Section 729.500  Permitted Reimbursements

Moneys in the WCRF may be used, subject to appropriation, only to reimburse carriers for costs incurred in complying with the applicable provisions of FCC wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service mandates and to pay administrative costs.  In no event shall any sworn invoice submitted to the Commission for reimbursement be approved for:

a)         Costs not related to compliance with FCC Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 mandates;

b)         Costs with respect to any Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 service that is not operable at the time the invoice is submitted;

c)         Costs of providing Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 services in an area when a unit of local government or Emergency Telephone System Board provides wireless 9-1-1 services in that area and was imposing and collecting a wireless carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998;

d)         An amount in excess of 100% of an individual carrier's cumulative remittances to the WCRF, net administrative costs and prior reimbursements, without prior approval by the Commission;

e)         Any cost associated with a third party vendor that the carrier is not contractually obligated to pay;

f)          Expenses not submitted within five years after the date the cost was incurred; or

g)         Any carrier that has not remitted surcharges to the Commission within the past one-year.