NAC704.68044. Duties of Administrator of fund.

The Administrator shall:

     1. Conduct periodic audits of contributors to the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service to ensure that the correct payments are being remitted by persons providing intrastate telecommunication service or the functional equivalent of such service through any form of telephony technology, unless the levy and collection of an assessment with regard to a particular form of technology is prohibited by federal law.

     2. Verify the qualifications of an applicant who requests support from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service.

     3. Collect assessments from all persons providing intrastate telecommunication service or the functional equivalent of such service through any form of telephony technology, unless the levy and collection of an assessment with regard to a particular form of technology is prohibited by federal law and deposit that money into the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service.

     4. Disburse money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service to eligible telecommunications carriers who qualify for funding in accordance with NAC 704.6804 to 704.68056, inclusive, and with applicable orders of the Commission.

     5. Prepare a quarterly report of all activities of the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service, including:

     (a) The total quarterly and year-to-date payments into the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service from all persons who provide telecommunication service or the functional equivalent of such service through any form of telephony technology, unless the levy and collection of an assessment with regard to a particular form of technology is prohibited by federal law;

     (b) An itemization of all disbursements from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service to each qualified eligible telecommunications carrier; and

     (c) The results of any audits of contributors conducted pursuant to subsection 1.

     6. Prepare and submit a request to the Commission to collect money for and disburse money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service, which includes:

     (a) The estimated amount of money required to support the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for the following year; and

     (b) The percentage rate which must be applied to the intrastate retail revenues derived from telecommunication service of all of the providers of intrastate telecommunication service or the functional equivalent of such service through any form of telephony technology, unless the levy and collection of an assessment with regard to a particular form of technology is prohibited by federal law to raise the estimated amount of money required, as reported in paragraph (a).

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R187-05, 12-29-2005; R006-09, 10-27-2009; R087-09, 1-28-2010)