(1) A certificate
issued under this chapter is subject to automatic expiration if the reseller
fails to file the annual report required by s. PSC 168.12, and the fee required
under sub. (2) if the certificated reseller is not subject to assessment under
s.
PSC 168.09(2). The expiration of a certificate shall be effective June 1 of
the year in which the required report, or any fee required by this section, was
not filed by April 1, or such later date as may be ordered by the
commission.
(2) A reseller not
subject to assessment under s.
PSC 168.09(2) shall pay a fixed fee with the
filing of the annual report. The commission by order may determine the amount
of the fee and the permissible form or forms of payment. An annual report
received by the commission that is not accompanied by a required fee in the
proper amount or form of payment will not be considered a substantially
complete annual report filing for purposes of s. PSC 168.13(1) (a) and may be
returned.
Note The current fee is $100, payable in any check
form or by money order. Cash is not acceptable.
(3) A reseller issued its initial certificate
under s.
PSC 168.06 afterJanuary 1 and on or before April 1 shall
comply with this section commencing in the succeeding calendar year.
(4) Commencing upon December, 31, 1997,
existing certificates of authority that are held by any type of alternative
telecommunications utility and that authorize the holder to engage in any type
of resale of intrastate telecommunications services, shall be treated as
follows:
(a) Any alternative
telecommunications utility reseller holding an interim or final certificate of
authority from the commission remains authorized to conduct its
telecommunications business in this state under that certificate. Any interim
certificate, however, shall be deemed permanent and modified to authorize
resale of intrastate telecommunications services in compliance with this
chapter, including the provision for expiration of certification for failure to
comply with this section. This paragraph does not apply to make permanent any
certification that was originally granted on an interim basis on account of the
petitioner's fitness and does not modify or rescind any terms and conditions
imposed by the commission upon certifying under this chapter an alternative
telecommunications utility reseller that is affiliated with a
telecommunications utility authorized under s.
196.50(2),
Stats.
Note Under this paragraph resellers having interim
authorization to provide alternative operator services under commission docket
05-TI-116 now have permanent certification to provide those services in
accordance with this chapter. Any reseller that had interim certification
because of a fitness question still has interim certification, but is obliged
to comply with this chapter. Except for fitness limitations, all existing
alternative telecommunications utility (ATU) reseller certificates are deemed
modified to make the resale operations of such resellers uniformly subject to
this chapter, except where the certificate contains unique terms and conditions
on account of the ATU reseller's affiliation with a telecommunications utility.
This provision does not make permanent those interim terms and conditions
imposed on a certificate on account of a reseller's affiliation with a
telecommunications utility. Those interim terms and conditions are subject to
further investigation in docket 05-TI-138 or any related dockets dealing with
affiliate relationships.
(b) Any alternative telecommunications
utility other than a reseller certified under s.
196.01(1d) (c), Stats., retains interim or permanent
certification as provided in its certificate. Any authorization in the
certificate to resell intrastate telecommunications services shall be deemed
modified to incorporate by reference the duty to comply with this chapter,
except as modified or supplemented by the express terms of the certificate or
the provisions of any applicable commission order.
Notes
Wis. Admin. Code Public Service Commission
PSC 168.07
CR Register, November,
1997, No. 503, eff. 12-1-97.
Under this paragraph, radio common carriers authorized to
engage in resale must comply with this recreated ch. PSC 168. Competitive local
exchange carriers authorized to engage in resale comply with this chapter to
the extent provided by their certificates and any commission order specifying
differing obligations respecting resale in local exchange markets, as provided
in docket 05-TI-138.
