NAC704.680478. Request for disbursement from fund to eligible telecommunications carrier for reimbursement of costs of providing discount in rate for Lifeline service.

     1. A provider of telecommunication service who is designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier may file directly with the Administrator a request for a disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for reimbursement of the costs of providing a discount in the rate for Lifeline service pursuant to NAC 704.680475. The amount of reimbursement requested per line per month must not exceed $3.50 or the difference between the amount of the Lifeline discount offered by the provider pursuant to NAC 704.680475 and the amount of federal universal service support available for the discount pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.403(a), whichever is less.

     2. An eligible telecommunications carrier may seek reimbursement from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for only $3.50 per line per month or the portion of the discount in the rate for Lifeline service for which federal universal service support is not available, whichever is less.

     3. Not later than 180 days before the beginning of the first period for which the eligible telecommunications carrier may seek reimbursement pursuant to this section, an eligible telecommunications carrier shall submit directly to the Administrator a report which provides:

     (a) An estimate of the amount of the reimbursement the eligible telecommunications carrier expects to request for the forecasted calendar year;

     (b) The expected number of subscribers to the Lifeline service of the eligible telecommunications carrier for each month of the forecasted calendar year; and

     (c) The amount of the Lifeline discount per line per month.

     4. An eligible telecommunications carrier must file directly with the Administrator, not later than 30 days after the close of each calendar quarter, a request for a disbursement from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service in the amount of $3.50 per line per month or the difference between the total amount of the Lifeline discount provided by the eligible telecommunications carrier and the total amount of federal universal service support available to the eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.403(a), whichever is less. The request must include a statement of:

     (a) The average number of subscribers to the Lifeline service provided by the eligible telecommunications carrier in each full month of the quarter;

     (b) The amount of the Lifeline discount per line per month; and

     (c) The amount of the reimbursement per line per month that the eligible telecommunications carrier will seek beginning with the quarter following the quarter for which the request was filed.

     5. An eligible telecommunications carrier may not seek reimbursement from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for a Lifeline discount if the customer who subscribes to Lifeline service and who is not an eligible resident of tribal lands is charged a rate of less than $3.50 per line per month for basic network service or basic network service provided by an alternative technology pursuant to NRS 704.68881.

     6. The Administrator shall disburse quarterly to eligible telecommunications carriers that satisfy the requirements of this section the reimbursement from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for the cost of providing a Lifeline discount. The reimbursement to each eligible telecommunications carrier must not exceed $3.50 per line per month.

     7. This section applies only to the request of an eligible telecommunications carrier for a disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service to reimburse the eligible telecommunications carrier for the cost of providing a Lifeline discount.

     8. As used in this section, “eligible resident of tribal lands” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.400.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R009-98, 4-17-98; R006-09, 10-27-2009; R087-09, 1-28-2010)