| This bill is designed to move the funding source for |
| telecommunications relay services from its current embedded |
| subsidy in local exchange carrier bills into the state universal |
| service fund so that it will be funded equally by all intrastate |
| telecommunications providers. The bill also clarifies that the |
| Telecommunications Relay Services Advisory Council is the |
| appropriate body for forming funding level requirements, and the |
| Public Utilities Commission is the appropriate body for |
| authorizing collection and payment of such funding levels. |
