Title 36, Chapter 90, Section 4
( 36-90-4)
On and after January 1, 2000, each public provider shall prepare and
maintain records in accordance with generally accepted governmental
accounting principles which record the full cost accounting of
providing service. Such records shall show the amount and source of
capital, including working capital, utilized in providing service.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall preclude a public provider
utilizing capital from any lawful source, including the public
provider's general funds, provided that the reasonable cost of such
capital is accounted for as a cost of providing the service. No
public provider shall cross-subsidize the costs of providing
service. A public provider shall impute into its indirect costs of
providing service an amount for franchise fees, regulatory fees,
occupation taxes, pole attachment fees, and ad valorem property
taxes, calculated in the same manner as such amounts are calculated
for any private provider paying such costs to the public provider in
the same service area. |