Current through September 2, 2024
Section 31.46.02.204 - THE ADMINISTRATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION01.Report of Existing Financial Conditions. On or before February 15 of each year, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Commission providing the following information: a. A statement of the TRS fund's income in the previous calendar year from remittances by local exchange companies and from remittances by MTS/WATS companies, and the total, and a statement of all other income (including interest), gifts, contributions, etc., for the calendar year;b. Actual TRS fund balances at the end of the quarters ending in March, June, September and December of the preceding calendar year; andc. The statewide line count for local service lines on January 1 of that year and January 1 of the previous year, and the total number of MTS/WATS minutes reported to the TRS Administrator for the year ending the previous December 31 and the year ending the December 31 before that.02.Report on Use of the TRS Program. The Administrator shall also report, based upon information to be supplied by the TRS provider, upon use of the TRS program in the previous calendar year. The Administrator's contract with the TRS provider shall require appropriate data collection by the TRS provider, including, but not limited to, the number of calls handled by the provider, with breakdown showing whether the calls are local or MTS, intrastate or interstate MTS, total intrastate and interstate MTS minutes, the hours when calls are made (e.g., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.), days of the week when calls are made, and patterns of increased or decreased usage of the TRS program from month to month for the previous calendar year. The TRS provider shall provide this information by month to the TRS Administrator on dates to be specified by the Administrator.03.Recommendation. The Administrator shall report the TRS fund's expected surplus or deficit for the twelve months beginning April 1 based upon the assumption that the TRS funding levels will not change. The Administrator shall also report whether this surplus or deficit will alter the expected fund balance during the twelve (12) months beginning April 1 following the report significantly enough to recommend that TRS funding levels be increased or decreased. If the Administrator believes that the TRS funding levels should be increased or decreased, the Administrator shall recommend a target balance for the TRS fund for the end of the twelve (12) months beginning April 1 following this report and the amount by which TRS fund remittances should be increased or decreased beginning April 1 to meet this target.04.Review by Commission Staff. On or before March 1 the Commission Staff shall review the Administrator's calculations and recommendations and call any errors or omissions to the attention of the Administrator and the Commission.05.Report a Public Record -- Workpapers Exempted Trade Secrets. The Administrator's report showing statewide totals for local service and MTS/WATS minutes, inventories of service lines, and other information not identifying a telephone corporation or a customer is a public record available for inspection, examination and copying under Section 74-102, Idaho Code. Workpapers accompanying the report (including those produced by the USF Administrator) showing individual telephone corporation's data for Title 62 services and individual telephone corporation's reports to the TRS or USF Administrators showing data for their Title 62 services, together with any data for Title 61 services protected from disclosure under applicable Trade Secret Law, are trade secrets exempt from disclosure under Section 74-107(1), Idaho Code.Idaho Admin. Code r. 31.46.02.204