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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices › Chapter 231 — Warehouses › Section 231.39 — Persons Violating Act Or Order; Penalty.

231.39 PERSONS VIOLATING ACT OR ORDER; PENALTY.
Any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator and each person who, either individually or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator, violates or fails to comply with any provisions of this chapter, or fails to observe, obey, or comply with any order, decision, rule, direction, or requirement or any part or portion thereof of the department made or issued under authority of this chapter or who procures, aids, or abets any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator in the violation of this chapter or in the failure to observe, obey, or comply with this chapter or any such order, decision, rule, direction, or requirement or any part or portion thereof in a case in which a penalty is not otherwise provided for in this chapter is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $3,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding 364 days or both.
Each violation of this chapter, or of any order, decision, rule, direction, or requirement of the department, or any part or portion thereof, by any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator is a separate and distinct offense.
In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter relating to penalties, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or employee of any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator, acting within the scope of official duties or employment, shall in each case be and be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator.
History:
(5207) 1915 c 210 s 36; 1965 c 412 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 110 s 21; 2023 c 52 art 6 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices › Chapter 232 — Grain Storage › Section 232.20 — Grain Storage Act; Citation.

232.20 GRAIN STORAGE ACT; CITATION.
Sections 232.20 to 232.24 may be cited as the "Grain Storage Act."
History:
1982 c 508 s 1; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices › Chapter 232 — Grain Storage › Section 232.24 — Schedule Of Inspection, Financial Reports.

232.24 SCHEDULE OF INSPECTION, FINANCIAL REPORTS.
Subdivision 1.
Schedule of examination.
A licensee under sections 232.20 to 232.24 is subject to an examination annually conducted by the commissioner or the Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. The commissioner may require supplemental examinations of a licensee as the commissioner deems necessary.
Subd. 2.
Financial reports.
A licensee under sections 232.20 to 232.24 must provide to the commissioner a copy of the financial report that satisfies the requirements under section 223.17, subdivision 6.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2012 c 244 art 1 s 83]
History:
1982 c 508 s 5; 1986 c 444; 2012 c 244 art 1 s 66,67; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 42; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 4 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.011 — Telecommunications Goals.

237.011 TELECOMMUNICATIONS GOALS.
The following are state goals that should be considered as the commission executes its regulatory duties with respect to telecommunication services:
(1) supporting universal service;
(2) maintaining just and reasonable rates;
(3) encouraging economically efficient deployment of infrastructure for higher speed telecommunication services and greater capacity for voice, video, and data transmission;
(4) encouraging fair and reasonable competition for local exchange telephone service in a competitively neutral regulatory manner;
(5) maintaining or improving quality of service;
(6) promoting customer choice;
(7) ensuring consumer protections are maintained in the transition to a competitive market for local telecommunications service; and
(8) encouraging voluntary resolution of issues between and among competing providers and discouraging litigation.
History:
1997 c 223 s 2
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.11 — Inspecting Records And Property; Reports Required.

237.11 INSPECTING RECORDS AND PROPERTY; REPORTS REQUIRED.
Every telephone company subject to the provisions of this chapter, wherever organized, shall keep an office in this state, and make such reports to the department as it shall from time to time require. All books, records, and files, whether they relate to competitive or noncompetitive services, and all of its property shall be at all times subject to inspection by the commission and the department. It shall close its accounts and take therefrom a balance sheet on December 31 of each year, and on or before May 1 following, such balance sheet, together with such other information as the department shall require, verified by an officer of the telephone company, shall be filed with the commission and the department, except that a local exchange carrier or a competitive local exchange carrier, as defined in Minnesota Rules, chapter 7811, is only required to file an annual report that includes the company's name, contact person, annual revenue, and status of its 911 update plan.
In the event that any telephone company shall fail to file its annual report, as provided by this section, the department is authorized to make such an examination of the books, records, and vouchers of the company as is necessary to procure the necessary data for the annual report and cause the same to be prepared. The expense of procuring this data and preparing this report shall be paid by the telephone company failing to report, and the amount paid shall be credited by the commissioner of management and budget to funds appropriated for the expense of the department.
The department is authorized to force collection of such sum by an action at law in the name of the department.
History:
(5294) 1915 c 152 s 9; 1919 c 183 s 1; 1961 c 341 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 340 s 20; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 54; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.115 — Information Subject To Protective Order.

237.115 INFORMATION SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.
In any meeting of the commission during which information that is subject to a protective order is discussed, the commission shall employ the procedures of section 14.60 to close to all persons who are not authorized to obtain the information under the protective order that portion of the meeting during which the information will be discussed and take other appropriate measures to ensure that the data is not disclosed to persons who are not authorized to obtain the information under the protective order.
History:
1992 c 493 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.121 — Prohibited Practices.

237.121 PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
(a) A telephone company or telecommunications carrier may not do any of the following with respect to services regulated by the commission:
(1) upon request, fail to disclose in a timely and uniform manner information necessary for the design of equipment and services that will meet the specifications for interconnection;
(2) intentionally impair the speed, quality, or efficiency of services, products, or facilities offered to a consumer under a tariff, contract, or price list;
(3) fail to provide a service, product, or facility to a consumer other than a telephone company or telecommunications carrier in accordance with its applicable tariffs, price lists, or contracts and with the commission's rules and orders;
(4) refuse to provide a service, product, or facility to a telephone company or telecommunications carrier in accordance with its applicable tariffs, price lists, or contracts and with the commission's rules and orders;
(5) impose unreasonable or discriminatory restrictions on the resale of its services, provided that:
(i) it may require that residential service may not be resold as a different class of service; and
(ii) the commission may prohibit resale of services it has approved for provision for not-for-profit entities at rates less than those offered to the general public; or
(6) provide telephone service to a person acting as a telephone company or telecommunications carrier if the commission has ordered the telephone company or telecommunications carrier to discontinue service to that person.
(b) A telephone company or telecommunications carrier may not violate a provision of sections 325F.692 and 325F.693, with regard to any of the services provided by the company or carrier.
History:
1995 c 156 s 4,25; 1997 c 68 s 1; 1997 c 223 s 6; 2003 c 97 s 2; 2016 c 115 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.131 — Intrastate Call Routing.

237.131 INTRASTATE CALL ROUTING.
A telecommunications service provider shall not participate in intrastate call routing practices that result in failures of calls to be delivered to a local provider within Minnesota. A telecommunications service provider and a registered wholesale transport provider are prohibited from knowingly contracting with a wholesale transport provider that is not registered with the commission under section 237.132.
History:
2016 c 115 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.132 — Registration Of Wholesale Transport Providers.

237.132 REGISTRATION OF WHOLESALE TRANSPORT PROVIDERS.
(a) A wholesale transport provider shall, within 30 days of May 20, 2016, or of the wholesale transport provider's initial offering of wholesale transport service in Minnesota, whichever is later, file a registration with the commission that includes the company name, address, a contact name, and a telephone number available to other carriers that will be answered within normal business hours, to address any failures of calls to complete within Minnesota. The contacts provided by each entity should be knowledgeable regarding call routing and call completion. Wholesale transport providers are subject to regulation under this chapter only to the extent required under section 237.131.
(b) The department shall maintain a contact list of all registered wholesale transport providers on its website to enable expeditious resolution of any call routing and call completion problems involving wholesale transport providers.
(c) Wholesale transport providers shall update their registration information when changes occur, but no less frequently than annually.
History:
2016 c 115 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.14 — Rate For Service To Officer.

237.14 RATE FOR SERVICE TO OFFICER.
A telephone company may furnish service free or at reduced rates to its officers, agents, or employees in furtherance of their employment, but it shall charge full schedule rates without discrimination for all other services.
History:
(5297) 1915 c 152 s 11; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 32
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.15 — Investigation And Hearing; Authority Delegated.

237.15 INVESTIGATION AND HEARING; AUTHORITY DELEGATED.
The department shall whenever it deems the same necessary determine the value of all the property of any telephone company devoted to the public use, and in so doing it shall, after notice to the telephone company, hold such public hearing as will give all interested parties a chance to furnish evidence and be heard. For the purpose of this chapter the department is authorized to appoint engineers, examiners, experts, clerks, accountants, and other assistants as it may deem necessary at such rates of compensation as it may prescribe.
In the discharge of their duties such appointees shall have every power, of any inquisitorial nature granted in this chapter to the department. The department may conduct any number of investigations contemporaneously through its individual members or appointees, and may delegate to its individual members and employees the taking of all testimony on any investigation or hearing.
History:
(5298) 1915 c 152 s 12; 1919 c 183 s 3; 1971 c 25 s 67
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.155 — Credit For Incorrect Directory Assistance.

237.155 CREDIT FOR INCORRECT DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE.
A local exchange carrier that provides directory assistance to customers for a fee, either directly or by contracting with a third party, must provide for an immediate credit to a customer that informs the directory assistance provider that the provider has given the customer incorrect information for which the provider charged the customer a fee. A local exchange carrier must notify its customers of the right to the immediate credit for incorrect directory assistance. The notice must be in a writing labeled "NOTICE OF RIGHT TO INCORRECT DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE CREDIT." The notice must be given to a new customer within 45 days of commencing service and at least annually thereafter and the notification print must be of sufficient size to be clearly legible.
History:
2004 c 261 art 1 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.164 — Universal Service Discount For School Or Library.

237.164 UNIVERSAL SERVICE DISCOUNT FOR SCHOOL OR LIBRARY.
The commission shall establish intrastate service discounts for schools and libraries by order to the extent necessary to enable schools and libraries to receive federally supported discounts.
History:
1997 c 223 s 8; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 36
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.17 — Extension Of Long-distance Line.

237.17 EXTENSION OF LONG-DISTANCE LINE.
Any telephone company may extend its long-distance lines into or through any city of this state for the furnishing of long-distance service only, subject to sections 237.162 and 237.163.
History:
(5300) 1915 c 152 s 14; 1925 c 184 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 340 s 23; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 37
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.19 — Municipal Telecommunications Services.

237.19 MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
Any municipality shall have the right to own and operate a telephone exchange within its own borders, subject to the provisions of this chapter. It may construct such plant, or purchase an existing plant by agreement with the owner, or where it cannot agree with the owner on price, it may acquire an existing plant by condemnation, as hereinafter provided, but in no case shall a municipality construct or purchase such a plant or proceed to acquire an existing plant by condemnation until such action by it is authorized by a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition at a general election or a special election called for that purpose, and if the proposal is to construct a new exchange where an exchange already exists, it shall not be authorized to do so unless 65 percent of those voting thereon vote in favor of the undertaking. A municipality that owns and operates a telephone exchange may enter into a joint venture as a partner or shareholder with a telecommunications organization to provide telecommunications services within its service area.
History:
(5302) 1915 c 152 s 16; 1991 c 79 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.20 — Condemnation: Notice, Compensation, Appeal.

237.20 CONDEMNATION: NOTICE, COMPENSATION, APPEAL.
When a municipality decides in the manner above provided to acquire an existing plant by condemnation, it shall give notice to the commission which shall determine the just compensation which the owner of the plant is entitled to receive from the municipality. Before deciding upon the compensation, the commission shall, at a public meeting which may be adjourned from time to time, hear all interested parties on the question involved. The commission shall by order fix the compensation and furnish a copy of its order to the municipality and to the telephone company concerned. An appeal may be taken to the district court of the county in which the plant is situated from that part of the order fixing the compensation to be paid, within 30 days, by either party. The appeal shall be tried the same as other appeals hereunder. If no appeal is taken, the order of the commission shall become final at the end of 30 days.
History:
(5303) 1915 c 152 s 17; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1983 c 247 s 99
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.21 — Valuation Of Telephone Property.

237.21 VALUATION OF TELEPHONE PROPERTY.
In determining the value of any telephone property for ratemaking purposes, no valuation shall be allowed upon the value of any franchise granted by the state or any municipality where no payment was or is being made to the state or municipality on account thereof. The requirement as to reasonableness of rates shall apply to each exchange unit as well as to telephone plants as a whole. Provided, that in the case of a company operating a telephone system consisting of more than one exchange in the state, reasonableness of rates, as measured by earnings, shall be determined by a reasonable return from the total operations of the system within the state rather than by the return from individual exchanges or services. No telephone rates or charges shall be allowed or approved by the commission under any circumstances, which are inadequate and which are intended to or naturally tend to destroy competition or produce a monopoly in telephone service in the locality affected.
History:
(5304) 1915 c 152 s 18; 1953 c 25 s 1,2; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 57
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.22 — Depreciation; Amortization.

237.22 DEPRECIATION; AMORTIZATION.
(a) For purposes of a proceeding to determine or investigate any wholesale or retail rate, or to set any universal service support level, the commission may fix proper and adequate rates and methods of depreciation and amortization with respect to a telephone company's property.
(b) All telephone companies shall retain data in sufficient detail for the purpose of determining depreciation accruals and reserves by depreciable telephone plant account. Depreciable plant accounts are those specified by the Federal Communications Commission for the class to which a telephone company belongs. All telephone companies shall maintain, and have available for inspection by the commission upon request, adequate accounts and records related to depreciation practices as defined herein.
History:
(5305) 1915 c 152 s 19; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1977 c 364 s 10; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1987 c 340 s 24; 2000 c 436 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.23 — Acquiring Property Of Another Company.

237.23 ACQUIRING PROPERTY OF ANOTHER COMPANY.
It shall be unlawful for any telephone company, corporation, person, partnership, or association subject to the provisions of this chapter to purchase or acquire the property, capital stock, bonds, securities, or other obligations, or the franchises, rights, privileges, and immunities of any telephone company doing business within the state without first obtaining the consent of the commission thereto; and telephone companies, corporations, persons, partnerships, or associations are hereby given the right with the consent of the commission to purchase and acquire the property, capital stock, bonds, securities, or other obligations together with all franchises, rights, privileges, and immunities owned or enjoyed by said companies. The owner and the proposed purchaser of said property shall both join in the application filed with the commission for the approval of such transfer, and in the case of a corporation desiring to sell all of its property it shall require a vote of a majority of its stockholders to ratify the same. Telephone companies may sell and dispose of any property not used by said telephone companies in the conduct of their business at the time of the sale without the consent of the commission.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the holding of stock heretofore lawfully acquired or to prevent the acquisition of additional stock by any telephone company owning a majority of the stock of any telephone company.
History:
(5306) 1915 c 152 s 20; 1919 c 183 s 4; 1945 c 143 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 123
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.231 — Sale Of Local Exchange Service.

237.231 SALE OF LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE.
Subdivision 1.
Commission approval.
A Class A telephone company may not sell a local exchange service territory without receiving the prior consent of the commission. For the purposes of this section, a Class A telephone company is a telephone company which has annual revenues from regulated telecommunication operations of $100,000,000 or more, as defined by the Federal Communications Commission in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, section 32.11, paragraphs (a)(1) and (e).
Subd. 2.
Notice of intended sale.
At least 90 days prior to applying to the commission for consent to a proposed sale or acquisition of a local exchange service, the selling telephone company must provide notice to its customers in that local exchange of its intent to sell and identify the affected local exchange, and the name of the proposed buyer. The notice must be on a separate document and included in the company's monthly billings to customers. The commission must approve the form of all notices.
Subd. 3.
Resident poll.
At least 60 days prior to the hearing under subdivision 4, the telephone company proposing the sale of a local exchange service must provide each of its customers with a stamped envelope addressed to the commission and must inform the customer that the customer is encouraged to comment on the quality of service that has been provided in the local exchange service territory by the telephone company over the last 12 months.
Subd. 4.
Public hearing.
At least 30 days prior to the commission's deliberations about a proposed sale or acquisition of a local exchange service territory, the commission must hold a public hearing at a location within the affected local exchange service territory allowing the public an opportunity to be heard and to present any concerns or comments.
Subd. 5.
Requirements for consent.
The commission may not give consent to a sale of a service territory unless, at a minimum, it finds all of the following:
(1) the quality of service provided by the telephone company servicing the local exchange service territory has substantially complied with all applicable quality of service standards adopted by rule by the commission for the previous calendar year;
(2) the proposed buyer is financially responsible and capable of making necessary investments to maintain quality service at levels required by rule; and
(3) the proposed buyer demonstrates that it has an adequate number of properly trained employees to maintain service at required levels.
The commission shall, as a condition of its consent, require a proposed buyer to enter into binding commitments obligating the buyer to maintain minimum levels of investment and staffing needed to meet the commission's quality of service rules. These commitments are in addition to any other conditions that the commission may impose.
History:
1995 c 191 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.24 — Transcribed Copy Of Record, Expense.

237.24 TRANSCRIBED COPY OF RECORD, EXPENSE.
A full and complete record shall be kept by the commission of all proceedings had before it upon any formal investigation or hearing and all testimony received or offered shall be taken down by the stenographer appointed by the commission and a transcribed copy of such record shall be furnished to any party to such investigation upon the payment of the expense of furnishing said transcribed copy.
When an appeal is taken from any order of the commission under the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall forthwith cause a certified transcript of all proceedings had, of all pleadings and files, and all testimony taken or offered before it upon which such order was based, showing particularly what, if any evidence, offered was excluded, to be made and filed with the court administrator of the district court where such appeal is pending.
History:
(5307) 1915 c 152 s 21; 1919 c 183 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.25 — Appeal From Decision Of Commission.

237.25 APPEAL FROM DECISION OF COMMISSION.
Any party to a proceeding before the commission or the attorney general may make and perfect an appeal from the order in accordance with chapter 14.
If the court finds from an examination of the record that the commission erroneously rejected evidence which should have been admitted, it shall remand the proceedings to the commission with instructions to receive the evidence rejected and any rebutting evidence and make new findings and return them to the court for further review. In such case the commission, after notice to the parties in interest, shall proceed to rehear the matter in controversy, and receive the wrongfully rejected evidence and any rebutting evidence offered and make new findings, as upon the original hearing, and transmit it and the new record, properly certified, to the court of appeals, whereupon the matter shall be again considered in the court in the same manner as in an original appeal.
History:
(5308) 1915 c 152 s 22; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1983 c 247 s 100
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications › Chapter 237 — Telecommunications › Section 237.26 — Order Final And Conclusive.

237.26 ORDER FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE.
If no appeal is taken from any order of the commission, as above provided, then in all litigation thereafter arising between the state and any telephone company or between private parties and any telephone company, the order shall be deemed final and conclusive.
History:
(5309) 1915 c 152 s 23; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 123