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MN Stat § 237.012 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.012 — Broadband Goals.

237.012 BROADBAND GOALS. Subdivision 1. Universal access and high-speed goal. It is a state goal that: (1) no later than 2022, all Minnesota businesses and homes have access to high-speed broadband that provides minimum download speeds of at least 25 megabits per second and minimum upload speeds of at least three megabits per second; and (2) no later than 2026, all Minnesota businesses and homes have access to at least one provider of broadband with download speeds of at least 100 megabits per second and upload speeds of at least 20 megabits per second. Subd. 2. State broadband leadership position. It is a goal of the state that by 2022 and thereafter, the state be in: (1) the top five states of the United States for broadband speed universally accessible to residents and businesses; (2) the top five states for broadband access; and (3) the top 15 when compared to countries globally for broadband penetration. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2013 c 85 art 3 s 28] History:  2010 c 277 s 1; 2016 c 189 art 5 s 9
MN Stat § 237.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.02 — General Authority Of Department And Commission; Definitions.

237.02 GENERAL AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION; DEFINITIONS. The Department of Commerce and the Public Utilities Commission are hereby vested with the same jurisdiction and supervisory power over telephone and telecommunications companies doing business in this state as the commission's predecessor, the railroad and warehouse commission, had over railroad and express companies. The definitions set forth in sections 216A.02 and 216B.02 also apply to this chapter. History:  (5286) 1915 c 152 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 118; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 53
MN Stat § 237.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.03 — Scope Of Law.

237.03 SCOPE OF LAW. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all the provisions of Revised Laws 1905, chapter 28, and acts amendatory thereof applying to railroad and express companies, shall insofar as the same are applicable apply also to telephone companies. History:  (5288) 1915 c 152 s 3
MN Stat § 237.035 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.035 — Telecommunications Carrier Exemption.

237.035 TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER EXEMPTION. (a) Telecommunications carriers are subject to regulation under this chapter only to the extent required under paragraphs (b) to (e). (b) Telecommunications carriers shall comply with sections 237.121 and 237.74. (c) Telecommunications carriers shall comply with section 237.16, subdivisions 8 and 9. (d) To the extent a telecommunications carrier offers local service, it shall obtain a certificate under section 237.16 for that local service. (e) In addition, a telecommunications carrier's local service is subject to this chapter except that: (1) a telecommunications carrier is not subject to rate-of-return or earnings investigations under section 237.075 or 237.081; and (2) a telecommunications carrier is not subject to section 237.22. History:  1993 c 268 s 3; 1995 c 156 s 2,25; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.036 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.036 — Coin-operated Or Public Pay Telephones.

237.036 COIN-OPERATED OR PUBLIC PAY TELEPHONES. (a) Neither commission approval nor a commission certificate is required to: (1) site a coin-operated or public pay telephone in the state; or (2) implement changes in service, services offered, rates, or location regarding a coin-operated or public pay telephone. Registration under section 237.64 is required to own or operate a coin-operated or public pay telephone in the state. (b) This section does not change the authority of other state or local government entities to regulate aspects of coin-operated or public pay telephone ownership, location, or operation; however, an entity may not regulate aspects of these services that it did not regulate prior to May 26, 1999. The commission shall retain the authority delegated to it under federal and state law to protect the public interest with regard to coin-operated or public pay telephones. (c) Owners and operators of coin-operated or public pay telephones are exempt from sections 237.06, 237.07, 237.075, 237.09, 237.23, and 237.295, and the annual reporting requirement of section 237.11. (d) Owners of coin-operated or public pay telephones shall: (1) provide immediate coin-free access, to the extent technically feasible, to 911 emergency service or to another approved emergency service; and (2) provide free access to the telecommunications relay service for people with communication disabilities. (e) Owners of coin-operated or public pay telephones must post at each coin-operated or public pay telephone location: (1) customer service and complaint information, including the name, address, and telephone number of the owner of the coin-operated or public pay telephone and the operator service handling calls from the coin-operated or public pay telephone; a toll-free number of the appropriate telephone company for the resolution of complaints; and the toll-free number of the public utilities commission; and (2) a toll-free number at which consumers can obtain pricing information regarding rates, charges, terms, and conditions of local and long-distance calls. History:  1999 c 224 s 1; 2013 c 62 s 14; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 30
MN Stat § 237.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.04 — Wire Crossing Or Paralleling Utility Line; Rules.

237.04 WIRE CROSSING OR PARALLELING UTILITY LINE; RULES. (a) The department, upon the complaint of any person, railroad, municipal utility, cooperative electric association, telephone company, telecommunications carrier, cable company, fiber optic carrier, or other public utility claiming to be injuriously affected or subjected to hazard by any crossing or paralleling of the lines of any railroad or other similar public service corporation, constructed or about to be constructed, shall, after a hearing, make such order and prescribe such terms and conditions for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the lines in question as may be just and reasonable. (b) The department may, upon request of any municipal utility, electric cooperative association, public utility, telephone company, telecommunications carrier, cable company, or fiber optic carrier determine the just and reasonable charge which a railroad, or owner of an abandoned railroad right-of-way, other than the state or a regional railroad authority, can prescribe for a new or existing crossing of a railroad right-of-way by any telephone, telegraph, telecommunications, cable, fiber optic, electric, or gas line, or new or existing telephone, telegraph, telecommunications, cable, fiber optic, electric, or gas line more or less paralleling a railroad right-of-way, based on the diminution in value caused by the crossing or paralleling of the right-of-way by the telephone, telegraph, telecommunications, cable, fiber optic, electric, or gas line. This section shall not be construed to eliminate the right of a public utility, municipal utility, or electric cooperative association to have any of the foregoing issues determined pursuant to an eminent domain proceeding commenced under chapter 117. Unless the railroad, or owner of an abandoned railroad right-of-way, other than the state or a regional railroad authority, asserts in writing that the proposed crossing or paralleling is a serious threat to the safe operations of the railroad or to the current use of the railroad right-of-way, a crossing can be constructed following filing of the requested action with the department, pending review of the requested action by the department. (c) The department shall assess the cost of reviewing the requested action, and of determining a just and reasonable charge, equally among the parties. (d) For the purposes of this section, "parallel" or "paralleling" means that the relevant utility facilities run adjacent to and alongside the lines of a railroad for no more than one mile, or another distance agreed to by the parties, before the utility facilities cross the railroad lines, terminate, or exit the railroad right-of-way. History:  (4718-1) 1925 c 152 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1997 c 123 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 61; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 31
MN Stat § 237.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.05 — Enforcement Authority.

237.05 ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. The department shall see that the provisions of section 237.04 are enforced; and, for that purpose shall have power to cause the removal or reconstruction of such telephone, telegraph, electric light, power, or other electric wires of any kind crossing or paralleling such other lines and not in accordance with the orders and rules issued by the department. History:  (4718-2) 1925 c 152 s 2; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 237.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.06 — Rates And Deposits.

237.06 RATES AND DEPOSITS. It shall be the duty of every telephone company to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities for the accommodation of the public, and its rates, tolls, and charges shall be fair and reasonable for the intrastate use thereof. All unreasonable rates, tolls, and charges are hereby declared to be unlawful. Any telephone company may include in its charges a reasonable deposit fee for facilities furnished. History:  (5289) 1915 c 152 s 4; 1957 c 523; 2004 c 261 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 237.066 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.066 — State Government Pricing Plans.

237.066 STATE GOVERNMENT PRICING PLANS. Subdivision 1. Purpose. A state government telecommunications pricing plan is authorized and found to be in the public interest as it will: (1) provide and ensure availability of high-quality, technologically advanced telecommunications services at a reasonable cost to the state; and (2) further the state telecommunications goals as set forth in section 237.011. Subd. 2. Program participation. A state government telecommunications pricing plan may be available to serve individually or collectively: state agencies; educational institutions, including public schools complying with section 120A.05, subdivision 9, 11, 13, or 17, and nonpublic schools complying with sections 120A.22, 120A.24, and 120A.41; private colleges; public corporations; and political subdivisions of the state. Plans shall be available to carry out the commissioner of administration's duties under sections 16E.17 and 16E.18 and shall also be available to those entities not using the commissioner for contracting for telecommunications services. Subd. 3. Rates. Notwithstanding section 237.09, 237.14, 237.60, subdivision 3, or 237.74, a telephone company or a telecommunications carrier may, individually or in cooperation with other telephone companies or telecommunications carriers, develop and offer basic or advanced telecommunications services at discounted or reduced rates as a state government telecommunications pricing plan. Any telecommunications services provided under any state government telecommunications pricing plan shall be used exclusively by those entities described in subdivision 2 subject to the plan solely for their own use and shall not be made available to any other entities by resale, sublease, or in any other way. Subd. 4. Applicability to other customers. A telephone company or telecommunications carrier providing telecommunications services under a state government telecommunications pricing plan is not required to provide any other person or entity those services at the rates made available to the state. Subd. 5. Commission review. The terms and conditions of any state government telecommunications pricing plan must be submitted to the commission for its review and approval within 90 days before implementation to: (1) ensure that the terms and conditions benefit the state and not any private entity; (2) ensure that the rates for any telecommunications service in any state government telecommunications pricing plan are at or below any applicable tariffed rates; and (3) ensure that the state telecommunications pricing plan meets the requirements of this section and is in the public interest. The commission shall reject any state government telecommunications pricing plan that does not meet these criteria. History:  1999 c 228 s 1; 2005 c 156 art 5 s 23
MN Stat § 237.067 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.067 — Establishment Exempt From Regulation.

237.067 ESTABLISHMENT EXEMPT FROM REGULATION. Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "establishment" means an individual hotel, motel, restaurant, lodging house, boarding house, resort, or place of refreshment licensed under chapter 157. Subd. 2. Exemption; conditions. An establishment that provides telephone service to patrons on the premises of the establishment is not subject to regulation under this chapter, except that the establishment: (1) shall comply with the requirement of section 237.06 that rates charged must be fair and reasonable; (2) shall provide notice of charges and service providers to patrons as required in section 325F.99; and (3) is subject to the complaint and investigation procedures of section 237.081. History:   1991 c 154 s 1
MN Stat § 237.069 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.069 — Tracer; Harassing Telephone Call; Rules.

237.069 TRACER; HARASSING TELEPHONE CALL; RULES. The commission shall adopt rules to govern how telephone companies respond to requests for tracers made by persons who allege receiving harassing telephone calls. The rules must address when a request for a tracer may be denied or delayed. History:   1992 c 442 s 1
MN Stat § 237.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.07 — Filing Requirements.

237.07 FILING REQUIREMENTS. Subdivision 1. Filing of charges. Every telephone company shall keep on file with the department a specific rate, toll, or charge for every kind of noncompetitive service and a price list for every kind of service subject to emerging competition, together with all rules and classifications used by it in the conduct of the telephone business, including limitations on liability. The filings are governed by chapter 13. When a company sells services subject to emerging competition on an individually priced basis, it shall file a statement of the charges to its customers with the commission and the department. The department shall require each telephone company to keep open for public inspection, at designated offices, so much of these rates, price lists, and rules as it deems necessary for the public information. Subd. 2. Separate pricing. When competitive services or service elements or services on an individually priced basis are sold in conjunction with noncompetitive services or service elements, the telephone company shall file or have on file with the commission and the department separate prices for its services subject to emerging competition and noncompetitive services or service elements. Telephone services or service elements must be offered on a nondiscriminatory basis. History:  (5290) 1915 c 152 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1989 c 74 s 1
MN Stat § 237.071 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.071 — Special Pricing.

237.071 SPECIAL PRICING. Except as prohibited by section 237.60, subdivision 3, prices unique to a particular customer or group of customers may be allowed for noncompetitive services and for services subject to emerging competition when differences in the cost of providing a service or a service element justifies a different price for a particular customer or group of customers. Individual pricing for services subject to emerging competition may be allowed when a uniform price should not be required because of market conditions. Unique or individual prices for services or service elements in effect before July 1, 1989, are deemed to have been approved under this section. History:   1989 c 74 s 2
MN Stat § 237.072 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.072 — Limitation On Rate Change.

237.072 LIMITATION ON RATE CHANGE. (a) After December 15, 1997, the commission, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, shall not allow an incumbent telephone company with more than 1,000,000 access lines in Minnesota to change its retail rates for telecommunications services without a determination of its revenue requirement pursuant to section 237.075 unless the incumbent telephone company is regulated pursuant to sections 237.76 to 237.773. (b) If, prior to December 15, 1997, the incumbent telephone company petitions the commission to become subject to an alternative regulation plan under sections 237.76 to 237.773, paragraph (a) shall not apply to the petitioning company until 270 days after the date of the filing of the petition. History:  1997 c 223 s 3; 1998 c 345 s 3
MN Stat § 237.076 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.076 — Settlement; Procedures.

237.076 SETTLEMENT; PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Settlement. In proceedings before the commission, interested parties are encouraged to enter into settlements of their disputes. If a settlement is reached before a contested case hearing has been ordered and the commission rejects the settlement, the commission shall order a contested case hearing if a significant issue has not been resolved to the commission's satisfaction. When a contested case hearing has been ordered under this chapter, the Office of Administrative Hearings, before conducting the hearing, shall convene a settlement conference including all the parties to encourage settlement of issues in the contested case. If a stipulated settlement is not reached before the contested case hearing, the Office of Administrative Hearings may, at its discretion or a party's request, reconvene the settlement conference during the hearing or after its completion. If all parties agree to a stipulated settlement of the case or a part of the case, the settlement must be submitted to the commission. Subd. 2. Procedures. The commission may accept a settlement upon finding that to do so is in the public interest and is supported by substantial evidence. If the commission does not accept a settlement, it may issue an order modifying the settlement, subject to the approval of the parties. A party has ten days after entry of the order, or of an order disposing of a petition for reconsideration, in which to reject the proposed modification. If no party rejects the proposed modification, the commission's order becomes final. If the commission rejects a settlement or if a party rejects the commission's proposed modification of a settlement, the matter must be referred to the administrative law judge assigned to the case for further proceedings. History:   1989 c 74 s 3
MN Stat § 237.082 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.082 — Telecommunication Rate And Service Goals.

237.082 TELECOMMUNICATION RATE AND SERVICE GOALS. When setting rates, adopting rules, or issuing orders related to telecommunication matters that affect deployment of the infrastructure, the commission may apply the goals of: (1) achieving economically efficient investment in: (i) higher speed telecommunication services; and (ii) greater capacity for voice, video, and data transmission; and (2) just and reasonable rates. The department may apply the same goals in its regulation of and recommendations regarding telecommunication services. History:  1997 c 223 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 56
MN Stat § 237.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.09 — Discrimination Prohibited.

237.09 DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Generally. No telephone company, or any agent or officer thereof, shall, directly or indirectly, in any manner, knowingly or willfully, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person, firm, or corporation, a greater or less compensation for any intrastate service rendered or to be rendered by it than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other firm, person, or corporation for a like and contemporaneous intrastate service under similar circumstances. Subd. 2. Particular services. (a) A telephone company that offers or provides a service or services, service elements, features, or functionalities on a separate, stand-alone basis to any customer shall provide that service, service element, feature, or functionality pursuant to tariff to all similarly situated persons, including all telecommunications carriers and competitors. To the extent prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission or Public Utilities Commission, a telephone company shall not give preference or discriminate in providing services, products, or facilities to an affiliate or to its own or an affiliate's retail department that sells to consumers. (b) For purposes of establishing an appropriate rate or price floor for a rate for a telephone service, a telephone company shall impute, on a service-by-service basis, into the rate or price for that service, the tariffed rate or price for the same services, service elements, or network functions that the company provides to others who use it to provide a service that competes with the telephone service offered by the company. A company is not required to impute a rate or price under this paragraph if it demonstrates to the commission, in an expedited proceeding under section 237.61, that: (1) the competitor can obtain substantially equivalent services, service elements, or network functions within the relevant market or geographic area on reasonably comparable terms and conditions through self-provision or from a provider other than the telephone company; or (2) application of the imputation requirement otherwise would be inconsistent with the public interest. History:  (5292) 1915 c 152 s 7; 1995 c 156 s 3,25; 2003 c 97 s 2
MN Stat § 237.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications|Chapter 237 — Telecommunications|Section 237.10 — Uniform Rules, Classifications, Practices; Forms.

237.10 UNIFORM RULES, CLASSIFICATIONS, PRACTICES; FORMS. It shall be the duty of the commission to prescribe uniform rules and classifications pertaining to the conduct of intrastate telephone business and a system of accounting to be used by telephone companies in transacting this business, and it shall prescribe and furnish blanks and forms for reports, all of which shall conform as nearly as practicable to the rules, classifications, accounting systems, and reports prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission for the interstate business of like size companies. The commission shall by correspondence or conference where necessary use its best endeavors toward establishing uniformity in practice in all matters pertaining to regulation of the business of telephone companies between the federal government and state government of this and adjacent states. History:  (5293) 1915 c 152 s 8; 1969 c 1031 s 10; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 123