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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Performance Standards and Penalties to Encourage Competition and Discourage Discrimination › Section 704.680311 - Plan establishing auditing requirements: Request for approval; minimum requirements

Current through June 11,
				2024
A nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier must file with
				  the Commission a request for approval of a plan establishing auditing
				  requirements. At a minimum, a plan establishing auditing requirements must
				  include an identification of comprehensive procedures and cost-allocation
				  methods for an initial audit, annual audits and mini-audits.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R107-00, eff. 2-26-2001
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.6881
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Performance Standards and Penalties to Encourage Competition and Discourage Discrimination › Section 704.680313 - Plan establishing performance incentives

Current through
				June 11, 2024
A plan establishing performance incentives must:
1. Be specific in amount as it relates to
				applicable performance measures, and in an amount that reasonably encourages
				competitive conduct and discourages discriminatory conduct.
2. Be based on actual or statistical methods
				of measuring whether parity or a benchmark has been missed for a
				measure.
3. To the extent that
				financial payment is made to an affected competitive local exchange carrier,
				provide that any penalty paid as a part of that financial payment to the
				affected competitive local exchange carrier must be deducted, with interest,
				from any other award to that affected competitive local exchange carrier under
				any other judicial or administrative procedure for the same conduct in the same
				reporting period.
4. Be
				self-executing, subject to limited exceptions which must be specified in the
				plan.
5. Be subject to any other
				reasonable conditions or limitations approved by the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R107-00, eff. 2-26-2001
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.6881
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Performance Standards and Penalties to Encourage Competition and Discourage Discrimination › Section 704.680315 - Plan for system of penalties

Current through June 11,
				2024
In accordance with
				  NRS
				  704.6881, the Commission will conduct a
				  proceeding to determine for each nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier
				  subject to the provisions of NAC 704.6803 to 704.680315, inclusive, a
				  prescribed system of penalties for actions that are inconsistent with the
				  standards adopted in the plans of the nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier
				  approved by the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680303. A nonrural incumbent
				  local exchange carrier who has received an order from a competitive local
				  exchange carrier shall separately file the plan for its approved system of
				  penalties with the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R107-00, eff. 2-26-2001
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.6881
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.68035 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.68035 to 704.680365, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires:
1.
				"Complaint" means a complaint filed by one telecommunication provider against
				another telecommunication provider.
2. "Telecommunication provider" or "telephone
				company" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				704.027.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R107-00, eff. 2-26-2001; A by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.6882
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.680351 - Applicability

Current through June 11, 2024
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or chapter 703
				  of NAC to the contrary, NAC 704.68035 to 704.680365, inclusive, apply to
				  complaints made by a telecommunication provider against another
				  telecommunication provider for any dispute arising out of chapters 703 and 704
				  of NRS, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R107-00, eff. 2-26-2001; A by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.6882
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.680353 - Authority to file complaint; certification required

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				A telecommunication provider may file a complaint with the Commission to
				resolve any dispute with another telecommunication provider arising out of
				chapters 703 and 704 of NRS, and any regulations adopted pursuant
				thereto.
2. Before a
				telecommunication provider may file a complaint with the Commission against
				another telecommunication provider, the telecommunication provider shall
				attempt to resolve the complaint directly with the other telecommunication
				provider.
3. A complaint filed with
				the Commission by a telecommunication provider against another
				telecommunication provider must include certification by the complainant that:
(a) The parties to the complaint have met and
				conferred in an attempt to settle the matter, but were unable to resolve the
				matter; or
(b) The other party to
				the complaint has refused to meet with the complainant, including a description
				of the attempts made by the complainant to meet and confer with the other
				party.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.680355 - Contents and filing of complaint; protective agreement regarding discovery

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. In addition to
				the certification required by NAC 704.680353, a complaint filed by a
				telecommunication provider pursuant to NAC 704.68035 to 704.680365, inclusive,
				must:
(a) Contain a short and plain written
				statement of the claim showing that the complainant is entitled to
				relief;
(b) Include the facts,
				statutes, regulations, orders and tariffs that support each claim for relief in
				the complaint;
(c) Specify the
				relief requested, including any interim relief being requested;
(d) Include a certificate of service, made
				under penalty of perjury, that sets forth the method of service on the
				respondent and the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney
				General, in accordance with NAC 703.610 via same-day or overnight delivery,
				with a copy sent by electronic mail; and
(e) Include a summary of the complaint, in 25
				words or less, suitable for publication by the Commission.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.680357 - Answer

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A respondent to a complaint must serve its
				answer to the complaint within 7 calendar days after the date on which the
				complaint is filed with the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680353.
2. In its answer, a respondent shall:
(a) State, in short and concise terms, its
				defenses to each claim asserted;
(b) Admit or deny the facts alleged in the
				complaint;
(c) State which
				allegations, if any, the respondent is without knowledge or information
				sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations; and
(d) Set forth any facts and law that
				constitute an affirmative defense.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.680359 - Mediation

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to
				NAC 704.680353, the complaint must be submitted to mediation. Except for the
				filing of an answer and the filing of any requests for interim relief under NAC
				704.680365, the Commission will suspend action on a complaint pending
				mediation. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Director of
				Regulatory Operations within the Commission shall preside over the mediation of
				a complaint pursuant to this section. The Director of Regulatory Operations
				may, not later than 3 business days after the date on which a complaint is
				filed, designate a member of his or her staff to preside over the mediation of
				the complaint.
2. The mediator of a
				complaint shall issue a notice to the parties to the complaint scheduling an
				initial mediation conference. An initial mediation conference must be scheduled
				for and begun not earlier than 15 calendar days before or later than 30
				calendar days after the date on which the complaint is filed with the
				Commission.
3. Each party to a
				complaint submitted for mediation shall submit a position statement directly
				with the mediator not later than 14 calendar days after the date on which the
				complaint was filed with the Commission. A party to a complaint shall not file
				a position paper with the Commission, any opposing party or counsel for an
				opposing party. A position statement must:
(a) Be not more than 15 pages in length;
				and
(b) Concisely state:
(1) The relevant facts;
(2) The issues that are the subject of the
				complaint;
(3) The argument of the
				party supporting its position;
(4)
				The applicable legal authorities; and
(5) All other information that, in the
				opinion of the party, may assist the mediator in conducting the mediation
				conference.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.680361 - Discovery; service

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Objections to
				requests for discovery, if any, must be made to the party requesting discovery
				not later than 3 business days after the date on which the request for
				discovery is made. A response to a request for discovery must be served on the
				party requesting the discovery not later than 10 calendar days after the date
				on which the request is made. A dispute concerning discovery may be resolved
				through a conference call between the parties and the presiding
				officer.
2. All service between the
				parties must be made pursuant to NAC 703.680.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R107-00, eff. 2-26-2001; A by R107-07,
				  12-4-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.6882
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.680363 - Hearing; final decision of Commission

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. If a complaint
				is not fully resolved through mediation, the presiding officer assigned to the
				complaint shall cause to be served upon the parties to the complaint an order
				scheduling a hearing not later than 45 calendar days after the date on which
				the mediation conference report is filed. The only parties who may attend a
				proceeding on a complaint before a presiding officer are the complainant, the
				respondent, the staff of the Commission and the Consumer's Advocate of the
				Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General.
2. The presiding officer may, by stipulation
				of the parties to the complaint or upon the showing of good cause by one of the
				parties, shorten or extend the time set for the hearing on the
				complaint.
3. Not less than 3
				business days before a hearing on a complaint, each party to the complaint
				shall file with the presiding officer its prepared testimony and
				exhibits.
4. Except as otherwise
				provided in this chapter and chapter 703 of NAC, and as may be modified by the
				presiding officer, the rules and practices regarding parties, discovery and
				hearings apply to complaints filed by a telecommunication provider pursuant to
				NAC 704.68035 to 704.680365, inclusive.
5. The Commission will issue a final decision
				concerning a complaint not later than 45 calendar days after the date on which
				the hearing is held for the complaint. The Commission will, in its final
				decision, apportion the cost of the expenses incurred by the Commission for a
				transcript of the hearing on the complaint and subsequent noticing between the
				parties to the complaint.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R107-00, eff. 2-26-2001; A by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.6882
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Complaints to Resolve Disputes Between Telecommunication Providers › Section 704.680365 - Request for interim relief

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A complaint
				filed with the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680353 may include a request for
				interim relief. A request for interim relief must:
(a) Be filed at the same time that the
				complaint is filed with the Commission and served on the respondent to the
				complaint;
(b) Provide prima facie
				evidence that immediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage will result to
				the complainant as a result of the conduct of the respondent and that the
				complainant is likely to prevail on the merits of the complaint; and
(c) Be accompanied by a memorandum of points
				and authority establishing the legal basis for the interim relief
				requested.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier" has the meaning
				  ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R.
				  §
										54.400.
As used in NAC 704.6804 to
				  704.68056, inclusive, and section
				  1, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC
				  704.6804105 to
				  704.680424, inclusive, and
				  section 1 have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R150-97, 12-11-97; R051-05, 9-7-2005; R187-05, 12-29-2005; R136-07, 1-30-2008;
				  R006-09, 10-27-2009; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  R058-17A,
				  eff. 12/19/2017; A
				  by
				  R147-17AP,
				  eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.040,
				  704.210,
				  704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68041 - "Administrator" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Fund Administrator" means the independent "Administrator"
				  means the independent administrator selected by the Commission selected by the
				  Commission pursuant to subsection 5 of
				  NRS
				  704.040 to administer the fund to maintain
				  the availability of telephone service.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R006-09,
				  10-27-2009; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  
				  R021-14, eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804105 - "County telephone line or system" defined

Current through June
				11, 2024
"County telephone line or system" means a telephone line or
				  system which is purchased, acquired or constructed by a county and controlled
				  and managed by the board of county commissioners of that county pursuant to
				  NRS
				  710.140.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R187-05, eff. 12-29-2005
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873,
					 710.140
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804107 - "Eligibility Administrator" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Eligibility Administrator" means the independent
				  administrator with whom the Commission has contracted pursuant to paragraph (a)
				  of subsection 6 of
				  NRS
				  704.040.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R143-13
				  &
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804109 - "Eligibility responsibility party" defined

Current through June
				11, 2024
"Eligibility responsibility party" means:
1. The Eligibility Administrator;
				or
2. If the Eligibility
				Administrator is terminated pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NAC
				704.680435, the National Lifeline
				Eligibility Verifier.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R143-13
				  &
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  R147-17AP,
				  eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.040,
				  704.210,
				  704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680411 - "Eligible library" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Eligible library" means a library that is eligible to
				  receive telecommunication services at a discounted rate pursuant to
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.501. The term includes a consortium of
				  libraries eligible to receive telecommunication services at a discounted rate
				  pursuant to
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.501(c).
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680412 - "Eligible school" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Eligible school" means a school that is eligible to receive
				  telecommunication services at a discounted rate pursuant to
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.501. The term includes a consortium of
				  schools eligible to receive telecommunication services at a discounted rate
				  pursuant to
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.501(c).
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680413 - "Eligible telecommunications carrier" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Eligible telecommunications carrier" means a provider of
				  telecommunication service whose application for designation has been approved
				  by the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680461.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680414 - "Eligible telecommunications service" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Eligible telecommunications service" means a
				  telecommunications service that may be provided to a provider of health care at
				  a discounted rate pursuant to
				  47
				  C.F.R. §
										54.604(b).
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804143 - "Eligible voice telephony services" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Eligible voice telephony services" means the services which
				  an eligible telecommunications carrier must offer pursuant to
				  47 C.F.R.
				  §
										54.101(b) to receive
				  federal universal service support.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804147 - "Fund Administrator" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Fund Administrator" means the independent administrator
				  selected by the Commission pursuant to subsection 5 of
				  NRS
				  704.040 to administer the fund to maintain
				  the availability of telephone service.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff.
					 12-11-97; A by R006-09, 10-27-2009; R143-13 & R021-14, 10-24-2014 -
					 Substituted in revision for NAC 704.68041
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680415 - "Fund to maintain the availability of telephone service" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Fund to maintain the availability of telephone service" has
				  the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.013.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R006-09,
				  10-27-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804153 - "High-cost area" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"High-cost area" means an area determined by the Commission
				  for which eligible telecommunications carriers may qualify for a disbursement
				  of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone
				  service:
1. For an area served by a
				small-scale provider of last resort, pursuant to NAC 704.68048; and
2. For an area served by a competitive
				supplier that is a provider of last resort, pursuant to NAC 704.6805.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R006-09, eff. 10-27-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804157 - "Insular area" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Insular area" means a geographic area that is not within or
				  contiguous to a Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States
				  Office of Management and Budget.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R006-09, eff. 10-27-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680416 - "Lifeline" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Lifeline" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.401.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804165 - "Link Up" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Tribal Link Up" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
				  NRS
				  707.460.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R051-05, eff. 9-7-2005; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  
				  R021-14, eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804166 - "National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier" has the meaning
				  ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.400.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R147-17, eff. 8-30-2018
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680417 - "Provider of health care" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Provider of health care" means "health care provider" as
				  that term is defined in
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.600(a).
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804175 - "Provider of telecommunication services" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Provider of telecommunication services" means a provider of
				  telecommunication services that:
1.
				Has obtained from the Commission a certificate of public convenience and
				necessity; or
2. Is a county
				telephone line or system.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R187-05, eff. 12-29-2005
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873,
					 710.140
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680418 - "Qualifying low-income subscriber" defined

Current through June
				11, 2024
"Qualifying low-income subscriber" means a subscriber of
				  telecommunication service who meets the criteria set forth in NAC 704.680474 or
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.409.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680419 - "Rural area" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Rural area" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.5.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680421 - "Service area" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Service area" means a geographic area established by the
				  Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680463 to determine obligations to provide
				  universal service obligations and eligibility for federal universal service
				  support.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804213 - "Small-scale provider of last resort" defined

Current through June
				11, 2024
"Small-scale provider of last resort" has the meaning
				  ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.023.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R136-07, eff. 1-30-2008; A by R006-09,
				  10-27-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804215 - "Toll blocking service" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Toll blocking service" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.400(b).
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R051-05, eff. 9-7-2005; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680422 - "Toll control" defined. (Repealed)

Current through June 11,
				2024
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; R by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680423 - "Toll limitation service" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Toll limitation service" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  47 C.F.R. §
										54.400(d).
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804235 - "Tribal Link Up" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Tribal Link Up" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  707.460.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R051-05, eff.
					 9-7-2005; A by R143-13 & R021-14, 10-24-2014 - Substituted in revision for
					 NAC 704.6804165
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680424 - "Universal service" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Universal service" means the availability of affordable and
				  reliable basic service to as many customers in this State as economically and
				  operationally practicable.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68043 - Purpose of fund

Current through June 11,
				2024
The fund to maintain the availability of telephone service is
				  established to:
1. Ensure that the
				rates charged by a provider of basic service do not adversely affect universal
				service within all or a portion of the area served by that provider;
2. Provide money to facilitate the extension
				of basic service to customers not currently offered telephone service, and to
				improve basic service to the extent other viable options are not available to
				provide or improve basic service;
3. Provide money to ensure that persons with
				low income and persons in rural, insular and high-cost areas have access to
				available intrastate telecommunication services that are reasonably comparable
				to those services available in urban areas at rates that are reasonably
				comparable to those charged in the urban areas, subject to any limitation
				imposed by the Commission on the size of the fund to maintain the availability
				of telephone service;
4. Provide
				money to ensure that public or private nonprofit providers of health care which
				serve persons in rural areas have access to available intrastate
				telecommunication services that are reasonably comparable to those services
				available in urban areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to those
				charged in the urban areas, to the extent that federal universal service
				support is not available pursuant to
				47 C.F.R. §§
										54.601 to
				54.623,
				inclusive, to support fully that objective, and subject to any limitation
				imposed by the Commission on the size of the fund to maintain the availability
				of telephone service; and
5.
				Provide money to support discounts of rates for intrastate telecommunication
				services provided to eligible schools and libraries, to the extent that federal
				universal service support is not available pursuant to
				47 C.F.R. §§
										54.500 to
				54.517, inclusive, to
				reimburse fully those discounts, and subject to any limitations imposed by the
				Commission on the size of the fund to maintain the availability of telephone
				service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, 12-11-97;
				  R136-07, 1-30-2008; R006-09, 10-27-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680435 - Selection of and contract with Eligibility Administrator and Fund Administrator

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The Commission
				may:
(a) Select and contract with an
				Eligibility Administrator and a Fund Administrator through the use of open
				competitive bidding based upon a scope of work issued by the Commission;
				or
(b) In accordance with the terms
				of a contract entered into with an independent administrator pursuant to
				subsection 6 of NRS
				704.040, terminate the Eligibility
				Administrator if the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier is able to certify
				and recertify the eligibility of customers for Lifeline service in this
				State.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680439 - Duties of Eligibility Administrator

Current through June 11,
				2024
Unless the Eligibility Administrator is terminated pursuant
				  to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 704.680435, the Eligibility
				  Administrator shall:
1. Maintain the
				confidentiality of all customer and carrier data received by the Eligibility
				Administrator;
2. Prepare and
				distribute Lifeline certification and recertification forms that are consistent
				with the requirements of 47
				C.F.R. §
										54.410(d) and
				the applicable provisions of state law;
3. Receive and respond to requests for
				Lifeline service, including, without limitation, providing customers with
				Lifeline certification forms and receiving from customers completed Lifeline
				certification forms and documents demonstrating that a prospective subscriber
				is qualified for Lifeline service pursuant to NAC
				704.680474;
4. Create and maintain a database of
				customers who apply for and receive Lifeline service which contains the
				information required by 47
				C.F.R. §
										54.404(b);
5. Interact with state and federal agencies
				to obtain information to determine whether a prospective subscriber is
				qualified for Lifeline service pursuant to NAC 704.680474;
6. Query the National Lifeline Accountability
				Database to verify eligibility for certification of applicants in the database
				created pursuant to subsection 4;
7. Determine whether applicants are eligible
				for Lifeline service, provide notice of such determinations to each applicant
				and the eligible telecommunications carrier selected by each applicant and, if
				applicable, provide to the eligible telecommunications carrier a copy of the
				certification of the applicant; and
8. Recertify continued subscriber eligibility
				in accordance with 47 C.F.R.
				§
										54.410(f) and NAC
				704.6804743 and provide notice to
				the eligible telecommunications carrier of record, as determined by the records
				maintained by the Eligibility Administrator and the National Lifeline
				Accountability Database, as to whether a subscriber continues to be eligible
				for Lifeline service.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R143-13
				  &
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  R147-17AP,
				  eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.040,
				  704.210,
				  704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68044 - Duties of Administrator of fund

Current through June 11,
				2024
The Fund 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.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68045 - Commission to determine date on which responsibilities transfer to Eligibility Administrator (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R143-13
				  &
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; R by
				  R147-17AP,
				  eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.040,
				  704.210,
				  704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68046 - General eligibility requirements to qualify for disbursement from fund

Current through June 11, 2024
To qualify for a disbursement of money from the fund to
				  maintain the availability of telephone service:
1. If the disbursement of money is for the
				purposes set forth in subsection 1 or 2 of NAC 704.68043, the provider of
				telecommunication service must:
(a) Be an
				eligible telecommunications carrier;
(b) Be a provider of last resort;
				and
(c) If the provider of
				telecommunication service is a small-scale provider of last resort, average its
				rates for basic service in a manner that is consistent with NAC 704.68085
				within the service area in which it is designated as an eligible
				telecommunications carrier.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680461 - Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Requirements; exception; issuance of order by Commission approving or denying application

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A provider of telecommunication service
				who seeks designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier must file with
				the Commission an application in which the provider affirms that it:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
				subsection 2, holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by
				the Commission that authorizes the provider of telecommunication service to
				provide basic service or is a county telephone line or system.
(b) Offers eligible voice telephony services
				throughout the service area for which the provider of telecommunication service
				seeks designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier. Such services must
				be provided at rates and in accordance with terms that are nondiscriminatory
				and may be provided by the provider of telecommunication service using:
(1) Its own facilities, which may include,
				without limitation, facilities obtained as unbundled network elements from
				another provider of telecommunication services; or
(2) A combination of its own facilities and
				resale of the services of another provider of telecommunication
				service.
(c) At least
				once every 3 months, advertises throughout the service area for which the
				provider of telecommunication service seeks designation as an eligible
				telecommunications carrier the availability of eligible voice telephony
				services and the rates and charges applicable to those services through
				prominent presentation in one or more forms of media of general distribution,
				including, without limitation, newspapers, television or radio.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804615 - Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Provision of Lifeline services to qualifying low-income subscribers

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. A
				provider of telecommunication service who seeks designation as an eligible
				telecommunications carrier pursuant to NAC 704.680461 for the sole purpose of
				providing Lifeline services to qualifying low-income subscribers:
(a) May satisfy the requirements of paragraph
				(b) of subsection 1 of NAC 704.680461 if the Commission determines that the
				provider of telecommunication service is using a component of the
				telecommunications network of the provider to transmit or route eligible voice
				telephony services to qualifying low-income subscribers in this
				State.
(b) That does not provide
				telecommunication service using its own facilities must affirm in its
				application filed with the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680461 that the
				provider of telecommunication service:
(1)
				Provides to its qualifying low-income subscribers access to emergency 911
				service and enhanced 911 service, regardless of activation status and
				availability of minutes;
(2)
				Provides to its qualifying low-income subscribers handsets which are capable of
				providing access to enhanced 911 service and replaces at no additional charge
				any handset which is not capable of providing access to enhanced 911 service;
				and
(3) Has a plan for compliance
				which has been approved by the Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal
				Communications Commission.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680463 - Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Establishment of service areas

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The Commission
				will establish service areas to determine the area for which a provider of
				telecommunication service that seeks designation as an eligible
				telecommunications carrier:
(a) Must provide
				eligible voice telephony services; and
(b) Is eligible to receive federal universal
				service support.