§ 54.712   Contributor recovery of universal service costs from end users.

   (a) Federal universal service contribution costs may be recovered through
   interstate telecommunications-related charges to end users. If a contributor
   chooses to recover its federal universal service contribution costs through
   a line item on a customer's bill the amount of the federal universal service
   line-item charge may not exceed the interstate telecommunications portion of
   that customer's bill times the relevant contribution factor.

   (b) [Reserved]

   [ 67 FR 79533 , Dec. 30, 2002, as amended at  68 FR 15672 , Apr. 1, 2003;  71 FR 38797 , July 10, 2006]

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