Section 707.020 - Surcharge for program to provide devices for telecommunication to persons with impaired speech or hearing1. The Commission will, on an annual basis, establish the amount of the surcharge to be assessed and collected for the program developed pursuant to NRS 427A.797, as amended by section 2 of Assembly Bill No. 200, chapter 191, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 888, by the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services. 2. If, on or before February 1 of each year, the Division files an application with the Commission requesting the establishment of the amount of the surcharge and includes the approved annual program budget, the Commission will, except as otherwise provided in NRS 427A.797, as amended by section 2 of Assembly Bill No. 200, chapter 191, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 888, base its calculation of the amount of the surcharge on the budget as filed. 3. On or before March 1 of each year, the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission shall file its calculation of a proposed amount of the surcharge with the Commission. 4. Within 10 days after the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission files its calculation of a proposed amount of the surcharge pursuant to subsection 3, any carrier or interested person may file comments on the proposed amount of the surcharge, and any carrier may request a hearing on the matter. If no request for a hearing is received by the Commission, it will dispense with a hearing and act upon the matter unless it finds that a hearing is necessary or required by statute.5. On or before June 1 of each year, the Commission will establish and notify each carrier of the amount of the surcharge to be assessed and collected for the period from July 1 of that year to June 30 of the next year from each of its customers pursuant to this section and NRS 427A.797, as amended by section 2 of Assembly Bill No. 200, chapter 191, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 888.6. The surcharge will be assessed in the manner set forth in NRS 427A.797, as amended by section 2 of Assembly Bill No. 200, chapter 191, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 888, and will be either a percentage of the basic charge for service to the customer or an equal amount for each customer in a class of customers. The surcharge must be billed by each carrier to its customers on a monthly basis.7. For the purposes of this section, "annual program budget" includes, without limitation, the amounts established by the Division to:(a) Cover the costs of the program; (b) Fund the centers for persons who are deaf or have severely impaired speech or hearing established pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 427A.797, as amended by section 2 of Assembly Bill No. 200, chapter 191, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 888; and(c) Cover the costs incurred by the Division to carry out the provisions of chapter 656A of NRS that are not covered by the civil penalties received by the Division pursuant to NRS 656A.800.Nev. Admin. Code § 707.020
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 1-6-86; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R010-04, 6-28-2004; A by R070-15, eff. 4/4/2016NRS 427A.797, as amended by section 2 of Assembly Bill No. 200, chapter 191, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 888, and NRS 703.025.