Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 53 - Telecommunications
Article 5 - Universal Service Fund
3 AAC 53.330 - Reports, audits, and separation of money
Universal Citation: 3 AK Admin Code 53.330
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) To maintain approval under 3 AAC 53.310,
(1) the
administrator shall keep the amount allocated for universal service support in
the AUSF in an account separate from other money under the control of the
administrator;
(2) the AUSF and the
accounting practices of the administrator are subject to a yearly audit by an
independent accounting firm and may be subject to an additional audit during
the year by the commission, if ordered by the commission; the AUSF and the
accounting practices of the administrator are subject to a close-out audit at
the end of the administrator's term;
(3) the administrator shall report annually
to the commission, in accordance with
3
AAC 48.095, an itemization of monthly administrative
costs, including expenses, receipts, and payments associated with the
administration of the AUSF; the administrator shall provide the commission full
access to the data collected under or prepared through the administration of
the AUSF;
(4) the administrator
shall report quarterly to the commission, in accordance with
3
AAC 48.095, on the disbursement of money from the AUSF
along with any recommended changes to the universal service surcharge factor;
the administrator shall keep separate accounts for the universal service
surcharge collected and universal service support disbursed; and
(5) at the request of the commission, the
administrator may audit one or more public utilities required to pay the
universal service surcharge and one or more public utilities that have received
disbursements from the AUSF; the administrator shall establish procedures to
verify universal service surcharge payments in to the AUSF and universal
service support disbursed from the AUSF; the administrator may suspend or delay
disbursements for universal service support to a public utility if that utility
fails to adequately verify the amount of universal service support claimed, or
if the commission issues an order to suspend or delay disbursement.
(b) The commission will provide to the public a monitoring report at least once a year on the administrator's reports under this section.
(c) A carrier that receives essential network support under 3 AAC 53.346 shall file with the commission, not later than July 1 of each year, a report explaining how essential network support was used during the prior year to ftand capital investment or pay ongoing operation and maintenance expenses.
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.431
AS 42.05.711
AS 42.05.800
AS 42.05.840
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