PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA



PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

|Telecommunications Division |RESOLUTION T-16420 |

|Public Programs Branch |Date: April 28, 2000 |

RESOLUTION

Resolution T-16420, Corrects error in Resolution T-16379

(Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Year 2000 Budget)

As a result of inadvertent clerical error, an incorrect surcharge amount was included on page 16 and Appendix B of the Resolution T-16379. Corrected page 16 and Appendix B to reflect the correct surcharge amount are appended to this Resolution.

Under Resolution A-4661, IT IS ORDERED that Ordering Paragraph 13 and Appendix B of Resolution T-16379 are corrected as set forth in the Appendix attached to this resolution.

This resolution is effective today.

Dated April 28, 2000, at San Francisco, California.

|/s/ WESLEY M. FRANKLIN |

|WESLEY M. FRANKLIN |

|Executive Director |

APPENDIX

Resolution T-16379

Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program

DDTP 2000 Annual Budget

6. The DDTP Trust Administrative Staff (DDTPTAS) should establish a new position for a relay service manager, and should submit a job description and job announcement for this position to TD within 30 days after the effective date of this resolution.

7. The DDTPTAS shall implement the organizational structure as shown in Appendix E in this resolution.

8. The DDTPAC must adopt salary ranges for each position on the DDTPTAS.

9. The DDTPAC should arrange for a compensation study, following state procurement guidelines, at no more than $20,000.

10. DDTPAC shall provide to TD, within 60 days of the effective date of this resolution, a brief description of the responsibilities of each staff member of the accounting section as well as a description of how the accounting section will evaluate utility and vendor invoices for reasonableness.

11. TD should develop a plan for responding within 2 weeks to a DDTPAC request for approval to fund consultant projects or to increase staff levels. TD should provide this plan within 30 days of the effective date of this resolution to the CPUC Executive Director as well as the DDTPAC chair.

12. All Local Exchange Companies, Interexchange Carriers, Cellular carriers and other certified companies who are subject to the collection of DDTP surcharges, shall collect a 0.281% surcharge on service rates of all intrastate end user services, except for those that have been specifically excluded, to fund the Deaf and Disabled. Telecommunications Program and the TDD Placement Interim Committee (TPIC). The Combined California PUC Telephone Surcharge Transmittal currently in use shall be used to transmit all payments to the DDTP until revised. The TD shall post this Resolution on the Commission web site, cpuc., within 5 business days from the effective date of this Resolution.

13. The 0.281% surcharge rate shall be applied to all surchargeable billings rendered on or after June 1, 2000 and continue until further revised by the Commission.

14. All telecommunications utilities subject to the DDTP surcharge shall file revised tariff schedules, by advice letters, in accordance with the provisions of G.O. 96-A on or before May 25, 2000. The advice letters shall become effective on June 1, 2000.

15. The Commission reserves the right in the future to review and adjust the surcharge rate adopted in this Resolution as necessary to support the DDTP requirements.

APPENDIX B

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY

OF RESOLUTION T-16379

This is to notify you that Resolution T-16379 is available for viewing and downloading from the Commission’s web site, cpuc.. This resolution was adopted by the Commission at its regular meeting on March 16, 2000. It revises the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program surcharge rate from 0.18% to 0.28% for the 2000 calendar year. When the surcharge for the TPIC is added, the total surcharge will be 0.281%.

Parties may also obtain a hard copy of this Resolution by contacting the Commission’s Telecommunications Division at (415) 703-3051.

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