Section 6-82-50 - Funding for public interest pay telephone(a) The telecommunications carrier or pay telephone service provider selected to install and maintain a public interest pay telephone is entitled to recover all costs associated with the installation and maintenance of the public interest pay telephone. It shall be reimbursed for its costs from the universal service fund to the extent it does not recover its costs from payments made to it from the use and operations of the public interest pay telephone.(b) All pay telephone service providers providing pay telephone service within the State shall contribute towards the cost of providing public interest pay telephone service. The commission shall, by order, from time to time but not less than annually, set the amount of the contribution required to be made on account of public interest pay telephone service by each pay telephone service provider, based on a percentage of the provider's gross operating revenues from the provisioning of pay telephone service in the State during the preceding calendar year; provided that the commission may: (1) Set a minimum amount to be paid by any provider; and(2) Periodically review and adjust the percentage or minimum amount, or both, based on the need to provide public interest pay telephone service.(c) Each pay telephone service provider shall pay its contribution directly to the administrator of the universal service fund. Any late payment bears interest at the rate of ten percent per year. A payment is late if not made within fifteen days of the due date. The administrator of the universal service fund shall separately account for the payments made into the universal service fund for the provision of public interest pay telephone service.(d) The commission may, as necessary, advance reasonable commission funds for any start-up costs associated with the implementation of public interest pay telephone service.(e) The applicable provisions of chapter 6-81, subchapters 3 and 4, apply to the administration of and contributions to the universal service fund for the provision of public interest pay telephone service.[Eff ] (Auth: HRS §§ 269-6, 269-16.9, 269-34, 269-35, 269-41, 269-42, 269-43) (Imp: 47 U.S.C. §276 )