What is the status of remitting surcharges now that the Governor has signed the CASF legislation?
The Governor signed SB 1193 on September 27, 2008, which codifies the P.U. Code to include the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) into the State Treasury. In the future, deposits will be in a prescribed manner not too different from the other six universal service telecommunications public program fund processes here at the Commission. At this time, CD is finalizing a revised e-filing system with the Commission’s internal Fiscal Office and the State Treasurer’s office to incorporate the CASF remittance process. Until an official notice is posted on the CASF webpage, carriers should continue to collect the CASF surcharge revenues and hold them in a memorandum account with interest. CD anticipates an announcement soon and recommends carriers check the above referenced website frequently for more news and information.
