Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Title 291 - NEBRASKA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 10 - NEBRASKA UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND RULES AND REGULATIONS › Section 291-10-002 - COLLECTION OF THE NUSF SURCHARGE

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01
Assessable
				Revenue
:
The NUSF surcharge shall be assessed on all end-user
				  telecommunications provided in Nebraska intrastate commerce. Telecommunications
				  companies shall collect and remit the NUSF surcharge.
002.01A The NUSF surcharge shall be assessed
				on telecommunications in accordance with Commission rules and regulations and
				Commission orders.
002.01B Specific
				Categories of Telecommunications Service subject to the NUSF Surcharge
002.01B1
Local Exchange
				Service
002.01B1a Charges for
				monthly service, local calling, extended area service or its functional
				equivalent, connection charges, vertical features and other local exchange
				service.
002.01B1b Charges for
				local private line and special access service.
002.01B1c Other local exchange service
				revenues not explicitly excluded in Rule
				002.01D.
002.01B2
Commercial
				Mobile Services and Wireless Telecommunications Services
002.01B2a Monthly service and activation
				charges.
002.01B2b Message charges
				including roaming, but excluding toll charges.
002.01B2c All other commercial mobile service
				revenues not explicitly excluded in Rule
				002.01D.
002.01B2d Prepaid wireless activation charges
				and sales (including sales to customers and non-carrier distributors) reported
				at face value of cards.
002.01B3
Interexchange
				Services
002.01B3a Prepaid
				calling card {including card sales to customers and non-carrier distributors)
				reported at face value of cards,
002.01B3b Operator and toll calls with
				alternative billing arrangements {credit card, collect, call-back,
				etc).
002.01B3c Ordinary
				interexchange (direct dialed MTS, customer toll-free 800/888 service, " 10-10 "
				calls, associated monthly account maintenance, etc).
002.01B3d Interexchange private line
				services.
002.01B3e All other
				interexchange services not explicitly excluded in Rule
				002.01D.
002.01B4
Interconnected Voice Over the Internet Protocol
				Services
002.01B4a Charges for
				monthly service and activation. Charges for vertical features if charged
				separately or bundled.
002.01B5
Radio Paging
				Services
002.01B5a Monthly
				service and activation charges.
002.01B5b Message charges including
				roaming.
002.01B5c All other radio
				paging service not explicitly excluded in Rule
				002.01D.
002.01C
Hotels, Motels and Other Entities
002.01C1 The NUSF surcharge shall be assessed
				on charges made to hotels, motels and other entities for telecommunications
				services that may be re-billed by the user to another party.
002. 01D
Other
				Services
:
002.01D1
Interstate Telecommunications, Charges and Surcharges
:
				The NUSF surcharge shall not apply on the interstate portion of
				telecommunications. When the intrastate portion of telecommunications cannot be
				determined or if such determination would result in an undue administrative
				burden, a telecommunications company may request that the Commission approve an
				allocation factor to determine the intrastate portion of the service or the
				Commission may adopt a relevant Federal Communications Commission safe harbor
				provision.
002.01D1a
Joint Use
				Services
: In cases where a charge is made for both intrastate and
				interstate telecommunications service, and the interstate telecommunications
				service is not charged separately or cannot be readily determined, the NUSF
				surcharge shall apply to the total charge, except as provided in Rule
				002.01D1b.
002.01D1b
Allocation
				Factor
: When the intrastate portion of a joint use service charge
				cannot be determined or if such determination would result in an undue
				administrative burden, a telecommunications company may request that the
				Commission approve an allocation factor to determine the intrastate portion of
				the service or may adopt any relevant Federal Communications Commission safe
				harbor provisions.
002.01D2
Federal Charges and
				Surcharges
: The NUSF surcharge shall not be assessed on Federal
				Subscriber Line Charges (SLC), Primary Interexchange Carrier Charges (PICC),
				Number Portability Surcharges, and similar federal charges and
				surcharges.
002.01D3
Pay Telephone Coin Revenue
: The NUSF surcharge shall
				not be assessed on coin services provided from pay telephones.
002.01D4
Intermediate
				Services
: The NUSF surcharge shall not be assessed on intermediate
				telecommunications services, such as access service, that are provided by one
				telecommunications company to another as long as the company receiving such
				service collects the NUSF surcharge from the retail services that it provides
				to its users through the use of the intermediate service.
002.01D5
Taxes and
				Surcharges
: The NUSF surcharge shall not be assessed on local,
				state, or federal taxes, 911 surcharges, telecommunication relay service
				surcharges, or similar taxes or surcharges.