The Public Utilities Commission may require a telecommunications company as defined in § 49-31-1 to make a deposit when it files for approval of a general change in rates or prices for any noncompetitive or emerging competitive telecommunications service. The commission may require a telecommunications company to deposit up to one hundred thousand dollars in the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Regulatory Assessment Fee fund, the amount to be designated by commission order.
S.D. Codified Laws § 49-31-12.6
Deposits into regulatory assessment fee fund
Source: SL 1994, ch 352, § 5A; SL 2021, ch 200, § 7.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.