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Arkansas High Cost Fund (ARHCF)Arkansas Public Service Commission Docket No. 07-062-R Order No.6 (dated 7/20/07) has repealed the Arkansas Universal Service Fund Rules. It has also adopted the Arkansas High Cost Fund (AR HCF) Rules to provide support to ETCs effective beginning in September (the month after 150 days after the law was passed) pursuant to the provisions of Act 385 of 2007 and to defray the costs of administering the fund, including the costs of completing an annual, independent audit. |
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Rule 1.01 indicates that pursuant to Act 77 of 1997 and Act 385 of 2007, the Commission has the authority and responsibility to assess a universal service fee upon all providers of telecommunications services, as defined by the rules of the Commission to support State universal service objectives, within the state of Arkansas. Every telecommunications provider that operates or provides retail telecommunications services within Arkansas shall contribute, on a nondiscriminatory basis, into the AR HCF (Rule 4.01).
- Memo regarding transition from the Arkansas USF to HCF (Adobe PDF)
- Assigned ID codes and filing frequency (by Co. Name) (Adobe pdf file)
- Notice re the assessment rate change as of June 2009 (Adobe pdf)
- Notice re the assessment rate for 2010 (Adobe pdf)
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Annual True-up
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Annual True-up
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2008, Jan-Dec |
Manual
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2009, Jan-Dec |
Manual
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Manual
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*The Enhanced version includes a button for pre-approved filers to send their prepared submission through email with just one-click. The button requires code for it to work and so we have also digitally signed the workbook to ensure that the code remains intact and only provides this functionality. When opening, depending on your security settings, you may get a prompt regarding macro security, asking whether to enable or disable macros. Either set your security to medium or low or choose to Enable Macros to utilize this button's functionality. This functionality will only work with Microsoft Excel 2000 and newer versions.
The ARHCF will follow this
filing schedule for 2009:
Monthly 2009 due dates: 2/20/09, 3/20/09,
4/20/09, 5/20/09, 6/19/09, 7/20/09, 8/20/09
9/21/09, 10/20/09, 11/20/09, 12/21/09, 1/20/10
Quarterly 2009 due dates: 4/20/09, 7/20/09, 10/20/09,
1/20/10
Annual 2009 due date:
2/20/10
Arkansas ETFF
Under the authority of Act 1842 of 2001 (Ark. Code Ann. § 23-17-404) the APSC created the Arkansas Extension of Telecommunications Facilities Fund (ARETFF). The Arkansas Extension of Telecommunications Facilities Fund was established in 2002 as a grant program for the extension of facilities to persons unserved by wire line telecommunications services. Please see Arkansas Public Service Commission Docket No. 02-080-A for additional information about the ARETFF.
- Grant Request Application Instructions ETFF-1 (Adobe pdf file)
- Grant Request Application ETFF-1 (Microsoft® Excel file)
- Grant True-Up Application Instructions ETFF-2 (Adobe pdf file)
- Grant True-Up Application Form ETFF-2 (Microsoft® Excel file)
This page was last updated on 11/30/2009