<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.s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal { 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.s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-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="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000000">20:10:28:72.  Allocation of equal access investment.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont"> The equal access investment is allocated between the intrastate and interstate jurisdictions based on 47 C.F.R. Part 36 (1991). Intrastate equal access investment which remains and which is not related to centralized equal access provisioning is directly assigned to toll. Centralized equal access investment is recovered separately by the centralized equal access provider. Costs incurred by a local exchange company to provide centralized equal access are directly assigned to toll.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000000">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont"> 19 SDR 111, effective </span><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">January 31, 1993.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000000">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-11"><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-1-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-5"><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-18"><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-18</span></a><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000000">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-18"><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-18</span></a><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont-000000">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5DefaultParagraphFont"> Equal access equipment, 47 C.F.R. § 36.191(b)(c) (1991).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a1e4366-df7b-400b-848b-6bc0e00d0aa5000001"> </span></p></div></body></html>