CA Codes (puc:270-282)PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE
SECTION 270-282
270. (a) The following funds are hereby created in the State
Treasury:
(1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund.
(2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund.
(3) The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative
Committee Fund.
(4) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
Administrative Committee Fund.
(5) The Payphone Service Providers Committee Fund.
(6) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.
(7) The California Advanced Services Fund.
(b) Moneys in the funds are the proceeds of rates and are held in
trust for the benefit of ratepayers and to compensate telephone
corporations for their costs of providing universal service. Moneys
in the funds may only be expended pursuant to this chapter and upon
appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental
appropriation.
(c) Moneys in each fund may not be appropriated, or in any other
manner transferred or otherwise diverted, to any other fund or
entity, except as provided in Sections 19325 and 19325.1 of the
Education Code.
270.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
commission may authorize the trustee of the California High-Cost
Fund-B Trust to transfer to the Deaf Equipment Acquisition Fund Trust
(DEAF Trust) money sufficient to cover the costs of the programs as
specified in subdivision (a) of Section 278, including, but not
limited to, all costs specified in subdivision (c) of Section 278.
The amount of any transfer of money authorized may not exceed the
cost of operating the programs for six months. The commission shall
also establish other terms of the transfer, as it determines to be
appropriate.
(b) The commission shall reimburse the California High-Cost Fund-B
Trust for any transfer of money to the DEAF Trust authorized
pursuant to subdivision (a), with interest as determined by the
commission.
(c) A sum equivalent to the amount of money transferred to the
Deaf Equipment Acquisition Fund Trust (DEAF Trust) pursuant to
subdivision (a) is hereby appropriated from the Deaf and Disabled
Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund to the
commission, for allocation to the California High-Cost Fund-B Trust,
for purposes of subdivision (b).
(d) Funds may not be transferred from the California High-Cost
Fund-B Trust to the DEAF Trust pursuant to subdivision (a) after
September 30, 2001.
(e) Commencing on October 1, 2001, and until a date not later than
June 30, 2002, reimbursements made to the California High-Cost
Fund-B Trust
