Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2418
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Telephone access line surcharge - Telecommunications for
Official statutory text
the Hearing Impaired Revolving Fund.
A. There is hereby imposed a surcharge of five cents ($0.05)
per local exchange telephone access line per month to pay for the
equipment and maintenance program provided for in Section 2417 of
this title and to provide for other needed services for the deaf,
severely hard-of-hearing, severely speech-impaired and deaf-blind
programs administered through the State Department of Rehabilitation
Services, such surcharge to be paid by each local exchange
subscriber to local telephone service in this state, unless such
subscriber is otherwise exempt from taxation.
B. The surcharge shall be collected on the regular monthly bill
by each local exchange telephone company operating in this state and
shall be remitted quarterly to the Oklahoma Tax Commission no later
than twenty (20) days following the end of each quarter.
C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Revolving Fund.
The fund shall consist of monies imposed in subsection A of this
section. All monies accruing to the fund are hereby appropriated
and may be budgeted and expended by the State Department of
Rehabilitation Services. The fund shall be a continuing fund not
subject to fiscal year limitations and expenditures from said fund
shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against
claims submitted to the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services for the purpose of implementation of this act.
A. There is hereby imposed a surcharge of five cents ($0.05)
per local exchange telephone access line per month to pay for the
equipment and maintenance program provided for in Section 2417 of
this title and to provide for other needed services for the deaf,
severely hard-of-hearing, severely speech-impaired and deaf-blind
programs administered through the State Department of Rehabilitation
Services, such surcharge to be paid by each local exchange
subscriber to local telephone service in this state, unless such
subscriber is otherwise exempt from taxation.
B. The surcharge shall be collected on the regular monthly bill
by each local exchange telephone company operating in this state and
shall be remitted quarterly to the Oklahoma Tax Commission no later
than twenty (20) days following the end of each quarter.
C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Revolving Fund.
The fund shall consist of monies imposed in subsection A of this
section. All monies accruing to the fund are hereby appropriated
and may be budgeted and expended by the State Department of
Rehabilitation Services. The fund shall be a continuing fund not
subject to fiscal year limitations and expenditures from said fund
shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against
claims submitted to the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services for the purpose of implementation of this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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