§269-16.95  Emergency telephone service;
capital costs; ratemaking.  (a)  A public utility providing local exchange
telecommunications services may recover the capital cost and associated
operating expenses of providing a statewide enhanced 911 emergency telephone
service in the public switched telephone network, through:



(1)  A telephone line surcharge; or



(2)  Its rate case.



(b)  Notwithstanding the commission's rules on
ratemaking, the commission shall expedite and give highest priority to any
necessary ratemaking procedures related to providing a statewide enhanced 911
emergency telephone service; provided that the commission may set forth
conditions and requirements as the commission determines are in the public
interest.



(c)  The commission shall require every public
utility providing statewide enhanced 911 emergency telephone service to
maintain a separate accounting of the costs of providing an enhanced 911
emergency service and the revenues received from related surcharges until the
next general rate case.  The commission shall further require that every public
utility imposing a surcharge shall identify such as a separate line item on all
customer billing statements.



(d)  This section shall not preclude the
commission from changing any rate, established pursuant to this section, either
specifically or pursuant to any general restructuring of all telephone rates,
charges, and classifications. [L 1993, c 223, §2; am L 1997, c 94, §1]



 



Cross References



 



  Enhanced 911 services for mobile phones, see chapter 138.