KRS 278.549: Rates -- Funding mechanism.

Users of a telecommunications relay service shall pay rates no greater than the rates paid

for functionally equivalent voice communication services provided without a

telecommunications relay. The commission shall determine the appropriate funding

mechanism for the telecommunications relay system. The telecommunications industry

shall not be required to absorb the cost of funding the telecommunications relay service.

The commission may use assistance from public agencies of the state or federal

government or from private organizations to accomplish the purposes of KRS 278.547 to

278.549.