South Dakota Administrative Code

Rule 20:10:29:37 Apportionment of plant-nonspecific operations expenses in account 6560. 20:10:29:37. Apportionment of plant-nonspecific operations expenses in account 6560. Plant-nonspecific operations expenses in account 6560 are apportioned among the interexchange category, th…

Rule 20:10:29:38 Amortization of embedded customer premises wiring investment. 20:10:29:38. Amortization of embedded customer premises wiring investment. Amortization of embedded customer premises wiring investment is associated with § 20:10:29:20 information origination/terminat…

Rule 20:10:29:39 Apportionment of operating taxes in account 7200. 20:10:29:39. Apportionment of operating taxes in account 7200. Federal, state, and local income taxes in account 7200 are apportioned among the interexchange category, the billing and collection category, the spec…

Rule 20:10:29:40 Apportionment of marketing expenses in account 6610. 20:10:29:40. Apportionment of marketing expenses in account 6610. Marketing expenses in account 6610 are apportioned among the interexchange category, the special access category, and all switched access elemen…

Rule 20:10:29:41 Apportionment of telephone operator services expenses in account 6620. 20:10:29:41. Apportionment of telephone operator services expenses in account 6620. Telephone operator services expenses in account 6620 are apportioned among the information category, the int…

Rule 20:10:29:42 Assignment of published directory expenses in account 6620. 20:10:29:42. Assignment of published directory expenses in account 6620. Published directory expenses in account 6620 are assigned to the information category. Source: 19 SDR 111, effective January 31, 1…

Rule 20:10:29:43 Assignment of local business office expenses in account 6620. 20:10:29:43. Assignment of local business office expenses in account 6620. Local business office expenses in account 6620, excluding expenses incurred to provision pay telephone service, are assigned a…

Rule 20:10:29:44 Assignment of revenue accounting expenses in account 6620. 20:10:29:44. Assignment of revenue accounting expenses in account 6620. Revenue accounting expenses in account 6620 that are attributable to a carrier's carrier's access billing and collecting expense are…

Rule 20:10:29:45 Apportionment of all other customer services expenses in account 6620. 20:10:29:45. Apportionment of all other customer services expenses in account 6620. All other customer services expenses in account 6620 are apportioned among the special access category, inte…

Rule 20:10:29:46 Apportionment of corporate operations expenses in accounts 6710 and 6720. 20:10:29:46. Apportionment of corporate operations expenses in accounts 6710 and 6720. All corporate operations expenses in accounts 6710 and 6720 are apportioned among the special access c…

Rule 20:10:29:47 Assignment of equal access expenses. 20:10:29:47. Assignment of equal access expenses. Equal access expenses are assigned to the local switching element. Source: 19 SDR 111, effective January 31, 1993. General Authority:SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5, 49-31-18. Law Implem…

Rule 20:10:29:48 Apportionment of other expenses. 20:10:29:48. Apportionment of other expenses. Expenses that are not apportioned pursuant to §§ 20:10:29:32 to 20:10:29:47, inclusive, are apportioned among the interexchange category, the special access category, and all switched …

Rule 20:10:30:01 Available codes. 20:10:30:01. Available codes. The commission may, upon receipt of an application or upon its own motion, assign an available N11 dialing code within South Dakota local exchanges to a qualified person. Codes 611 and 811 may be assigned if a local …

Rule 20:10:30:01.01 Criteria for assignment. 20:10:30:01.01. Criteria for assignment. An application for the assignment of an N11 dialing code must demonstrate that the service to be provided or accessed through the use of the dialing code provides direct and substantial benefits…

Rule 20:10:30:02 Assignment. 20:10:30:02. Assignment. The commission shall assign an N11 dialing code to an application which will provide the most direct and substantial benefits to the public if the application is complete and meets the criteria established by this chapter for …

Rule 20:10:30:03 Application -- Contents. 20:10:30:03. Application -- Contents. An application filed under this chapter must contain the information and be in the form required by §20:10:24:02, except in lieu of subdivision 20:10:24:02(5) the application must include a specific d…

Rule 20:10:30:04 Financial information. 20:10:30:04. Financial information. In addition to the financial information required by subdivision 20:10:24:02(8), the application must include a schedule showing the investment to be made in the proposed service, an estimate of expenses,…

Rule 20:10:30:05 Burden of proof -- Public interest -- Technical, financial, and managerial capabilities. 20:10:30:05. Burden of proof -- Public interest -- Technical, financial, and managerial capabilities. The applicant has the burden of proving in its application that the serv…

Rule 20:10:30:06 Interim approval -- Terms and conditions. 20:10:30:06. Interim approval -- Terms and conditions. The commission may assign an interim N11 dialing code to determine the feasibility of a permanent assignment of the N11 dialing code. An interim assignment is subject…

Rule 20:10:30:07 Nontransferability. 20:10:30:07. Nontransferability. The commission's interim approval or assignment of an N11 dialing code may not be transferred by the applicant. Source: 21 SDR 4, effective July 17, 1994. General Authority:SDCL 49-31-5. Law Implemented:SDCL 49…

Rule 20:10:30:08 Termination for failure to provide service within 90 days. 20:10:30:08. Termination for failure to provide service within 90 days. If the applicant fails to provide the service proposed in its application and to notify the commission in writing that it has begun …

Rule 20:10:30:09 Termination if service no longer in public interest. 20:10:30:09. Termination if service no longer in public interest. If the commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that the service provided by the applicant pursuant to the assignment of…

Rule 20:10:30:10 Termination for higher public interest. 20:10:30:10. Termination for higher public interest. If it becomes necessary to use an assigned N11 dialing code for an area code pursuant to a determination by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) administrator, if the…

Rule 20:10:31:01 Definitions. 20:10:31:01. Definitions. Terms defined in SDCL 49-34B-1 have the same meaning when used in this chapter. In addition, terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Direct costs," all expenses incurred by the commission that are directly attributable to a pi…

Rule 20:10:31:02 Scope and application. 20:10:31:02. Scope and application. This chapter sets the standards and procedures used to assess pipeline operators for the pipeline safety inspection program created by SDCL chapter 49-34B. This chapter applies only to intrastate gas pipe…

Rule 20:10:31:03 Reduction of support and direct costs. 20:10:31:03. Reduction of support and direct costs. All federal reimbursements received by the commission for prescribing, setting, and enforcing rules and safety standards for the transportation of natural and other gas in …

Rule 20:10:31:04 Assessment of direct costs. 20:10:31:04. Assessment of direct costs. The commission shall charge a pipeline operator for all direct costs not reduced by § 20:10:31:03. The charges are assessed and billed annually to each pipeline operator. Source: 20 SDR 222, eff…

Rule 20:10:31:05 Assessment of support costs. 20:10:31:05. Assessment of support costs. Support costs not reduced by § 20:10:31:03 are first divided equally between two categories. Fifty percent of the costs are allocated to meters and fifty percent are allocated to miles. The nu…

Rule 20:10:31:06 Assessment of initial inspection fee. 20:10:31:06. Assessment of initial inspection fee. An initial inspection fee of $100,000 is assessed to intrastate gas pipeline operators. Intrastate distribution pipeline operators with 50 meters or less are assessed a flat …

Rule 20:10:31:07 Objection to assessment. 20:10:31:07. Objection to assessment. A pipeline operator who objects to an assessment within thirty days after the assessment is mailed may withhold the amount of assessed charges in dispute, without penalty, while a complaint is pending…

Rule 20:10:32:01 Definitions. 20:10:32:01. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter that are defined in SDCL 49-31-1 have the same meaning. In addition, the following terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Alternative local service provider," a telecommunications company which seek…

Rule 20:10:32:02 Certificate of authority required to provide local exchange service. 20:10:32:02. Certificate of authority required to provide local exchange service. A certificate of authority for local exchange service obtained pursuant to this chapter applies only to the serv…

20:10:32:03. Certificate of authority for local exchange service -- Application requirements. A telecommunications company required by SDCL chapter 49-31 to apply for a certificate of authority for local exchange services from the commission shall submit a written application and…

Rule 20:10:32:04 Notice to other local exchange carriers in proposed service area -- Intervener status. 20:10:32:04 Notice to other local exchange carriers in proposed service area -- Intervener status. The applicant shall give notice of its application to each telecommunications…

Rule 20:10:32:05 Opportunity for hearing -- Burden of proof. 20:10:32:05. Opportunity for hearing -- Burden of proof. The applicant and other parties to the application may request a hearing on the application for a certificate of authority to provide local exchange services. In …

Rule 20:10:32:06 Rejection of incomplete application -- Decision criteria for granting a certificate of authority. 20:10:32:06. Rejection of incomplete application -- Decision criteria for granting a certificate of authority. A certificate of authority to provide local exchange s…

Rule 20:10:32:06.01 Performance bonds. 20:10:32:06.01. Performance bonds. If it is in the public interest, the commission may require an applicant, as a condition precedent to granting a certificate of authority, to file with the commission a bond or other security for an amount …

Rule 20:10:32:07 Certification subject to commission imposed terms and conditions. 20:10:32:07. Certification subject to commission imposed terms and conditions. In addition to the requirements imposed by this chapter on providers of local exchange services, the commission, in gr…

Rule 20:10:32:08 Sale, assignment, lease, or transfer of certificate of authority. 20:10:32:08. Sale, assignment, lease, or transfer of certificate of authority. If requesting a sale, assignment, lease, or transfer of a certificate of authority to provide local exchange services,…

Rule 20:10:32:09 Suspension or revocation of certificate of authority. 20:10:32:09. Suspension or revocation of certificate of authority. Failure of any provider of local exchange service to comply with applicable requirements set forth in this chapter, other terms and conditions…

20:10:32:10. Service obligations of all providers -- Request for waiver. A telecommunications company providing local exchange services shall, at minimum, make the following available to each customer: (1) Access to the public switched network; (2) Access to emergency services su…

Rule 20:10:32:11 Local calling scope for alternative providers. 20:10:32:11. Local calling scope for alternative providers. A telecommunications company that is granted authority to offer competitive local exchange services in an area where the incumbent local exchange carrier pr…

20:10:32:12. Annual reporting requirements. After a telecommunications company has received a certificate of authority to provide local exchange services from the commission, the company shall submit to the commission by June first of each year thereafter a report of its annual r…

Rule 20:10:32:13 Discontinuance of service. 20:10:32:13. Discontinuance of service. A provider of local exchange service may not discontinue service or abandon all or a portion of its service area unless another provider of local exchange services certified for that area is able …

Rule 20:10:32:14 Area under threat of discontinuance of service. 20:10:32:14. Area under threat of discontinuance of service. In the event the commission determines that a given area of the state is likely to lose local exchange service, the commission shall conduct a hearing to …

Rule 20:10:32:15 Rural service area -- Additional service obligations. 20:10:32:15. Rural service area -- Additional service obligations. If a telecommunications company is seeking authority to provide local exchange service in the service area of a rural telephone company, the c…

Rule 20:10:32:16 Good faith offering requirement. 20:10:32:16. Good faith offering requirement. Any service required to be provided by the alternative provider of local exchange services pursuant to § 20:10:32:15 shall be provided at prices and on terms which reflect a good faith…