Florida Administrative Code › 25 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › 25 - Departmental › Chapter 25-4 - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Part II - RECORDS AND REPORTS › Subpart A › Section 25-4.0161 - Regulatory Assessment Fees; Telecommunications Companies

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) For the purposes of this rule and except
					 for pay telephone service providers, all incumbent local exchange companies,
					 shared tenant service providers, alternative access vendors, and competitive
					 local exchange companies that hold an active certificate of public convenience
					 and necessity that was obtained prior to July 1, 2011, and all
					 telecommunications companies that hold an active certificate of authority
					 obtained after July 1, 2011, are defined as local telephone service providers.
					 Companies classified as pay telephone service providers are those companies
					 that hold an active pay telephone certificate of public convenience and
					 necessity that was obtained prior to July 1, 2011, and those companies that
					 hold an active pay telephone certificate of authority obtained after July 1,
					 2011.
(2)
(a) For the interim period January 1, 2011
					 through December 31, 2011, as applicable and as provided in Sections
					  350.113 and
					  364.336, F.S., each company
					 shall remit a fee based upon its gross operating revenue as provided below.
					 Each company that has paid by August 15, 2011, regulatory assessment fees for
					 the period January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, shall pay a regulatory
					 assessment fee in the amount of 0.0016 of its gross operating revenues derived
					 from intrastate business during the period July 1, 2011 through December 31,
					 2011. Each company that has not paid any regulatory assessment fees for the
					 period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, shall pay a regulatory
					 assessment fee in the amount of 0.0018 of its gross operating revenues derived
					 from intrastate business. The minimum regulatory assessment fees provided in
					 paragraph (2)(b) shall apply and shall be filed in accordance with the
					 schedules provided in subsections (3) and (4). For the purpose of determining
					 this fee, each telecommunications company shall deduct from gross operating
					 revenues any amount paid to another telecommunications company for the use of
					 any telecommunications network to provide service to its customers.
(b) Effective January 1, 2012, as applicable
					 and as provided in Sections
					  350.113 and
					  364.336, F.S., each company
					 shall remit a fee based upon its gross operating revenue as provided below.
					 This fee shall be referred to as a regulatory assessment fee, and each company
					 shall pay a regulatory assessment fee in the amount of 0.0016 of its gross
					 operating revenues derived from intrastate business. For the purpose of
					 determining this fee, each telecommunications company shall deduct from gross
					 operating revenues any amount paid to another telecommunications company for
					 the use of any telecommunications network to provide service to its customers.
					 Regardless of the gross operating revenue of a company, a minimum annual
					 regulatory assessment fee shall be imposed as follows:
1. Local Telephone Service Provider - $600;
					 and
2. Pay Telephone Service
					 Provider - $100.