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MN Stat § 237.66 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.66 — Disclosure Of Local Service Options.

237.66 DISCLOSURE OF LOCAL SERVICE OPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Notice to local residential customers. A telephone company, when a residential customer initially requests service or requests a change of service, and annually in the form of a bill insert, shall advise each residential customer of the price of all service options available to that customer. The requirement of an annual notice through a bill insert does not apply to long-distance service. Subd. 1a. Notice to customer; right to require prior authorization. Each residential and commercial telecommunications carrier customer may elect to require that the telephone company serving the customer receive authorization from the customer before a request to serve that customer from a different intrastate telecommunications carrier than the carrier currently serving the customer is processed. Subd. 1b.  [Repealed, 1998 c 345 s 16] Subd. 1c. Timing of notice; new customer. For new installations, a telephone company shall notify a residential or commercial customer of the right described in subdivision 1a when the customer initially requests intraexchange service. Any customer notification of the rights set forth in this section shall be provided utilizing uniform, competitively neutral language and the form, content, and style of the authorization shall be consistent with federal law and regulation and shall use language provided and approved by the public utilities commission. Subd. 1d. Change of election. A customer may change the election under subdivision 1a at any time by notifying the telephone company of that decision. No separate charge may be imposed on the customer for electing to exercise the right described in subdivision 1a or to change that election, but a telephone company may recover in rates the reasonable costs of administering the election. Subd. 2. Filing; exemptions. Copies of both the written notices and information provided to customer service representatives concerning the disclosure required under subdivision 1 must be filed once every 12 months with the commission and the department. Independent telephone companies, municipalities, and cooperative telephone associations are exempt from the requirements of this subdivision unless otherwise ordered by the commission. Subd. 2a. Call blocking. A telephone company, when a residential customer initially requests service, shall advise each residential customer of the availability of all blocking options including 900 number blocking and international long-distance blocking. Subd. 3. Enforcement. If, after an expedited procedure conducted under section 237.61, the commission finds that a telephone company is failing to provide disclosure as required under subdivision 1, or the notification required under subdivision 1c, it shall order the company to take corrective action as necessary. History:  1987 c 340 s 10; 1994 c 449 s 1; 1996 c 340 s 2,3; 1997 c 68 s 4; 1998 c 345 s 6-9
MN Stat § 237.662 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.662 — Notice And Disclosure Requirements Of Long-distance Providers.

237.662 NOTICE AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF LONG-DISTANCE PROVIDERS. Subdivision 1. Information required. When contacted by a customer regarding the purchase of long-distance telecommunications services, or when soliciting customers via mail or telephone, a provider of long-distance services shall provide the customer with the following information, if the service is being offered to the customer, about the service offering either orally or in writing: (1) the price or range of prices of interstate message toll service accessed by dialing "1+" or "10-xxx", including any difference in prices for evening, night, or weekend calls; (2) the price or range of prices of intrastate interLATA message toll service accessed by dialing "1+" or "10-xxx", including any difference in prices for evening, night, or weekend calls; (3) the price or range of prices of intrastate intraLATA message toll service accessed by dialing "1+" or "10-xxx", including any difference in prices for evening, night, or weekend; (4) any minimum volume requirements, fixed flat fees, service charges, surcharges, termination charges or other non-service-specific charges, including the fact that the provider of local service may charge a onetime fee for changing carriers; and (5) any special promotional rate or promotional offering related to the services or prices described in clauses (1) to (4) above, including any limitations or restrictions on the promotional rates or offerings. Subd. 2. Price, terms, and restrictions in writing. If a customer agrees to purchase telecommunications services from the provider of long-distance services on a presubscription basis, the provider shall send the customer written information regarding services subscribed to, containing: (1) the information regarding prices and charges described in subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (5); (2) the price for calls placed with a calling card issued to the customer by the provider and any surcharge for placing calls with a calling card; (3) the price for calls charged to the customer when a personal "1-800" number for long-distance services issued to the customer by the provider is used; and (4) the price of directory assistance calls. This written information must be sent to the customer within seven business days from the date of the verification of the customer's authorization, unless federal law or regulation requires notice to be sent by an earlier date. Subd. 3. Filed tariff no defense. That a telecommunications carrier has intrastate tariffs or price lists for the services listed in subdivisions 1 and 2 on file with the Public Utilities Commission or Department of Commerce is not a defense to any action brought for failure to disclose intrastate prices for which disclosure is required under this section. History:  1998 c 345 s 11; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 77
MN Stat § 237.663 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.663 — Loading.

237.663 LOADING. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or (c), a telephone company or telecommunications carrier providing local service shall not charge a telephone service subscriber, as defined in section 325F.692, for a telephone or telecommunications service that is not required by the commission to be offered and for which the subscriber did not explicitly contract. (b) If a charge is assessed on a per-use basis for a service described in paragraph (a), the charge must be applied as a credit to the subscriber's next monthly bill, if the subscriber notifies the telephone company or telecommunications carrier that the subscriber did not utilize the service or did not authorize the utilization of the service. (c) A telephone company or telecommunications carrier that receives a notification from a telephone service subscriber under paragraph (b) shall inform the subscriber of the ability to block the services from future use by the subscriber, and shall block the services from future use by the subscriber, if the subscriber so requests. If a subscriber requests that the carrier or company not block the service or later requests to have the block lifted, the subscriber shall be responsible for charges caused by the future utilization of that service. The carrier or company may not charge a recurring fee for blocking the service. History:   1998 c 345 s 12
MN Stat § 237.69 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.69 — Telephone Assistance Plan; Definitions.

237.69 TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE PLAN; DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 237.69 to 237.71 have the meanings given them in this section. Subd. 2.  [Renumbered subd 11] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 76] Subd. 4.  [Renumbered subd 17] Subd. 5. Access line. "Access line" means telephone company-owned facilities furnished to permit switched access to the telecommunications network that extend from a central office to the demarcation point on the property where the subscriber is served. The term includes access lines provided to residential and business subscribers, includes centrex access lines on a trunk-equivalent basis, but does not include private nonswitched or wide area telephone service access lines. Subd. 6.  [Renumbered subd 13] Subd. 7.  [Renumbered subd 16] Subd. 8.  [Renumbered subd 15] Subd. 9.  [Renumbered subd 12] Subd. 10.  [Renumbered subd 14] Subd. 11. Commission. "Commission" means the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Subd. 12. Disabled. "Disabled" has the meaning given it in section 363A.03, subdivision 12. Subd. 13. Federal matching plan. "Federal matching plan" means any telephone assistance plan formulated by the Federal Communications Commission that provides federal assistance to local telephone subscribers. Subd. 14. Fund. "Fund" means the telephone assistance fund established in section 237.701. Subd. 15. Income. For purposes of sections 237.69 to 237.71, "income" has the meaning given it in section 290A.03, subdivision 3. Subd. 16. Telephone assistance plan. "Telephone assistance plan" means the plan to be adopted by the commission and to be jointly administered by the commission, the Department of Human Services, and the telephone companies, as required by sections 237.69 to 237.71. Subd. 17. Telephone company. "Telephone company" has the meanings given it in section 237.01, subdivisions 3 and 7, that provides local exchange telephone service. History:  1987 c 340 s 13; 1988 c 621 s 9-11; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 567 s 10; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 41-43
MN Stat § 237.701 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.701 — Telephone Assistance Fund; Appropriation.

237.701 TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE FUND; APPROPRIATION. Subdivision 1. Fund created; authorized expenditures. The telephone assistance fund is created as a separate account in the state treasury to consist of amounts received by the commissioner of public safety representing the surcharge authorized by section 237.70, subdivision 6, and amounts earned on the fund assets. Money in the fund may be used only for: (1) reimbursement to local service providers for expenses and credits allowed in section 237.70, subdivision 7, paragraph (d), clause (5); (2) reimbursement of the reasonable administrative expenses of the commission, a portion of which may be used for periodic promotional activities, including, but not limited to, radio or newspaper advertisements, to inform eligible households of the availability of the telephone assistance program; (3) reimbursement of the statewide indirect cost of the commission; and (4) reimbursement of the reasonable expenses of the commissioner of commerce and the commissioner of human services for administering section 216C.266, subdivisions 2 and 4. Subd. 2. Appropriation. Money in the fund is appropriated to the commission to be disbursed pursuant to section 237.70, subdivision 7. History:  1988 c 621 s 16; 1989 c 282 art 5 s 3; 1992 c 513 art 5 s 11; 1995 c 224 s 78; 2003 c 79 s 7; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 68; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 58; 2012 c 290 s 71
MN Stat § 237.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.71 — Tap Rules.

237.71 TAP RULES. The commission shall adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act necessary or appropriate to administer the telephone assistance plan in accordance with this chapter. History:  1987 c 340 s 15; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 44
MN Stat § 237.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.75 — Class Service.

237.75 CLASS SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "CLASS" or "custom local area signaling service" means a custom calling telephone service that is enabled through the installation or use of Signaling System 7 or similar signaling system and that includes at least the following features: (1) automatic call back; (2) automatic recall; (3) calling number delivery, commonly known as "caller identification"; (4) calling number delivery blocking; (5) customer originated call tracing; (6) distinctive ringing/call waiting; (7) selective call acceptance; (8) selective call forwarding; and (9) selective call rejection. Subd. 2. CLASS; terms and conditions. By January 1, 1994, the commission shall determine the terms and conditions under which CLASS services may be provided by telephone companies in this state. Subd. 3. CLASS; capability and offering of service. Each telephone company that provides local telephone service to persons located in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington shall obtain the capability to offer CLASS services in those counties by January 1, 1995, unless the commission approves an extension to a date certain. History:   1993 c 268 s 5
MN Stat § 237.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.76 — Purpose.

237.76 PURPOSE. A telephone company may petition the commission for approval of an alternative regulation plan under sections 237.76 to 237.774. The purpose of an alternative regulation plan is to provide a telephone company's customers with service of a quality consistent with commission rules at affordable rates, to facilitate the development of telecommunication alternatives for customers, and to provide, where appropriate, a regulatory environment with greater flexibility than is available under traditional rate-of-return regulation as reflected in other provisions of this chapter. History:  1995 c 156 s 7,25; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.763 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.763 — Exemption From Earnings Regulation And Investigation.

237.763 EXEMPTION FROM EARNINGS REGULATION AND INVESTIGATION. Except as provided in the plan and any subsequent plans, a company that has an alternative regulation plan approved under section 237.764, is not subject to the rate-of-return regulation or earnings investigations provisions of section 237.075 or 237.081 during the term of the plan. A company with an approved plan is not subject to the provisions of section 237.57; 237.59; or 237.60, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, and 5, during the term of the plan. Except as specifically provided in this section or in the approved plan, the commission retains all of its authority under section 237.081 to investigate other matters and to issue appropriate orders, and the department retains its authority under sections 216A.07 and 237.15 to investigate matters other than the earnings of the company. History:  1995 c 156 s 10,25; 2001 c 7 s 48; 2003 c 97 s 2; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 35; 2006 c 212 art 3 s 16
MN Stat § 237.765 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.765 — Quality Of Service.

237.765 QUALITY OF SERVICE. (a) For an alternative regulation plan to be approved by the commission under sections 237.76 to 237.774, the plan must contain an existing service quality plan or settlement for retail customers approved by the commission or if no such plan or settlement has been approved, the commission shall require: (1) evidence that current service quality substantially complies with commission rules as to justify lessened rate regulation; (2) a baseline measurement of the quality of service levels as achieved by the company during the previous three years, to the extent the data are available, and specific statewide standards for measuring the quality of price-regulated and flexibly priced services provided by the company, including, but not limited to (i) time intervals for installation, (ii) time intervals for restoration or repair of service, (iii) trouble rates, (iv) exchange access line held orders, and (v) customer service answer time; (3) provisions for reporting to the commission at least annually the company's performance as to the quality of service standards by quarter for the previous year; (4) provisions that index quality of service standards for local residence services to similar standards for local business services; (5) appropriate remedies, including penalties and customer-specific adjustments or payments to compensate customers for specific quality of service failures, so as to ensure substantial compliance with the quality of service standards set forth in the plan; and (6) provisions for informing customers of their rights as to quality of service and how customers can register their complaints regarding service. (b) Any penalties under paragraph (a), clause (5), shall be returned to customers under a method set forth in the plan. (c) The terms of an existing service quality plan or settlement approved by the commission must be offered to extend through the duration of an alternative regulation plan filed under this section. History:  1995 c 156 s 12,25; 1997 c 223 s 15; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.767 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.767 — Discontinuance Of Service.

237.767 DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE. Without the express approval of the commission, a telephone company subject to a plan may not discontinue the provision of a service or basic network function that has been classified as price regulated or flexibly priced. History:  1995 c 156 s 14,25; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.768 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.768 — Periodic Financial Report.

237.768 PERIODIC FINANCIAL REPORT. In addition to the reports required under section 237.766, an alternative regulation plan may require a telephone company to file with the department an annual report of financial matters for the previous calendar year on or before May 1 of each year on report forms furnished by the department in the same manner as is required of other telephone companies on August 1, 1995. In addition, any company subject to a plan shall file with the commission and department a copy of any filings it has made to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the provisions of video programming provided through a video dial tone facility in Minnesota. An alternative regulation plan may require a telephone company to maintain its accounts in accordance with the system of accounts prescribed for the company by the commission under section 237.10. History:  1995 c 156 s 15,25; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 69; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.769 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.769 — Rules Applicable.

237.769 RULES APPLICABLE. Any company under a plan is subject to any rules adopted under section 237.16 on the same date as those rules are applicable to other companies. History:  1995 c 156 s 16,25; 1997 c 223 s 17; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.770 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.770 — Subsidization.

237.770 SUBSIDIZATION. No telephone company shall subsidize flexibly priced or non-price-regulated services from other services. A telephone service is not subsidized if the aggregate revenues for the service equal or exceed the total service long-run incremental costs of providing the service. If the commission determines, after a proceeding under section 237.081, that subsidization exists, it shall order changes in rates to price the subsidized service above total service long-run incremental cost and may invoke any other remedies otherwise available under this chapter. History:  1995 c 156 s 17,25; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.771 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.771 — Discrimination.

237.771 DISCRIMINATION. The rates of a telephone company under a plan must be the same in all geographic locations of the state except for good cause. A plan may contain provisions that define good cause, including consideration of the ability to respond to competition. Sections 237.09, 237.121, and 237.60, subdivision 3, apply to a telephone company under a plan. History:  1995 c 156 s 18,25; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.772 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.772 — Cost Study Methodology.

237.772 COST STUDY METHODOLOGY. Subdivision 1. Total service long-run incremental cost. (a) For purposes of this chapter, total service long-run incremental cost (TSLRIC) means the total cost to the company of supplying a service, group of services, or basic network function. The term "long-run" means a period of time sufficient so that all inputs are avoidable based on the total increment of service, group of services, or basic network function and includes the relevant costs resulting from the company's decision to provide the service, group of services, or basic network function, holding constant the production levels of all other services, groups of services, or basic network functions provided by the company. (b) A telephone company is not required to prepare or file TSLRIC or variable cost studies for all of its services as a prerequisite to filing a plan. However, the commission may order cost studies to be prepared for specific services as a condition of approval of the plan. Subd. 2. Petition for variable cost study. To the extent that this section or the commission may require a company to provide a TSLRIC study, a company may submit a petition to the commission for permission to submit a variable cost study instead of a TSLRIC study. The commission shall grant the petition if the telephone company demonstrates: (1) that a TSLRIC study is burdensome in relation to its annual revenue from the service involved; (2) in the case of an existing service, that the service is no longer being offered to new customers; or (3) if the telephone company shows other good cause. History:  1995 c 156 s 19,25; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.774 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.774 — Application Of Other Laws.

237.774 APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS. Except as provided in sections 237.76 to 237.773, a telephone company subject to a plan approved under sections 237.764 and 237.773, shall comply with any state or federal laws governing the provision of telephone services. Nothing contained in sections 237.76 to 237.773 is intended in any way to change or modify the definitions contained in section 237.01 or what constitutes the provision of telephone service under this chapter or other laws. History:  1995 c 156 s 21,25; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.775 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.775 — Existing Plan Not Affected.

237.775 EXISTING PLAN NOT AFFECTED. An alternative regulation plan approved by the commission prior to May 1, 1997, is not subject to the amendments in Laws 1997, chapter 223; provided that a plan filed, revised, or renewed after that date is subject to those amendments. History:   1997 c 223 s 18
MN Stat § 237.79 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.79 — Telephone Company Providing Cable Service.

237.79 TELEPHONE COMPANY PROVIDING CABLE SERVICE. A telephone company that provides cable television services shall, with respect to provisioning of those services in Minnesota, be subject to the same franchise requirements, procedures, and fees, and public, educational, and government access requirements as a cable communication company under chapter 238. History:   1997 c 123 s 6