| (a) Amount of assessment. Each local exchange company subject
to the jurisdiction of the commission shall pay an annual per-access-line
assessment. The commission shall establish the assessment rate annually according
to projected Public Utility Commission and Office of Public Utility Counsel
expenditures for the current fiscal year related to implementation of the
provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §52.060 and §53.308,
divided by total industry access lines. The assessment shall be based upon
access lines in existence during the preceding calendar year.
(b) Notice of assessment. Each year the commission shall calculate
the assessment due from each local exchange company and so advise each company.
The commission shall also advise companies of the address to which payments
should be made and any identification or markings necessary for the payment
to be properly credited.
(c) Payment of assessment. All assessments required by this
section shall be due and payable to the State of Texas on or before December
10th of each year.
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