Sec.  69.601   Exchange carrier association.

   (a) An association shall be established in order to prepare and file access
   charge  tariffs  on behalf of all telephone companies that do not file
   separate tariffs or concur in a joint access tariff of another telephone
   company for all access elements.

   (b) All telephone companies that participate in the distribution of Carrier
   Common Line revenue requirement, pay long term support to association Common
   Line tariff participants, or receive payments from the transitional support
   fund administered by the association shall be deemed to be members of the
   association.

   (c) All data submissions to the association required by this title shall be
   accompanied by the following certification statement signed by the officer
   or employee responsible for the overall preparation for the data submission:

   Certification

   I am (title of certifying officer or employee). I hereby certify that I have
   overall responsibility for the preparation of all data in the attached data
   submission for (name of carrier) and that I am authorized to execute this
   certification.  Based  on information known to me or provided to me by
   employees responsible for the preparation of the data in this submission, I
   hereby  certify  that the data have been examined and reviewed and are
   complete,  accurate,  and  consistent  with  the  rules of the Federal
   Communications Commission.
   Date: Name: Title:

   (Persons making willful false statements in this data submission can be
   punished by fine or imprisonment under the provisions of the U.S. Code,
   Title 18, Section 1001).

   [ 48 FR 10358 , Mar. 11, 1983, as amended at  52 FR 21542 , June 8, 1987;  60 FR 19530 , Apr. 19, 1995]