§ 7523. Rate of charge
(a) Beginning on July 1, 2014, the rate of charge shall be two percent of retail telecommunications service.
(b) Beginning on July 1, 2019, the rate of charge established under subsection (a) of this section shall be increased by four-tenths of one percent of retail telecommunications service, and the monies collected from this increase shall be transferred to the Connectivity Fund established under section 7516 of this title.
(c) Universal Service Charges imposed and collected by the fiscal agent under this subchapter shall not be transferred to any other fund or used to support the cost of any activity other than in the manner authorized by this section and section 7511 of this title. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1995, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 22, 1996; 2005, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. June 16, 2014; 2019, No. 79, § 2, eff. June 20, 2019.)
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