Section 815-RICR-10-00-3.3 - AssessmentA. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-61(d)(1), a surcharge, in an amount determined by the General Assembly, is to be assessed upon each residence and business telephone access line or trunk in the state, including PBX trunks and centrex equivalent trunks and each service line or trunk, and upon each user interface number or extension number or similarly identifiable line, trunk, or path to or from a digital network.B. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws. § 39-1-61(d)(1), the surcharge listed in § 3.3(A) of this Part shall not be assessed on state, local and quasi-governmental agencies. For purposes of this Section, state, local and quasi-governmental agencies shall mean those state departments and agencies and those city and town offices listed in the Rhode Island Government Owner's Manual as published annually by the Rhode Island Secretary of State's Office. The State and quasi-governmental agencies shall be those listed in the section "Rhode Island State Departments and Agencies." The local agencies shall be those departments listed in the section "Rhode Island City and Town Officials."C. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-61(d)(1), commencing January 1, 2004, the surcharge shall be billed by each telecommunications services provider to its retail end users and shall be payable to the telecommunications services provider by the subscriber of the telecommunications services.D. The surcharge shall appear on subscriber bills as "Schools and Library Fund."E. Commencing March 15, 2004, and continuing on the fifteenth calendar day of each month, each telecommunications services provider shall transfer to the Telecommunications Education Access Fund of the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, the amount collected from its subscribers through the Telecommunications Education Access Fund surcharge during for the month ending forty-five (45) days prior to the month of transfer. Such transfers shall be directed to the Telecommunications Education Access Fund Restricted Receipt Account, Care of Division Clerk, 89 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick, Rhode Island 02888. The deposits shall then be forwarded to the Assistant to the Chief Accountant of the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers for recordation and deposit into the Telecommunications Education Access Fund Restricted Receipt Account.F. In the event that the General Assembly changes the amount of the surcharge, each Telecommunications services provider shall commence billing the new surcharge amount no later than 90 days after the effective date of the General Assembly's act instituting such change.815 R.I. Code R. 815-RICR-10-00-3.3