Compendium of Budget Information for the 2010 General Session

Commerce & Workforce Services
Appropriations Subcommittee

Line Item: Universal Telecommunications Support Fund

Function

The funding mechanism for the Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund (previously the Universal Service Trust Fund) account is a 1/3 percent surcharge on intra-state telecommunications retail revenue. The fund is intended to subsidize eligible telephone exchange customers whose costs are much higher to operate than the state-wide average for providing local exchange and switched access service.

According to serving companies' data and statistics obtained by the Federal Communications Commission, the telephone subscription rate in rural Utah remains nearly equal to the Wasatch Front.

Funding Detail

Sources of Finance	2006 Actual	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Approp
Trust and Agency Funds	$10,489,600	$6,626,700	$0	$0	$0
Universal Public Telecom Service Fund	$0	$0	$6,418,400	$6,493,100	$7,609,500
Beginning Nonlapsing	$5,076,300	$7,119,200	$6,998,400	$8,350,600	$6,773,600
Closing Nonlapsing	($7,119,200)	($6,998,400)	($8,350,600)	($8,008,100)	($6,998,500)
Total	$8,446,700	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,384,600

Programs:	2006 Actual	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Approp
Universal Telecom Service Fund	$8,446,700	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,384,600
Total	$8,446,700	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,384,600

Categories of Expenditure	2006 Actual	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Approp
Other Charges/Pass Thru	$8,446,700	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,384,600
Total	$8,446,700	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,384,600

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