<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.s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1b000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000002 { color: #0000FF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000000">20:10:28:71.  Equal access investment -- Included costs.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont"> For those companies who implement equal access within the state jurisdiction, equal access investment includes only initial incremental expenditures for software, hardware, and other equipment related directly to the provision of equal access which would not be required to upgrade the capabilities of the office involved except for the provision of equal access. Equal access investment is limited to expenditures for converting central offices which serve competitive interexchange carriers or if there has been a bona fide request for conversion to equal access.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1b000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000000">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont"> 19 SDR 111, effective </span><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">January 31, 1993.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000000">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-11"><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-1-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-5"><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-18"><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-18</span></a><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000000">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-18"><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-18</span></a><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1b000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont-000000">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bDefaultParagraphFont"> Equal access equipment, 47 C.F.R. § 36.191(a) (1991).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s983c52cd-0340-42c9-819a-9bfab06acb1b000001"> </span></p></div></body></html>