(1) An applicant for residential utility service may establish credit by demonstrating to the utility any one of the following factors:
- (a) Prior service with utility in question within the previous 12 months during which for at least 6 consecutive months service was rendered and was not disconnected for failure to pay, and no more than one delinquency notice was served upon the customer.
- (b) Prior service with a utility of the same type as that of which service is sought with a satisfactory payment record as demonstrated in (a) above, provided that the reference may be quickly and easily checked by the utility and the necessary information is provided.
- (c) Full-time consecutive employment during the entire 12 months next previous to the application for service, with no more than two employers, and the applicant is currently employed or has a regular source of income.
- (d) Ownership of significant legal interest in the premises to be served.
- (e) Furnishing of a satisfactory guarantor to secure payment of bills for services requested in a specified amount not to exceed an estimated one year bill, such estimation to be made at the time the service is established.
- (f) In the case of telephone utilities, the guarantee amount shall be for the total amount of the bill.
Authorizing statute(s): 69-3-306, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 1975 HJR 27
History: NEW, Eff. 4/5/77; AMD, 1978 MAR p. 721, Eff. 5/26/78.