South Dakota § 49-31-12 - Commission to make rate or price schedule--Different rates or prices for different companies or services--Revision of rates--Notice to companies.
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§ 49-31-12. Commission to make rate or price schedule--Different rates or prices for different companies or services--Revision of rates--Notice to companies.
The commission shall make for each of the telecommunications companies doing business in this state a schedule of reasonable fares and rates or prices except for those telecommunications services which are fully competitive. The commission may determine and approve different rates or prices for different companies and for different services of any company. The commission shall:
(1) Change and revise such rates or prices as circumstances require;
(2) Serve upon each company at least ten days' notice of the time and place rates or prices will be determined, and provide an opportunity for any person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or company to be heard; and
(3) Give notice to the company of the rates or prices decided upon and the effective date of such rates or prices, and provide a printed copy of such rates or prices to the general public upon request.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 52.0216, 52.1315; SDCL, §§ 49-10-1 to 49-10-3; SL 1979, ch 307, §§ 55, 56; SL 1987, ch 345, § 55; SL 1988, ch 375, § 16; SL 1994, ch 351, § 135.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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