Section 884.5 Of Article 8. Universal Telephone Service From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 8.
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. (a) This section shall apply to all customers eligible to
receive discounts for telecommunications services under the federal
Universal Service E-rate program administered by the Schools and
Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company
that also apply for discounts on telecommunications services provided
through the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee
Fund program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 280.
(b) A teleconnect discount shall be applied after applying an
E-rate discount. The commission shall first apply an E-rate discount,
regardless of whether the customer has applied for an E-rate
discount or has been approved, if the customer, in the determination
of the commission, meets the eligibility requirements for an E-rate
discount.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the teleconnect discount
shall be applied without regard to an E-rate discount for a school
district that meets the conditions specified for compensation
pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 42280) of Chapter 7 of
Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code, unless that
school district has applied for, and been approved to receive, the
E-rate discount.
(d) In establishing a discount under the California Teleconnect
Fund Administrative Committee Fund program, the commission shall give
priority to bridging the "digital divide" by encouraging expanded
access to state-of-the-art technologies for rural, inner-city,
low-income, and disabled Californians.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "E-rate discount" means an actual discount under the E-rate
program, or a representative discount figure as determined by the
commission.
(2) "E-rate program" means the federal Universal Service E-rate
program administered by the Schools and Libraries Division of the
Universal Service Administrative Company.
(3) "Teleconnect discount" means a discount on telecommunications
services provided through the California Teleconnect Fund
Administrative Committee Fund program set forth in subdivision (a) of
Section 280.