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Judge tosses AL relay board challenge to law moving landline telephone fees to education fund | The Republic
A judge has tossed a lawsuit challenging the state's transfer of $30 million to the education budget from a private fund that pays for telephone services for the deaf and blind.
Alabama Public Service Commission member Terry Dunn says he's disappointed by the decision Monday of the Montgomery County Circuit Court judge. But he said the PSC has taken the steps necessary to transfer the money.
The Alabama Dual Party Relay Board, which oversees money collected from telephone customers to pay for the service, had filed suit. Under a new state law, money collected from a surcharge on all landlines in Alabama will be transferred to the state education budget.
Rep. Jay Love, a Republican from Montgomery who sponsored the law, said he's glad the judge upheld the law.
A judge has tossed a lawsuit challenging the state's transfer of $30 million to the education budget from a private fund that pays for telephone services for the deaf and blind.
Alabama Public Service Commission member Terry Dunn says he's disappointed by the decision Monday of the Montgomery County Circuit Court judge. But he said the PSC has taken the steps necessary to transfer the money.
The Alabama Dual Party Relay Board, which oversees money collected from telephone customers to pay for the service, had filed suit. Under a new state law, money collected from a surcharge on all landlines in Alabama will be transferred to the state education budget.
Rep. Jay Love, a Republican from Montgomery who sponsored the law, said he's glad the judge upheld the law.
