<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0 { 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.sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000003 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000004 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000005 { 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="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:10:32:55"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000000">20:10:32:55</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000001">.  Lifeline and link-up advertising requirements -- Annual report on outreach efforts.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> An eligible telecommunications carrier shall annually </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">provide written notification of</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> the availability of the federal lifeline and link-up assistance programs to each of its existing customers residing in the carrier's designated service area by written notification </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">in either print or electronic form </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">provided directly to the existing customers. A </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">carrier shall provide written notification, in either print or electronic form, of lifeline and link-up assistance programs to any </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">new customer residing in the carrier's designated service area within </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">thirty</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> days after </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">the customer receives</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> telecommunications services. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">A</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> carrier shall annually advertise the availability of lifeline and link-up services in media of general distribution throughout its service areas. As part of its annual certification filing, </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">a</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> carrier shall submit a report </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">to the commission </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">on </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">the carrier's</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> outreach efforts designed to increase participation in the lifeline and link-up assistance programs. The </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">carrier</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> shall </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">file</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> by </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">July</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> first of each year </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">its</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> report on the carrier's outreach activities for the previous </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">calendar </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000003">A</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000004"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000004">Lifeline-only wireless company that has been designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier is exempt from this section</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> 32 SDR 231, effective July 10, 2006; 34 SDR 67, effective September 11, 2007</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">; 52 SDR 32, effective September 29, 2025</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-76"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000005">49-31-76</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-77"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000005">49-31-77</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-81"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000005">49-31-81</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-3"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000005">49-31-3</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-76"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000005">49-31-76</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-78"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0-000005">49-31-78</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd2ece807-b5ea-4f6d-90db-7d47c4466947000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>