Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF3279

Modifying, recodifying and clarifying certain provisions regulating
telecommunications services ARTICLE 1- MINNESOTA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT
Minnesota Telecommunications Act ; defining certain terms and exempting private
telecommunications services from regulation; specifying the powers and duties of
the public utilities commission; requiring and providing for certification of
telecommunications services by the PUC; establishing the universal service fund,
surcharge, administrator and advisory board; restricting the discontinuation of
local exchange service; providing for the regulation of services subject to
effective competition, prices, large and small incumbent carriers, emerging
competitive services, long distance and competitive local exchange carriers,
competitive access and integrated communications services providers,
interexchange access, interconnection and retail service quality, special
incentives, discounts and promotions, service packages and individual service
contracts; specifying certain telecommunications carriers notice and PUC rule
adoption requirements; providing for PUC examination of books and records, for
the handling of complaints and for appeals of PUC orders ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING
AMENDMENTSMaking certain conforming amendments to certain statutory provisions
relating to school districts telecommunications grants, public utilities
commission (PUC) filings, public utility rate hearings, cable communications,
telecommunications services purchasing cooperatives and emerging telephone
services; exempting communications equipment from the sales tax; specifying
certain renumbering and cross reference change instructions to the revisor of
statutes; repealing existing provisions regulating telecommunications services
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