---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 69.158"
title: "47"
number: "69.158"
heading: "Universal service end user charges."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/69.158"
---

# §69.158. Universal service end user charges.


To the extent the company makes contributions to the Universal Service Support Mechanisms pursuant to §§ [54.706](/cfr/47/54.706.md) and [54.709](/cfr/47/54.709.md) of this chapter and the local exchange carrier seeks to recover some or all of the amount of such contribution, the local exchange carrier shall recover those contributions through a charge to end users other than Lifeline users. These contributions are not a part of any price cap baskets, and the charge to recover these contributions is not part of any other element established pursuant to [part 69](/cfr/47/part69.md). Such a charge may be assessed on a per-line basis or as a percentage of interstate retail revenues, and at the option of the local exchange carrier it may be combined for billing purposes with other end user retail rate elements. A local exchange carrier opting to assess the Universal Service end-user rate element on a per-line basis may apply that charge using the “equivalency” relationships established for the multi-line business PICC for Primary Rate ISDN service, as per [§ 69.153(d)](/cfr/47/69.153.md?p=d), and for Centrex lines, as per [§ 69.153(e)](/cfr/47/69.153.md?p=e).


## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 38704, June 21, 2000; 65 FR 57744, Sept. 26, 2000]

### Source

Source: 62 FR 31935, June 11, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, 220, 254, 403.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 10358, Mar. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 38704, June 21, 2000; 65 FR 57744, Sept. 26, 2000]