# Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule; announcement of effective date. · Published 1999-12-29 · Effective 1999-12-15 · 64 FR 72956
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-33767
- **Category:** universal-service
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 72956
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 36
- **Publication date:** 1999-12-29
- **Effective date:** 1999-12-15
- **FCC docket:** CC Docket No. 96-45
## Abstract

This document announces the effective date of the rules governing its existing support mechanism to ensure that support for rural carriers is not substantially changed when non-rural carriers are removed from that mechanism and transitioned to the new forward-looking support mechanism. The document was published in the Federal Register on December 1, 1999. Some of the rules contained information collection requirements.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/12/29/99-33767/federal-state-joint-board-on-universal-service)
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