Certificate of Service Authority and/or Registration

PURPOSE: This rule identifies information relevant to obtaining a certificate of service authority and/or registration. (1) Sample application forms for authorization to obtain or alter a certificate of service authority to provide basic local telecommunications, non-switched local exchange telecommunications, interexchange telecommunications, payphone, shared tenant services, or registration to provide IVoIP service are available on the commission’s website. (A) Authorization is limited to the service area specified by the company’s initial application; however, a company’s service area can later be altered by submitting a Notice of Change form. (B) An attorney licensed to practice law in Missouri must file the application form or the Notice of Change form. (2) Any company with a certificate or registration that changes its name shall provide advance notice to the commission of the name change. (A) Notice may be in the form of a letter signed by a company official submitted into Electronic Filing and Information System (EFIS) as a new case submission containing the following information: 1. The new name of the company and date the new name takes effect; 2. Documentation that the new name is registered with the Missouri Secretary of State; and 3. A statement the company has reviewed and, if necessary, updated the company’s contacts in EFIS. (B) If the company maintains a tariff, then the letter must be accompanied by either a tariff filing that replaces the existing tariff in its entirety or a one- (1-) page adoption notice of the existing tariff. (3) Cancelling a certificate of service authority or registration may be accomplished by filing a letter signed by a company official into EFIS that identifies when and which specific certificate, registration, and any applicable tariffs should be cancelled. (4) Transactions involving the sale, merger, or consolidation of a company with an existing certificate of service authority or registration do not require commission approval. Commission notice, as described in sections (2) and (3) above, applies if the transaction results in a name change or cancellation of a company’s existing certificate of service authority or registration. (5) Any company granted a certificate or registration by the commission shall maintain an updated list of company contacts in EFIS. AUTHORITY: sections 386.040, 386.250, 386.310, 392.450, and 392.461, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-28.011. Original rule filed April 12, 2018, effective Dec. 30, 2018. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-28.011, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 386.040, RSMo 1939; 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996; 386.310, RSMo 1939, amended 1979, 1989, 1996; 392.450, RSMo 1987, amended 1996, 2008; and 392.461, RSMo 2011, amended 2013, 2014.