ENTITLED, An Act to
prohibit the filing of tariffs for certain telecommunications services and
to impose certain requirements regarding the availability of telecommunications services
information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section
1.
That chapter
49-31
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Unless exempted from filing by
§
49-31-5.1, a telecommunications company shall file tariffs
only for emerging and noncompetitive telecommunications services. No other telecommunications
services may be tariffed.
Section
2.
That chapter
49-31
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
A telecommunications company shall make available to any person, in at least one location,
during regular business hours, information concerning its current rates, terms, and conditions for
all of its telecommunications services. The information shall be made available in an easy to
understand format and in a timely manner. Following an inquiry or complaint from a person
concerning a rate, term, or condition for a telecommunications service, a telecommunications
company shall specify that such information is available and the manner in which the person may
obtain the information. A telecommunications company shall notify a customer of any materially
adverse change to any rate, term, or condition of any telecommunications service being provided
to the customer. The notification shall be made at least thirty days in advance of the change.