PUC Orders Related to the Design and Operation of the OUS Fund

• Set objectives for the OUS fund 

• Established procedures for the collection and disbursement of OUS funds

• Set final parameters for the OUS fund

• PUC decision addressing requests for reconsideration by various parties.

• Expanded the OUS fund to include rural local exchange carriers

PUC Orders Changing the Surcharge and Contribution Rates

• Changed the surcharge and contribution rates effective January 1, 2001

• Changed the surcharge and contribution rates effective October 1, 2001

• Changed the surcharge, contribution rates and assessment base effective February 1, 2002

• Changed the surcharge and contribution rates effective January 1, 2004

• Changed the surcharge and contribution rates effective October 1, 2004

Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) 

• Defined basic telephone service

• Codified the procedures used by pay telephone providers to receive OUS surcharge refunds

Oregon Revised States (ORS)

• Required the PUC to  establish a uniform percentage surcharge to support the OUS fund

• Allowed pay telephone providers to receive a refund of OUS surcharge