The amount of contribution required from each local exchange carrier and VoIP service provider shall be based on the total revenues of the local exchange carrier and VoIP service provider for local telecommunications service or telecommunications service derived from end users in the District of Columbia as a percentage of all the local exchange carrier's or VoIP service provider's total retail revenues for local telecommunications or telecommunications services derived from end users in the District of Columbia for the previous twelve (12)-month period ending December 31.
For VoIP providers, local telecommunications services revenue shall be based on actual local telecommunications services revenue based on a customer's primary place of use, a traffic study used to allocate revenues by jurisdiction, or the inverse of the FCC's Federal Universal Service Fund's safe harbor mechanism used to determine interstate and intrastate revenue. For nomadic VoIP providers, a customer's registered E911 location may serve as a proxy for the customer's primary place of use. Each VoIP provider shall identify whether its reported revenue is based on actual local telecommunications services revenue, a traffic study, or the FCC safe harbor mechanism.
The Fund Administrator shall, based on the amount to be contributed to the DC USTF, calculate the contribution required to be made to the Fund by each contributor, based on the fund level established by the Commission and the information provided pursuant to 15 DCMR § 2804.1. If any annual contribution is less than or equals twelve dollars ($12), then the Administrator may waive the payment of this contribution.
Each local exchange carrier and VoIP service provider shall pay its contribution directly to the Fund Administrator on a monthly basis. The check or other negotiable instrument shall be payable to the "DC USTF." The invoice or other request for DC USTF contributions shall be past due thirty (30) calendar days after the date on the invoice or other request for DC USTF contributions, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission.
Upon request by a local exchange carrier or VoIP service provider, the Fund Administrator may approve an alternative payment arrangement.
Interest shall be charged on any payment not received by the past due date at the rate of one and half percent (1.5 %) monthly.
All contributions and interest payments made to the DC USTF shall be deposited into the DC USTF account by the Fund Administrator.
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 15-2814