Section 704.680481 - Small-scale provider of last resort: Determination of qualification for and amount of annual disbursement from fund1. Upon receiving a request from a small-scale provider of last resort for money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service pursuant to paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection 2 of NAC 704.68048, the Commission will determine if the small-scale provider of last resort is qualified to receive money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for rural, insular and high-cost areas pursuant to subsection 3 of NAC 704.68043.2. If the Commission determines, based upon the request specified in subsection 1, that the small-scale provider of last resort is qualified, the Commission will:(a) Approve the request for money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service received from a small-scale provider of last resort made pursuant to paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection 2 of NAC 704.68048; and(b) Pursuant to subsection 3, determine the annual amount of money the small-scale provider of last resort will receive from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service.3. In determining the annual amount of money the small-scale provider of last resort will receive pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, the Commission will not include any amount of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service to compensate a small-scale provider of last resort for any reduction in federal universal service support resulting from a failure of the small-scale provider of last resort to meet any build-out requirements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission.Nev. Admin. Code § 704.680481
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-17, eff. 12-19-2017NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873