Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 100 - OREGON UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND (OUSF) › Section 860-100-0100 - General Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) For the
			 purpose of this Division, each calendar year has four quarters as follows:
			 January 1 through March 31; April 1 through June 30; July 1 through September
			 30; and October 1 through December 31.
(2) Each telecommunications provider must pay
			 into the OUS Fund, on a quarterly basis, an amount of the provider's retail
			 telecommunications service gross billable revenue, as may be established by the
			 Commission. This amount shall not exceed 6.0 percent of the provider's retail
			 telecommunications service gross billable revenue.
(3) A contributor to the OUSF may recover the
			 Oregon universal service charge from its customers subject to all other
			 applicable statutes and rules of the Commission for setting a surcharge. A
			 contributor to the OUSF who imposes such a surcharge on customers may not
			 exceed the percentage established under section (2) of this rule.
(4) For the purpose of this Division, there
			 are three worksheet forms that a telecommunications provider must complete and
			 file when required to do so under these rules. The forms are available at:
http://www.puc.state.or.us/ousf/Pages/index.aspx
.
			 Form OPUC OUS 1 is titled "Oregon Universal Service Identification Worksheet"
			 and is referenced in these rules as the "identification worksheet." Form OPUC
			 OUS 2 is titled "Oregon Universal Service Contribution Worksheet" and is
			 referenced in these rules as the "contribution report." Form OPUC OUS 3 is
			 titled "Oregon Universal Service Support Distribution Worksheet" and is
			 referenced in these rules as the "distribution worksheet."
(5) Each report and worksheet that a
			 telecommunications provider is required to file with the OUS Administrator
			 under this Division is considered filed when received by the OUS
			 Administrator.
(6) A
			 telecommunications provider may pay any amounts due to the Public Utility
			 Commission (Commission) by electronic transfer.
(7) The Commission may add all costs incurred
			 in collecting a past-due OUS Fund contribution amount. In the event the
			 Commission refers the debt to the Department of Revenue or to a collection
			 agency, the Commission may add to the debt the anticipated amount necessary to
			 generate a net return to the Commission of the amount of the debt.
(8) A telecommunications provider must pay a
			 service fee in accordance with OAR 860-001-0050  for each payment returned for
			 non-sufficient funds.
(9) In
			 addition to any other penalty, obligation or remedy provided by law, the
			 Commission may suspend or cancel the telecommunications provider's certificate
			 of authority to provide telecommunications service in Oregon for that
			 telecommunications provider's failure to file any report or worksheet required
			 under these rules or for its failure to pay its contribution amount in
			 full.
(10) Except as otherwise
			 provided by law, if after an audit or review the Commission determines that the
			 telecommunications provider has overpaid its OUS Fund contribution amount, the
			 Commission will provide the telecommunications provider a credit in that amount
			 against sums subsequently due from the telecommunications provider.
(11) In computing any time prescribed or
			 allowed by these rules, the day of the act or event from which the designated
			 time begins to run may not be included. The last day of the time period must be
			 included, unless it is a Saturday or legal holiday, including Sunday, in which
			 event the period runs until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday or a
			 legal holiday. Legal holidays are those identified in ORS
			 187.010 and
			 187.020.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183, ORS 192, ORS 756 &
				  ORS 759
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  756.040, ORS
				  759.015,
				  ORS
				  759.425  & OL 2017, ch. 32