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- EIN 43-1818855
- (573) 634-1137
- 200 Madison St Suite 900 Jefferson City MO 65101-3254 USA
- www.missouriusf.com
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Causes: Consumer Protection
Mission: The missouri universal service board, inc. Was organized as a non-profit, public benefit corporation on may 20, 1998 under the laws of the state of missouri. The organization was created by missouri revised statute 392. 248 and was charged with establishing a universal service fund to provide financial assistance to missouri's low-income and disabled telecommunications consumers. The fund is governed by the missouri universal service board pursuant to the rules of the missouri department of economic development at 4 csr 240-31.
Programs: Funds from the universal service fund shall only be used (1) to ensure the provision of reasonably comparable essential local telecommunications services throughout the state at just, reasonable, and affordable rates; (2) to assist low income and disabled customers in affordable essential telecommunications services; and (3) to pay the reasonable, audited costs of administering the universal service fund. Funds collected from contributors by the adminisrator, through a carrier surcharge of net jurisdictional revenues, are restricted as to their intended use related to the low income support mechanisms established pursuant to 4 csr 240-31.