For the purpose of discontinuing or resuming telecommunications service:

1. If a customer's partial payment on outstanding charges for telecommunications services excluding payments on a deferred installment agreement is less than the outstanding charges for essential services and federal access charges, the customer is delinquent in payment for essential services.

2. If a customer's partial payment on outstanding charges for telecommunications services excluding payments on a deferred installment agreement is equal to or greater than the outstanding charges for essential services and federal access charges, the customer is not delinquent in payment for essential services.

History: Effective January 1, 1993.

General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 49-21-01.7

Law Implemented: NDCC 49-21, 49-21-01.4, 49-21-01.7, 49-21-07