Sec. 51.515  Application of access charges.

    (a) Neither the interstate access charges described in part 69 of 
this chapter nor comparable intrastate access charges shall be assessed 
by an incumbent LEC on purchasers of elements that offer telephone 
exchange or exchange access services.
    (b) Notwithstanding Secs. 51.505, 51.511, and 51.513(d)(2) and 
paragraph (a) of this section, an incumbent LEC may assess upon 
telecommunications carriers that purchase unbundled local switching 
elements, as described in Sec. 51.319(c)(1), for interstate minutes of 
use traversing such unbundled local switching elements, the carrier 
common line charge described in Sec. 69.105 of this chapter, and a 
charge equal to 75% of the interconnection charge described in 
Sec. 69.124 of this chapter, only until the earliest of the following, 
and not thereafter:
    (1) June 30, 1997;
    (2) The later of the effective date of a final Commission decision 
in CC Docket No. 96-45, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, 
or the effective date of a final Commission decision in a proceeding to 
consider reform of the interstate access charges described in part 69; 
or
    (3) With respect to a Bell operating company only, the date on which 
that company is authorized to offer in-region interLATA service in a 
state pursuant to section 271 of the Act. The end date for Bell 
operating companies that are authorized to offer interLATA service shall 
apply only to the recovery of access charges in those states in which 
the Bell operating company is authorized to offer such service.
    (c) Notwithstanding Secs. 51.505, 51.511, and 51.513(d)(2) and 
paragraph (a) of this section, an incumbent LEC may

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assess upon telecommunications carriers that purchase unbundled local 
switching elements, as described in Sec. 51.319(c)(1), for intrastate 
toll minutes of use traversing such unbundled local switching elements, 
intrastate access charges comparable to those listed in paragraph (b) 
and any explicit intrastate universal service mechanism based on access 
charges, only until the earliest of the following, and not thereafter:
    (1) June 30, 1997;
    (2) The effective date of a state commission decision that an 
incumbent LEC may not assess such charges; or
    (3) With respect to a Bell operating company only, the date on which 
that company is authorized to offer in-region interLATA service in the 
state pursuant to section 271 of the Act. The end date for Bell 
operating companies that are authorized to offer interLATA service shall 
apply only to the recovery of access charges in those states in which 
the Bell operating company is authorized to offer such service.
    (d) Interstate access charges described in part 69 shall not be 
assessed by incumbent LECs on each element purchased by requesting 
carriers providing both telephone exchange and exchange access services 
to such requesting carriers' end users.

[ 61 FR 45619 , Aug. 29, 1996, as amended at  62 FR 45587 , Aug. 28, 1997]

                            Subpart G--Resale