This rule was filed as 17 NMAC 13.7.

TITLE 17 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES

CHAPTER 11 TELECOMMUNICATIONS

PART 7 INTRASTATE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES DISCOUNTS FOR SCHOOLS

AND LIBRARIES

17.11.7.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico State Corporation Commission ("Commission") [New Mexico Public Regulation Commission], Telecommunications Department, Post Office Box 1269, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87504-1269.

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17.11.7.2 SCOPE: This rule applies to all Commission-regulated entities providing intrastate telecommunications services to schools and libraries in the State of New Mexico.

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17.11.7.3 AUTHORITY: Authority for this rule derives from Article 11 of the New Mexico Constitution.

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17.11.7.4 DURATION: Permanent.

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17.11.7.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1997 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section or paragraph.

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17.11.7.6 OBJECTIVES: The objective of this rule is to implement discounts for schools and libraries for intrastate telecommunications services consistent with those rules and definitions adopted by the United States Federal Communications Commission ("FCC").

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17.11.7.7 DEFINITIONS [Reserved]

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17.11.7.8 INTRASTATE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES DISCOUNTS FOR SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES: With respect to intrastate telecommunication services, determined by the FCC to be within the definition of universal service, the discount for eligible schools and libraries shall be equal to the discount the FCC sets with respect to interstate service.

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History of 17.11.7 NMAC: [RESERVED]