- 1. The board shall impose an assessment to fund the programs described in this chapter upon all wireless carriers and wire-line local exchange carriers providing telecommunications service in the state in the amount of three cents per month for each telecommunications service phone number provided in this state.
- 2. The entities subject to assessment shall remit the assessed amounts, as determined by the board, to a special fund, as defined under section 8.2, subsection 9. The moneys in the fund are appropriated solely to plan, establish, administer, and promote the relay service and equipment distribution programs.
- 3. The entities subject to assessment shall provide the information requested by the board necessary for implementation of the assessment.
- 4. Wire-line local exchange carriers shall not recover from intrastate access charges any portion of such assessment imposed under this section.
Subsection 2 amended
91 Acts, ch 194, §7; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §99; 2005 Acts, ch 17, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §23; 2021 Acts, ch 75, §7
Referred to in §476.95, 477C.5