20:10:09:04Insufficient reasons for refusal.

Any of the following reasons are insufficient for a telecommunications company to refuse service: (1) Refusal to liquidate a debt to another utility, a debt for another class of service, or a debt for other bills not based on filed rates or charges except as provided in subdivision 20:10:09:03(6); (2) Nonpayment of calls reasonably traced to an applicant if the applicant is not liable; (3) Nonpayment of a bill for which the applicant is a guarantor unless the guarantor is legally liable for a particular bill and has dishonored the obligation to pay; (4) The request for service is for a dwelling at which the former occupant was delinquent; or (5) The applicant is living with someone indebted to the telecommunications company, except in the instance described in subdivision 20:10:09:03(3). In any of these situations, however, if a company has a telecommunications bill payment history to measure or a clearly traced toll experience to consider, it may require a deposit in conformance with § 20:10:08:04.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 12 SDR 85, effective November 24, 1985; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 21 SDR 81, effective November 3, 1994.