<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.sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal { 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.sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-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="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000000">20:10:28:126.  Equal access -- Included expenses.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont"> For those companies that implement equal access within the state jurisdiction, equal access expenses include only initial incremental presubscription costs and other initial incremental expenditures related directly to the provision of equal access that would not be required to upgrade the capabilities of the office involved except for the provision of equal access. Equal access expenses are limited to the expenditures for converting central offices that serve competitive interexchange carriers or where there has been a bona fide request for conversion to equal access.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">    Intrastate equal access expenses which are not related to centralized equal access provisioning are directly assigned to toll. Centralized equal access expenses are recovered separately by the centralized equal access provider. Costs incurred by the local exchange company to provide centralized equal access are directly assigned to toll.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000000">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont"> 19 SDR 111, effective </span><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">January 31, 1993.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000000">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-11"><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-1-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-5"><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-18"><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-18</span></a><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000000">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-18"><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-18</span></a><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont-000000">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1DefaultParagraphFont"> Equal access expenses, 47 C.F.R. § 36.421(a)(b) (1991).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sca85c8ff-4634-4698-9653-2f1d52965ab1000001"> </span></p></div></body></html>