1. The board 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.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 477C.7

  • Board: means the utilities board within the department of commerce created in section 474. See Iowa Code 477C.2
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • relay service: means a communication service which provides persons with communication disorders access to the telephone system functionally equivalent to the access available to persons without communication disorders. See Iowa Code 477C.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The entities subject to assessment shall remit the assessed amounts, as determined by the board, 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.
 3. The entities subject to assessment shall provide the information requested by the board necessary for implementation of the assessment.
 4. Wire-line local exchange carriers shall not recover from intrastate access charges any portion of such assessment imposed under this section.
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