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Iowa Code § 477C.7

Funding

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Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
1. The board shall impose an annual assessment to fund the programs described in this chapter upon all telecommunications carriers providing service in the state.
1. The utilities commission shall impose an assessment to fund the programs described in this chapter upon all wireless carriers and wire-line local exchange carriers providing telecommunications service in the state in the amount of three cents per month for each telecommunications service phone number provided in this state.
2. The total assessment shall be allocated as follows:
a. Wireless communications service providers shall be assessed three cents per month for each wireless communications service number provided in this state.
b. (1) The remainder of the assessment shall be allocated one-half to local exchange telephone utilities and one-half to the following:
(a) Interexchange carriers.
(b) Centralized equal access providers.
(c) Alternative operator services companies.
(2) The assessment shall be allocated proportionally based upon revenues from all intrastate regulated, deregulated, and exempt telephone services under sections 476.1 and 476.1D.
3. The telecommunications carriers shall remit the assessed amounts quarterly to a special fund, as defined under section 8.2, subsection 9. The moneys in the fund are appropriated solely to plan, establish, administer, and promote the relay service and equipment distribution programs.
2. The entities subject to assessment shall remit the assessed amounts, as determined by the utilities commission, to a special revenue fund, as defined under section 8.2. The moneys in the fund are appropriated solely to plan, establish, administer, and promote the relay service and equipment distribution programs.
4. The telecommunications carriers subject to assessment shall provide the information requested by the board necessary for implementation of the assessment.
3. The entities subject to assessment shall provide the information requested by the utilities commission necessary for implementation of the assessment.
5. The local exchange telephone utilities shall not recover from intrastate access charges any portion of such utilities assessment imposed under this section.
4. Wire-line local exchange carriers shall not recover from intrastate access charges any portion of such assessment imposed under this section.
91 Acts, ch 194, §7; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §99; 2005 Acts, ch 17, §1
91 Acts, ch 194, §7; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §99; 2005 Acts, ch 17, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §23; 2021 Acts, ch 75, §7; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §180
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