BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 37-30A-9 be amended to read as follows:
37-30A-9. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 37-30A-8, no person may change the designated telecommunications company as defined in § 49-31-1(9) which is providing service to a consumer without the written confirmation in the form of a letter of agency from that consumer or confirmation by a third-party verification company. The third-party verification company shall meet each of the following criteria:
consumer at no cost. No information obtained from the consumer may be used for marketing purposes. If the telecommunications company or a third-party verification company acting on its behalf fails to comply with these third-party verification provisions, the Public Utilities Commission may revoke the telecommunication company's certificate of authority and may impose a civil fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense. It is a violation of this Act for any person to make such an unauthorized change.
An Act to revise the procedures to confirm a change of designated telecommunications companies.
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Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Chief Clerk
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President of the Senate
Secretary of the Senate
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Received at this Executive Office this ____ day of _____________ ,
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for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
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Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
Filed ____________ , 19___
at _________ o'clock __ M.
Secretary of State
By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State