§ 69.612 - Long term and transitional support.

A telephone company that does not participate in the association Common Line tariff shall have computed by the association:

(a) Long term support obligation. (1) Beginning July 1, 1994 and until December 31, 1997, the Long Term Support payment obligation of telephone companies that do not participate in the NECA Common Line tariff shall equal the difference between the projected Carrier Common Line revenue requirement of association Common Line tariff participants and the projected revenue recovered by the association Carrier Common Line charge as calculated pursuant to § 69.105(b)(1).

(2) For the period from April 1, 1989 through June 30, 1994, the Long Term Support payment obligation shall be funded by all telephone companies that are not association Common Line tariff participants and do not receive transitional support pursuant to § 69.612(b). The percentage of the total annual Long Term Support requirement paid by each telephone company in this group that is not a Level I or Level II Contributor shall equal the number of its common lines divided by the total number of common lines of all telephone companies paying Long Term Support. The remaining amount of Long Term Support requirement shall be allocated among Level I and Level II Contributors based upon the amount of each Level I and Level II Contributor's 1988 contributions to the association Common Line pool in relation to the total amount of 1988 Common Line pool contributions of all other Level I and Level II Contributors. The association shall inform each telephone company about its mandatory Long Term Support obligations within a reasonable time prior to the filing of each telephone company's annual Common Line tariff revisions or other similar filing ordered by the Commission. Such amounts shall represent a negative net balance due to the association that it shall bill, collect, and distribute pursuant to § 69.603(e).

(3) Beginning July 1, 1994, and thereafter, the Long Term Support payment obligation shall be funded by each telephone company that files its own Carrier Common Line tariff and does not receive transitional support. The percentage of the total annual Long Term Support requirement paid by each of these companies shall equal the number of its common lines divided by the total number of common lines of all telephone companies paying Long Term Support. The association shall inform each telephone company about its Long Term Support obligation within a reasonable time prior to the filing of each telephone company's annual Common Line tariff revisions or other similar filing ordered by the Commission. Such amounts shall represent a negative net balance due to the association that it shall bill, collect, and distribute pursuant to § 69.603(f).

(b) Transitional support. (1) Telephone Companies categorized as Level I and Level II Receivers that file their own Common Line tariffs effective April 1, 1989 shall receive Transitional Support for a four year period commencing April 1, 1989. Level II Receivers that file their own Common Line tariffs effective July 1, 1990 shall receive Transitional Support for a four year period commencing July 1, 1990. Transitional Support for each of these telephone companies shall be computed on the basis of the net revenues less revenue requirement amounts for 1988 (adjusted for the additional revenues resulting from an increase in End User Common Line charges to $3.50). Transitional Support for these telephone companies during the transition shall be as follows:

(2) For the period from April 1, 1989 through June 30, 1994, the Transitional Support Fund shall be funded by all telephone companies or groups of affiliated telephone companies that are not association Common Line tariff participants and do not qualify under § 69.612(b)(1) for Transitional Support payments.