5. Funds for Communications Equipment Fund. The commission shall annually transfer $85,000 from a state universal service fund established pursuant to this section to the Communications Equipment Fund established under Title 26, section 1419-A for general use. The commission may, upon the request of the Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and after a finding that the funds are necessary and that sufficient attempts have been made by the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services to maximize federal support to support emergency alert telecommunications service, transfer $300,000 annually from the state universal service fund established by this section to the Communications Equipment Fund established under Title 26, section 1419-A for the exclusive purpose of supporting emergency alert telecommunications service. In addition to its authority under subsection 3, the commission may require contributions to the state universal service fund in an amount sufficient to collect the $85,000. The commission is further authorized to require contributions to the state universal service fund in an amount not to exceed $300,000 upon a finding that such contributions are necessary and that sufficient attempts have been made by the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services to maximize federal support to support emergency alert telecommunications service.

If the Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services does not receive from federal or other sources funds in addition to the $85,000 sufficient to carry out the general purposes of Title 26, section 1419-A, the commission, at the request of the Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, may transfer from the state universal service fund to the Communications Equipment Fund an additional amounts as long as: $37,500.__The commission may require contributions to the state universal service fund in an amount sufficient to collect the $37,500.

A. The total transfer in any year does not exceed $122,500; and

B. Any amount in any year in excess of $85,000 is drawn from funds otherwise available in the universal service fund. The commission is not authorized to require contributions to the state universal service fund for the purposes of this subsection in order to collect any amount in excess of $85,000 in any year.