Effective - 28 Aug 1995
660.145. Rules and regulations by commission — economy rate telephone service fund established, purpose — fund not to lapse at end of fiscal year. — 1. The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of sections 660.138 to 660.149. Such rules and regulations shall take into consideration available federal programs to reduce telephone costs to specified subscribers. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 660.138 to 660.149 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
2. The general revenues of the state shall be used to fund the discount provided to eligible subscribers of economy rate telephone service. The amount of the discount shall determine the amount of the waiver of the federal interstate subscriber line charge in section 660.139.
3. There is hereby created the "Economy Rate Telephone Service Fund" which shall be administered by the commission and which shall contain such moneys as appropriated to it by the general assembly. Moneys in the fund shall be kept separate from all other funds of the commission and shall be expended for the purpose specified in subsection 4* of this section and for no other purpose.
4. Each participating local exchange telecommunications company shall determine and report quarterly to the commission the costs incurred for providing economy rate telephone service. Upon appropriation by the general assembly, the commission shall authorize reimbursement for those costs from the economy rate telephone service fund.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, the unexpended balance in the economy rate telephone service fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not be transferred into general revenue.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1301 § 2 subsecs. 7, 8, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1290, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
*"Subsection 11" appears in original rolls. Due to renumbering, subsection changed.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XL - Additional Executive Departments
Chapter 660 - Department of Social Services
Section 660.015 - Salary — expenses of the department.
Section 660.017 - Rules, procedure.
Section 660.025 - Grants from department of social services, purposes — rulemaking procedure.
Section 660.026 - Funding for federally qualified health centers, uses — report to the director.
Section 660.099 - General assembly may make additional appropriations, purposes.
Section 660.100 - Financial assistance for heating — definitions.
Section 660.105 - Eligibility for assistance — income defined.
Section 660.115 - Utilicare payment, procedure.
Section 660.125 - False claims.
Section 660.130 - Rules, regulations, forms — rule requirements.
Section 660.135 - Expenditures — utilicare stabilization fund.
Section 660.136 - Utilicare stabilization fund created — used for utilicare program.
Section 660.137 - Federal low income telephone assistance matching funds, compliance to obtain.
Section 660.138 - Definitions.
Section 660.141 - Economy rates, how established, applications — limited to one residence.
Section 660.147 - Eligible persons, department's powers and duties.
Section 660.150 - Plan to be established.
Section 660.155 - Grants may be made, to whom.
Section 660.160 - Department may define emergency situations.
Section 660.165 - Limitation on periods of emergency — when assistance to be granted.
Section 660.170 - Eligibility for assistance.
Section 660.175 - Department's duties — no reduction in other benefits.
Section 660.180 - Director to make regulations.
Section 660.185 - Limitation on state participation — expiration of program.
Section 660.190 - Limitation on expenditures.
Section 660.195 - Plan to terminate, when.
Section 660.200 - Rules, procedure.
Section 660.325 - Definitions.
Section 660.335 - Requests by department for information, form — content.
Section 660.340 - Cost of record search.
Section 660.345 - Immunity from civil liability for providing requested information.
Section 660.350 - Disclosure of information, penalty.
Section 660.360 - Welfare fraud telephone hot line, attorney general, duties.
Section 660.370 - Definitions.
Section 660.372 - Board of directors — number — qualifications — powers — duties.
Section 660.374 - Funding — agency's share of funds, how determined — use of state revenue.
Section 660.376 - Rules and regulations — department of social services, authority.
Section 660.512 - Rulemaking under authority of chapter 210.
Section 660.525 - Treatment for child sexual abuse victims provided by division, when.
Section 660.526 - Child sexual abuse cases, annual training required by children's division.
Section 660.625 - Advocate to maintain confidentiality, exception.
Section 660.650 - Definitions.
Section 660.653 - Policy council or committee, members' qualifications, duties.
Section 660.750 - Liaisons for faith-based organizations to be designated, duties.