N.M. Admin. Code § 17.11.11.11 - FUNDING OF LIFELINE AND LINKUP BENEFITS
A.
Reporting Requirements. All
ETCs seeking cost recovery shall submit to the commission a monthly report, on
or before the 15th day of each month, containing a
description of the ETC's lifeline and linkup benefits. The report shall contain
monthly information on:
(1) the foregone
revenue resulting from the discounts provided to lifeline customers;
(2) the amounts of administrative,
advertising, voucher and other lifeline and linkup expenses, including only
those administrative costs borne by the ETCs over and above what they have
expended in connection with their federal universal service duties;
(3) interest accrual amounts on lifeline and
linkup funds; and
(4) the number of
lifeline customers.
B.
Cost Recovery. The total cost of providing lifeline service,
including the administrative costs of the ETCs as provided at Paragraph (2) of
Subsection A of
17.11.11.11 NMAC, and the costs
incurred by the responsible agency, shall be recovered and funded from the
state rural universal service fund pursuant to 17.11.10 NMAC.
C.
ETC Payment. Within thirty
(30) days after review and audit of an ETC's monthly report, the administrator
of the state rural universal service fund shall disburse an amount equal to the
ETC's lifeline and linkup expenses as provided in this rule, plus lifeline
discounts up to $3.50 per lifeline subscriber.
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