be used to accelerate and promote the incremental extension and expansion of broadband services and other advanced services in rural or high-cost areas of the state beyond what would normally occur and support the Lifeline Assistance Program to eligible low-income customers.
(b)(1) The AHCF is to provide a mechanism to restructure the present system of telecommunication service rates in the state as provided herein, and all telecommunications providers, except as prohibited by federal law, shall be charged for the direct and indirect value inherent in the obtaining and preserving of reasonable and comparable access to telecommunications services in the rural or high-cost areas. The value and utility of access to and interconnection with the public switched network will be lessened if the rural or high-cost areas do not have comparable access and subscribership.
(2)(A)(i) This AHCF charge for all telecommunications provider
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-404
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