The changes include: 1) the definition of "access line" is amended to include consistency with federal law; 2) the ability of a provider to include the surcharge within an end-user?s rate plan is clarified; 3) the requirement to remit the surcharge explicitly includes providers of prepaid access lines that permit access to the public telephone network, for services purchased on or after 01/01/2018; 4) a provider may omit the surcharge with respect to: a) any access line that generates revenue that is subject to another state's Utah Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund (UUSF) surcharge, or b) any access line that has not been used to access Utah instrastate telecommunications services during the month in question; and 5) in light of 4), above, the process for an end user to petition the Public Service Commission for a waiver of the surcharge is eliminated.