SECTION 710:95-3-3. Telecommunications for the hearing-impaired surcharge

(a)   The Telecommunications for the Hearing-Impaired Act levies a five cent per month surcharge on each access line provided by a local exchange telephone company. The surcharge must be added to the subscriber's telephone bill, unless the subscriber is exempt from sales tax.

(b)   The local exchange telephone company shall remit the surcharge to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, on forms prescribed, on or before the 20^th day of the month following the end of each quarter.

(c)   When the balance of the Hearing Impaired Revolving Fund equals the three-year average of expenditures, collection of the surcharge by the local exchange telephone company will temporarily stop. Collection of the surcharge is to be resumed when the account balance has been reduced to one-half the original surplus.

(d)   The Taxpayer Assistance Division will notify, in writing, the local exchange telephone companies on the effective date of the moratorium on collections. Subscribers shall not be billed for the surcharge for any billing cycle that begins on or after the moratorium effective date.

(e)   When the Fund balance requires the surcharge to be resumed, the Taxpayer Assistance Division will notify the local exchange telephone companies, in writing, the effective date of resumption of the surcharge. Subscribers shall be billed and the surcharge on the next billing cycle that begins on or after the effective date the charge is to be resumed. [See: 63 O.S. §§2418-2419]

[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3531, eff 6-26-94; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 971, eff 6-1-11; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1870, eff 7-11-13]