§ 51.515   Application of access charges.

   (a)-(b) [Reserved]

   (c) Notwithstanding § § 51.505, 51.511, and 51.513(d)(2) and paragraph (a) of
   this section, an incumbent LEC may assess upon telecommunications carriers
   that  purchase  unbundled  local  switching  elements, as described in
   § 51.319(c)(1), for intrastate toll minutes of use traversing such unbundled
   local switching elements, intrastate access charges comparable to those
   listed  in paragraph (b) and any explicit intrastate universal service
   mechanism based on access charges, only until the earliest of the following,
   and not thereafter:

   (1) June 30, 1997;

   (2) The effective date of a state commission decision that an incumbent LEC
   may not assess such charges; or

   (3) With respect to a Bell operating company only, the date on which that
   company is authorized to offer in-region interLATA service in the state
   pursuant  to  section  271 of the Act. The end date for Bell operating
   companies that are authorized to offer interLATA service shall apply only to
   the recovery of access charges in those states in which the Bell operating
   company is authorized to offer such service.

   (d) Interstate access charges described in part 69 shall not be assessed by
   incumbent LECs on each element purchased by requesting carriers providing
   both telephone exchange and exchange access services to such requesting
   carriers' end users.

   [ 61 FR 45619 , Aug. 29, 1996, as amended at  62 FR 45587 , Aug. 28, 1997;  71 FR 65750 , Nov. 9, 2006]

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Subpart G—Resale

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