Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications

Section 237.045 — Railroad Rights-of-way; Crossing Or Paralleling By Utilities. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...

Section 237.05 — Enforcement Authority. - The department shall see that the provisions of section 237.04...

Section 237.06 — Rates And Deposits. - It shall be the duty of every telephone company to...

Section 237.065 — Rate For School Or Purchasing Cooperative. - Subdivision 1. Basic service; flat rate. Each telephone company that...

Section 237.066 — State Government Pricing Plans. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. A state government telecommunications pricing plan is...

Section 237.067 — Establishment Exempt From Regulation. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "establishment" means...

Section 237.069 — Tracer; Harassing Telephone Call; Rules. - The commission shall adopt rules to govern how telephone companies...

Section 237.07 — Filing Requirements. - Subdivision 1. Filing of charges. Every telephone company shall keep...

Section 237.071 — Special Pricing. - Except as prohibited by section 237.60, subdivision 3, prices unique...

Section 237.072 — Limitation On Rate Change. - (a) After December 15, 1997, the commission, notwithstanding any provision...

Section 237.075 — Rate Change. - Subdivision 1. Notice. Unless the commission otherwise orders, no telephone...

Section 237.076 — Settlement; Procedures. - Subdivision 1. Settlement. In proceedings before the commission, interested parties...

Section 237.078 — Informal Review And Resolution Of Disputes. - (a) A telecommunications service provider that is unable to resolve...

Section 237.081 — Investigation. - Subdivision 1. Commission investigation. Whenever the commission believes that a...

Section 237.082 — Telecommunication Rate And Service Goals. - When setting rates, adopting rules, or issuing orders related to...

Section 237.09 — Discrimination Prohibited. - Subdivision 1. Generally. No telephone company, or any agent or...

Section 237.10 — Uniform Rules, Classifications, Practices; Forms. - It shall be the duty of the commission to prescribe...

Section 237.101 — Electronic Billing. - A telephone company may provide a customer's periodic account statement...

Section 237.11 — Inspecting Records And Property; Reports Required. - Every telephone company subject to the provisions of this chapter,...

Section 237.115 — Information Subject To Protective Order. - In any meeting of the commission during which information that...

Section 237.12 — Service Connection Between Telephone Companies. - Subdivision 1. Interconnection. When public convenience requires the same, every...

Section 237.121 — Prohibited Practices. - (a) A telephone company or telecommunications carrier may not do...

Section 237.131 — Intrastate Call Routing. - A telecommunications service provider shall not participate in intrastate call...

Section 237.132 — Registration Of Wholesale Transport Providers. - (a) A wholesale transport provider shall, within 30 days of...

Section 237.14 — Rate For Service To Officer. - A telephone company may furnish service free or at reduced...

Section 237.15 — Investigation And Hearing; Authority Delegated. - The department shall whenever it deems the same necessary determine...

Section 237.155 — Credit For Incorrect Directory Assistance. - A local exchange carrier that provides directory assistance to customers...

Section 237.16 — Local Exchange Competition, Rules. - Subdivision 1. New service, certificate of authority. (a) For the...

Section 237.162 — Public Right-of-way; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Generally. The terms used in sections 237.162 and...

Section 237.163 — Use And Regulation Of Public Right-of-way. - Subdivision 1. Legislative finding. The legislature finds, and establishes the...

Section 237.164 — Universal Service Discount For School Or Library. - The commission shall establish intrastate service discounts for schools and...

Section 237.17 — Extension Of Long-distance Line. - Any telephone company may extend its long-distance lines into or...

Section 237.19 — Municipal Telecommunications Services. - Any municipality shall have the right to own and operate...

Section 237.20 — Condemnation: Notice, Compensation, Appeal. - When a municipality decides in the manner above provided to...

Section 237.21 — Valuation Of Telephone Property. - In determining the value of any telephone property for ratemaking...

Section 237.22 — Depreciation; Amortization. - (a) For purposes of a proceeding to determine or investigate...

Section 237.23 — Acquiring Property Of Another Company. - It shall be unlawful for any telephone company, corporation, person,...

Section 237.231 — Sale Of Local Exchange Service. - Subdivision 1. Commission approval. A Class A telephone company may...

Section 237.24 — Transcribed Copy Of Record, Expense. - A full and complete record shall be kept by the...

Section 237.25 — Appeal From Decision Of Commission. - Any party to a proceeding before the commission or the...

Section 237.26 — Order Final And Conclusive. - If no appeal is taken from any order of the...

Section 237.27 — Attorney General To Compel Obedience. - When any telephone company fails to comply with any law...

Section 237.28 — Burden Of Proof. - In any investigation, action or proceeding arising under, or growing...

Section 237.295 — Assessment Of Regulatory Expenses. - Subdivision 1. Filing fee for new authority. An application for...

Section 237.30 — Telephone Investigation Fund; Appropriation. - A Minnesota Telephone Investigation Fund shall exist for the use...

Section 237.411 — Reduced Rate Regulation For Certain Business Customers. - Subdivision 1. Business customer; defined. For the purpose of this...

Section 237.414 — Expanded Calling Areas; Transport Facilities; Terminations. - Subdivision 1. Expanded calling areas. (a) In addition to any...

Section 237.435 — Annual Universal Service Funding Certification. - In determining whether to provide the annual certification of any...

Section 237.46 — Gross Misdemeanor Violation. - Any telephone company or telecommunications carrier and, if it be...

Section 237.461 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Actions. This chapter and rules and orders of...

Section 237.49 — Combined Local Access Surcharge. - Each local telephone company shall collect from each subscriber an...

Section 237.491 — Combined Per Number Fee. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply...

Section 237.50 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 237.50 to...

Section 237.51 — Telecommunications Access Minnesota Program Administration. - Subdivision 1. Creation. (a) The commissioner of commerce shall: (1)...

Section 237.52 — Telecommunications Access Minnesota Fund. - Subdivision 1. Fund established. A telecommunications access Minnesota fund is...

Section 237.53 — Telecommunications Devices And Interconnectivity Products. - Subdivision 1. Application. A person applying for a telecommunications device...

Section 237.54 — Telecommunications Relay Services (trs). - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1995 c 190 s 17] Subd. 2....

Section 237.55 — Annual Report On Telecommunications Access. - The commissioner of commerce must prepare a report for presentation...

Section 237.56 — Adequate Service Enforcement. - The services required to be provided under sections 237.50 to...

Section 237.57 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in this chapter have...

Section 237.59 — Classification Of Competitive Service; Hearing. - Subdivision 1. Emerging competitive service. (a) The following services provided...

Section 237.60 — Discriminatory Practices; Service Costs. - Subdivision 1. [Expired] Subd. 2. [Expired] Subd. 3. Discrimination. No...

Section 237.61 — Expedited Proceeding. - Notwithstanding chapter 14, the commission may conduct an expedited proceeding...

Section 237.626 — Promotion Activities. - Subdivision 1. Promotions. A telephone company or telecommunications carrier may...

Section 237.64 — Registration; Bond. - Subdivision 1. Registration. A person, firm, or corporation seeking to...

Section 237.66 — Disclosure Of Local Service Options. - Subdivision 1. Notice to local residential customers. A telephone company,...

Section 237.661 — Antislamming. - Subdivision 1. Antislamming duties of local telephone company. If a...

Section 237.662 — Notice And Disclosure Requirements Of Long-distance Providers. - Subdivision 1. Information required. When contacted by a customer regarding...

Section 237.663 — Loading. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or (c), a...

Section 237.665 — Prohibition Against Billing For Unauthorized Charges. - (a) A telephone company or telecommunications carrier providing local service...

Section 237.681 — Private Shared Services. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (1)...

Section 237.69 — Telephone Assistance Plan; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 237.69 to...

Section 237.70 — Development Of Telephone Assistance Plan. - Subdivision 1. Commission responsibility. The commission shall develop a telephone...

Section 237.701 — Telephone Assistance Fund; Appropriation. - Subdivision 1. Fund created; authorized expenditures. The telephone assistance fund...

Section 237.71 — Tap Rules. - The commission shall adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act...

Section 237.73 — Obtaining Service By Fraud; Injunction. - Subdivision 1. Equitable relief. Whenever it appears that a person...

Section 237.74 — Regulation Of Telecommunications Carrier. - Subdivision 1. Filing requirements. Every telecommunications carrier shall elect and...

Section 237.75 — Class Service. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "CLASS" or...

Section 237.76 — Purpose. - A telephone company may petition the commission for approval of...

Section 237.761 — Alternative Regulation Plan; Service. - Subdivision 1. Classification of services. An alternative regulation plan must...

Section 237.762 — Alternative Regulation Plan Rate, Price. - Subdivision 1. Initial rate. An alternative regulation plan approved by...

Section 237.763 — Exemption From Earnings Regulation And Investigation. - Except as provided in the plan and any subsequent plans,...

Section 237.764 — Plan Adoption; Effect. - Subdivision 1. Petition, notice, hearing, and decision. (a) Before acting...

Section 237.765 — Quality Of Service. - (a) For an alternative regulation plan to be approved by...

Section 237.766 — Plan Duration And Extension. - Subdivision 1. Plan duration. An alternative regulation plan approved by...

Section 237.767 — Discontinuance Of Service. - Without the express approval of the commission, a telephone company...

Section 237.768 — Periodic Financial Report. - In addition to the reports required under section 237.766, an...

Section 237.769 — Rules Applicable. - Any company under a plan is subject to any rules...

Section 237.770 — Subsidization. - No telephone company shall subsidize flexibly priced or non-price-regulated services...

Section 237.771 — Discrimination. - The rates of a telephone company under a plan must...

Section 237.772 — Cost Study Methodology. - Subdivision 1. Total service long-run incremental cost. (a) For purposes...

Section 237.773 — Alternative Regulation For Small Telephone Company. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "small telephone...

Section 237.774 — Application Of Other Laws. - Except as provided in sections 237.76 to 237.773, a telephone...

Section 237.775 — Existing Plan Not Affected. - An alternative regulation plan approved by the commission prior to...

Section 237.79 — Telephone Company Providing Cable Service. - A telephone company that provides cable television services shall, with...

Section 237.80 — Interexchange Telephone Service. - Subdivision 1. MS 2012 [Repealed, 2014 c 222 art 1...

Section 237.81 — Scope. - To the extent they regulate telecommunications right-of-way users, sections 237.04;...

Section 237.82 — Definitions; Call Location Information. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 237.83 — Disclosure Of Call Location Information; Emergency Situations. - Subdivision 1. Written request. Upon receipt of a written request...

Chapter 238 — Cable Communications

Section 238.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The words and phrases used in this...

Section 238.03 — Applicability. - This chapter applies to every cable communications system, as defined...

Section 238.08 — Franchise Requirement. - Subdivision 1. Requirement; conditions. (a) A municipality shall require a...

Section 238.081 — Franchise Procedure. - Subdivision 1. Publication of notice. The franchising authority shall have...

Section 238.083 — Sale Or Transfer Of Franchise. - Subdivision 1. Fundamental corporate change defined. For purposes of this...

Section 238.084 — Required Contents Of Franchise Ordinance. - Subdivision 1. All systems. The following requirements apply to all...

Section 238.086 — Franchise Holder Exemption. - If there is a conflict in language between the franchise...

Section 238.11 — Censorship Prohibited. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1985 c 285 s 54] Subd. 2....

Section 238.115 — Cable Provider Complaints. - A cable communications system holding a franchise to provide cable...

Section 238.15 — Financial Interest Of Member. - Members of any elected body granting franchises and employees of...

Section 238.16 — Gross Misdemeanor. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1985 c 285 s 54] Subd. 2....

Section 238.17 — Service To Extension Area. - Subdivision 1. Conditions for extension. Notwithstanding the provisions of any...

Section 238.18 — Unfair Preference. - Subdivision 1. MS 2002 [Paragraph (a) renumbered subdivision 1] [Paragraph...

Section 238.22 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 238.22 to...

Section 238.23 — Access Required. - Subdivision 1. Provision of access. A property owner or other...

Section 238.24 — Conditions For Access. - Subdivision 1. In general. An installation of cable communications facilities...

Section 238.241 — Conditions For Access By Alternative Provider. - Subdivision 1. Channel capacity. Cable systems granted access to a...

Section 238.242 — Reimbursement. - Subdivision 1. Providing alternative service. Other providers of television programming...

Section 238.25 — Procedure. - Subdivision 1. Applicable provisions. The procedure for acquiring access under...

Section 238.26 — Subsequent Taking. - In the event the premises upon which cable communications equipment...

Section 238.27 — Interference With Facilities. - No person may interfere with the installation, operation, inspection, maintenance,...

Section 238.35 — Use Of Existing Easement; Restrictions. - Subdivision 1. Legislative findings. There is a long-standing legislative policy...

Section 238.37 — Scope; Pole, Duct, And Conduit Agreements. - Sections 238.02, subdivisions 3a, 20a, and 31b, and 238.37 to...

Section 238.38 — Permit To Attach To Pole Or Conduit System. - Every pole, duct, and conduit agreement must contain a provision...

Section 238.39 — Legal Authority. - Every pole, duct, and conduit agreement must contain a provision...

Section 238.40 — Liability; Indemnify Public Utility. - (a) Every pole, duct, and conduit agreement must contain a...

Section 238.41 — Insurance. - The cable communications system shall carry insurance to protect the...

Section 238.42 — Additional Contract Terms. - Nothing contained in sections 238.02, subdivisions 3a, 20a, and 31b,...

Section 238.43 — Regional Channel. - Subdivision 1. [Renumbered 238.02, subd 31c] Subd. 2. Legislative purpose....

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Minnesota Statutes Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications

Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications