3 AAC 51.030 - Requirements of telecommunications relay service provider

(a) Following the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide TRS in this state, the provider shall file a tariff that incorporates the terms and conditions specified in its application. The TRS provider shall serve in conformance with its tariff until service expires under the terms of the certificate or until the commission decides otherwise. The TRS provider shall file with the commission, in accordance with 3 AAC 48.095, a monthly report that includes the following information:
(1) the TRS surcharges assessed and the total amount of TRS revenue collected based on the number of voice lines reported by telecommunications carriers under 3 AAC 51.040(k)(l); the report must specify the surplus revenue account balance;
(2) the number of calls processed; the report must specify TRS traffic by number of calls and minutes of use and each category must be further disaggregated by jurisdiction and type of call; for the purpose of this paragraph, "jurisdiction" includes local, intrastate toll, and interstate toll;
(3) the quality of service offered to customers; the report must, how conformance with federal speed-of-answer and call-blocking standards specified in 47 C.F.R. 64.604(b)(2).
(b) On or before March 1 of each year, the TRS provider shall file a new proposed outreach and education program budget for the following fiscal year along with a report of its actual expenses for the preceding fiscal year.
(c) The TRS provider shall enter into an escrow arrangement or post a bond with the commission in accordance with the terms and amount specified by the commission in its order v issued under 3 AAC 51.020.

Notes

3 AAC 51.030
Eff. 12/2/92, Register 124; am 2/23/2001, Register 157; am 11/6/2016, Register 220, January 2017; am 11/22/2017, Register 224, January 2018; am 5/16/2020, Register 234, July 2020

Authority:AS 42.05.141

AS 42.05.151

AS 42.05.296

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