<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:10:32:52"><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000000">20:10:32:52</span></a><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000001">.  Annual certification requirements for designated eligible telecommunications carriers.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0"> Consistent with 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313 and 54.314 (January 1, 2006), an eligible telecommunications carrier shall request the commission to file an annual certification with the Universal Service Administrative Company and the Federal Communications Commission stating that all federal high-cost support provided to the carrier will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. An eligible telecommunications carrier shall file its request for annual certification with the commission by Ju</span><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">ly</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0"> first of each year. Failure of an eligible telecommunications carrier to file by the deadline may result in the commission's inability to provide certification by the following October first.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">    </span><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0"> 32 SDR 231, effective July 10, 2006</span><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">; 50 SDR 125, effective May 6, 2024</span><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">    </span><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-76"><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000003">49-31-76</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-77"><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000003">49-31-77</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-81"><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000003">49-31-81</span></a><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">    </span><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-3"><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000003">49-31-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-78"><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0-000003">49-31-78</span></a><span class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s872f176a-867f-4dac-b3bc-2173d357d7c2000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>