69-3-870. Performance assurance state special revenue account -- statutory appropriation. (1) There is a performance assurance state special revenue account in the state special revenue fund. The account must be used for the deposit of payments to the state made by a telecommunications carrier pursuant to the terms of a performance assurance plan.
(2) Money in the performance assurance state special revenue account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, and may be expended by the commission in carrying out its responsibilities to administer, audit, and oversee the performance assurance plan, pursuant to the terms of the plan.
(3) For purposes of this section, a "performance assurance plan" means a commission-approved, self-executing remedy plan to ensure that a telecommunications carrier provides adequate wholesale service to competitors after the carrier gains entry into the interlocal access and transport area long-distance market in its region pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 271.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 43, L. 2003.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 3. Regulation of Utilities
Part 8. Montana Telecommunications Act
69-3-804. Exemption for private telecommunications service
69-3-805. Registration of telecommunications providers
69-3-806. Prohibition against cross-subsidization
69-3-807. Regulation of rates and charges
69-3-808. Forbearance of rate regulation to facilitate competition
69-3-809. Alternative forms of regulation
69-3-810. New service -- withdrawal of services
69-3-811. Costs for services provided -- jurisdiction over complaints
69-3-812. through 69-3-814 reserved
69-3-816. through 69-3-820 reserved
69-3-821. Examination of books and records
69-3-822. Rulemaking authority
69-3-824. No preemption of laws governing anticompetitive activity
69-3-825. through 69-3-828 reserved
69-3-829. Expedited complaint proceeding -- commission authority
69-3-830. Expedited complaint proceeding -- procedure
69-3-831. Interconnection -- construction and effect
69-3-832. Interconnection -- jurisdiction
69-3-833. Rulemaking authority
69-3-834. Duty to interconnect
69-3-835. Voluntary negotiation of interconnection agreements
69-3-836. Mediation of interconnection agreements
69-3-837. Arbitration of interconnection issues
69-3-838. Approval of arbitration decision
69-3-839. Approval of interconnection agreements
69-3-840. Determination of eligible carrier status -- universal service support
69-3-841. Universal service policies
69-3-842. Universal service fund established -- purpose
69-3-843. Fund administrator -- commission rulemaking authority
69-3-844. Contributions to fund
69-3-845. Payments from fund -- costs
69-3-846. Discounts for schools, libraries, and health care providers
69-3-847. Wholesale pricing standards
69-3-848. Pricing of individual network elements
69-3-849. Prohibited subsidies
69-3-850. through 69-3-855 reserved
69-3-863. through 69-3-869 reserved
69-3-870. Performance assurance state special revenue account -- statutory appropriation