(a)The committee shall annually determine the amount of a
special fee, not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25) per access
line per month, based upon available cost data and other
information, that will cover the costs of providing intrastate
message relay service as provided in Section 401 of the
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, including the cost of
implementing and administering this act. Funding for the
interstate portion of the Wyoming relay system shall be provided
in a manner consistent with rules and orders adopted by the
federal communications commission in implementing the Americans
With Disabilities Act.
(b)The committee shall notify the public service
commission, in writing, of the amount of the monthly access line
special fee determined by the committee. The public ser
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(a) The committee shall annually determine the amount of a
special fee, not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25) per access
line per month, based upon available cost data and other
information, that will cover the costs of providing intrastate
message relay service as provided in Section 401 of the
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, including the cost of
implementing and administering this act. Funding for the
interstate portion of the Wyoming relay system shall be provided
in a manner consistent with rules and orders adopted by the
federal communications commission in implementing the Americans
With Disabilities Act.
(b) The committee shall notify the public service
commission, in writing, of the amount of the monthly access line
special fee determined by the committee. The public service
commission shall provide for the inclusion and identification of
the special fee on each monthly billing for service from each
local exchange company and radio communications service
provider.
(c) Each customer of a local exchange company or radio
communications service provider shall be liable for payment to
the local exchange company or radio communications service
provider of any special fee imposed pursuant to this act. In the
case of a customer of a radio communications service provider,
any fee imposed by this act shall be imposed only if the
customer's place of primary use is in this state as provided by
the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. §§ 116
through 126. The provisions of the Mobile Telecommunications
Sourcing Act shall apply to this subsection. The local exchange
company or radio communications service provider shall not be
liable for any uncollected charge, nor shall the company have an
obligation to take any legal action to enforce the collection of
any charge that is unpaid by its customers.
(d) No customer of a local exchange company shall be
required to pay the special fee on more than one hundred (100)
access lines per account and no customer of a radio
communications service provider shall be required to pay the
special fee on more than one hundred (100) radio communication
service numbers per account in Wyoming.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section,
all special fees billed and collected by a local exchange
company or radio communications service provider shall be
transmitted to the public service commission not later than the
last day of the month following the end of the month in which
the special fee is collected. All special fees received by the
public service commission shall be deposited in the account
established by W.S. 16-9-208 with receipt and acknowledgement
submitted to the state treasurer.
(f) All special fees billed and collected by a local
exchange company or radio communications service provider shall
not be considered revenues of the local exchange company or
radio communications service provider and are not subject to tax
under W.S. 39-15-101 through 39-16-311.
(g) Each local exchange company or radio communications
service provider may deduct and retain one percent (1%) of the
total charges billed and collected each month to cover
administrative expenses in complying with the requirements of
subsections (b) through (e) of this section.