Sec.  36.374   Telephone operator services.

   (a) Expenses in this classification include costs incurred for operators in
   call  completion service and number services. This includes intercept,
   quoting rates, directory information, time charges, and all other operator
   functions  performed  in  the central office, private branch exchange,
   teletypewriter exchange, and at public telephone stations.

   (b) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, study areas subject to
   price cap regulation, pursuant to  Sec. 61.41 of this chapter, shall assign the
   balance  of  Account  6620–Services  to the Telephone operator expense
   classification based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of
   Account 6620 to this classification during the twelve month period ending
   December 31, 2000.

   (c) Expenses in this classification are apportioned among the operations on
   the  basis of the relative number of weighted standard work seconds as
   determined by analysis and study for a representative period.

   (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, all study areas shall
   apportion Telephone operator expenses among the jurisdictions using the
   relative  number  of  weighted  standard work seconds, as specified in
    Sec. 36.374(c), during the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.

   [ 52 FR 17229 , May 6, 1987, as amended at  66 FR 33207 , June 21, 2001]