Notwithstanding any provision of Section 40-21-120(1)a. or (2) to the contrary, upon petition to the Alabama Public Service Commission, the commission may designate the petitioning commercial mobile radio service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier to be eligible to offer and receive universal service support pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §§ 214 (e) and 254.
Ala. Code § 37-2A-4.1 (1975)