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REGULATIONS AND STATUTES

Statement of Nondiscrimination Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. has filed with the Federal Government a Compliance Assurance in which it assures the Rural Utilities Service that it will comply fully with all require- ments of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, all requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, all requirements of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, and all requirements of rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, or solely by reason of such person’s handicap, or on the basis of age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination in the contact of its program or the operation of its facilities. Under this Assurance, this organization is committed not to discriminate against any person on the ground of race, color or national origin, solely by reason of such person’s handicap, or on the basis of age, in its policies and practices relating to applications for service or any other policies and participants including employment, rates, conditions and extension of service, admission or access to or use of any its facilities, attendance at and participation in any meetings of beneficiaries and participants or exercise of any rights of such beneficiaries and participants in the conduct of the operations of this organization. The person in this organization responsible for coordinating the nondiscrimination compliance efforts of this organization is the General Manager/CEO. Any individual, or any specific class of individuals, who feels subjected by this organization to discrimination prohibited by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, by the Age Discrimination Act or by the rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture may personally or through a repre- sentative, file with the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250; the Office of the Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Washington, D.C. 20250; the Office of Advocacy and Enterprise,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250; or this organization, or all, a written complaint. Such complaint must be filed not later than 180 days after the alleged discrimination, or by such later date to which the Secretary of Agriculture or the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service extends the time for filing. Identity of complaints will be kept confidential except to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Copper Valley Telecom is pleased to work with customers who have hearing, vision, speech mobility or cognitive impairments or other dis- abilities to ensure that your individual telecom- munications needs are met. Please inform a Customer Service Representative if you have any such limitation so that we can help design a telecommunications solution that fits your needs! (A) A person commits the crime of harassment if, with intent to harass or annoy another person, he (1) Insults, taunts, or challenges another per- son in a manner likely to provoke an immediate violent response; (2) Telephones another and fails to terminate the connection with intent to impair the ability of that person to place or receive telephone calls; (3) Makes repeated telephone calls at extremely inconvenient hours; (4) Makes an anonymous or obscene tele- phone call that threatens physical injury; or (5) Subjects another person to offensive physical contact. (B) Harassment is a Class B misdemeanor. SEC. 11.46.200 THEFT OF SERVICES. (A) A person commits theft of services if (1) the person obtains services, known by that person to be available only for compensa- tion, by deception, force, threat, or other means to avoid payment for the services; Alaska Statutes SEC. 11.61.120 HARASSMENT.

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