Definitions

PURPOSE: This rule defines various terms used in this chapter, which are not defined in sections 386.020 or 67.2677, RSMo. (1) Access line—A line connected to the customer’s premises used to provide basic local telecommunications service or used to provide IVoIP service. (2) Certificate of service authority—Authorization granted by the commission or charter by the state of Missouri to provide basic local telecommunications service, nonswitched local telecommunications service, interexchange telecommunications service, payphone service, or shared tenant service. (3) Commission—The Missouri Public Service Commission. (4) Commission’s website—www.psc.mo.gov. (5) EFIS—The commission’s Electronic Filing and Information System (EFIS). EFIS may be accessed through the commission’s website. (6) Interconnection agreement—An agreement filed with a state commission pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 252 containing the terms, conditions, and rates associated with interconnection services pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251. (7) Interconnected voice over internet protocol service (IVoIP)—A communications service as defined by section 386.020, RSMo. (8) Intrastate—A telecommunications or IVoIP service originating and terminating within Missouri regardless of how the service is routed. (9) Missouri jurisdictional revenue—A company’s total revenue associated with the provisioning of intrastate telecommunications and IVoIP services. This revenue includes a company’s net jurisdictional revenue, wholesale revenues, and any revenue received from the Missouri Universal Service Fund minus wholesale uncollectibles. Total Missouri jurisdictional operating revenue is annually reported and is used for the commission assessment. (10) Non-switched local exchange telecommunications service—Service connecting customer locations within an exchange to other points within the exchange provisioned by facilities dedicated to these locations and points, and which facilities do not switch the service to other locations and points. (11) Payphone service—Service providing two- (2-) way voice service for a fee to the general public using a privately owned device. (12) Registration—The granting of a registration to provide interconnected voice over Internet protocol service or video service by the commission. (13) Shared tenant service—The provisioning of a commercially shared telecommunications service provided to residents in a building or a common limited geographic area. (14) Tariff—A document submitted to the commission identifying the telecommunications services offered by a company and also identifying the rates, terms, and conditions for the use of such services. AUTHORITY: sections 386.040, 386.250, 386.310, 392.450, and 392.461, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-28.010. Original rule filed April 1, 2015, effective Dec. 30, 2015. Amended: Filed April 12, 2018, effective Dec. 30, 2018. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-28.010, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 386.040, RSMo 1939; 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996; 386.310, RSMo 1939, amended 1979, 1989, 1996; 392.450, RSMo 1987, amended 1996, 2008; and 392.461, RSMo 2011, amended 2013, 2014.