Compendium of Budget Information for the 2011 General Session

Business, Economic Development, & Labor
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	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Approp
Dedicated Credits Revenue	$0	$0	$0	$3,776,200	$0
Trust and Agency Funds	$6,626,700	$0	$0	$0	$0
Universal Public Telecom Service Fund	$0	$6,418,400	$6,493,100	$0	$5,693,400
Beginning Nonlapsing	$7,119,200	$6,998,400	$8,350,600	$8,008,100	$7,658,500
Closing Nonlapsing	($6,998,400)	($8,350,600)	($8,008,100)	($4,460,200)	($6,986,400)
Total	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,324,100	$6,365,500

Programs:	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Approp
Universal Telecom Service Fund	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,324,100	$6,365,500
Total	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,324,100	$6,365,500

Categories of Expenditure	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Approp
Other Charges/Pass Thru	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,324,100	$6,365,500
Total	$6,747,500	$5,066,200	$6,835,600	$7,324,100	$6,365,500

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