<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:10:09:04 Insufficient reasons for refusal.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:10:09:04"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:10:09:04 Insufficient reasons for refusal."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:10:09:04.&nbsp;&nbsp;Insufficient reasons for refusal.</b> Any of the following reasons are insufficient for a telecommunications company to refuse service:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Refusal to liquidate a debt to another utility, a debt for another class of service, or a debt for other bills not based on filed rates or charges except as provided in subdivision 20:10:09:03(6);</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;Nonpayment of calls reasonably traced to an applicant if the applicant is not liable;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;Nonpayment of a bill for which the applicant is a guarantor unless the guarantor is legally liable for a particular bill and has dishonored the obligation to pay;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;The request for service is for a dwelling at which the former occupant was delinquent; or</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (5)&nbsp;&nbsp;The applicant is living with someone indebted to the telecommunications company, except in the&nbsp; instance described in subdivision 20:10:09:03(3).</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In any of these situations, however, if a company has a telecommunications bill payment history to measure or a clearly traced toll experience to consider, it may require a deposit in conformance with §&nbsp;20:10:08:04.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> SL 1975, ch 16, §&nbsp;1; 12 SDR 85, effective November 24, 1985; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 21 SDR 81, effective November 3, 1994.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b>SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=49-31-5">49-31-5.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b>SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=49-31-5">49-31-5.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>