Section 238.38 — Permit To Attach To Pole Or Conduit System.
238.38 PERMIT TO ATTACH TO POLE OR CONDUIT SYSTEM. Every pole, duct, and conduit agreement must contain a provision that before attaching to the public utility company’s poles or occupying any part of the public utility’s conduit system, the cable communications system shall apply and receive a permit for that purpose on a form provided […]
Section 237.82 — Definitions; Call Location Information.
237.82 DEFINITIONS; CALL LOCATION INFORMATION. Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to section 237.83. Subd. 2. Call location information. “Call location information” means information indicating the geographical location of a telecommunications device. Subd. 3. Law enforcement agency. “Law enforcement agency” means: (1) a unit of state or local government that is authorized […]
Section 237.83 — Disclosure Of Call Location Information; Emergency Situations.
237.83 DISCLOSURE OF CALL LOCATION INFORMATION; EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. Subdivision 1. Written request. Upon receipt of a written request from a law enforcement agency stating that the disclosure of call location information is needed in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm to a person who possesses a telecommunications device, […]
Section 238.02 — Definitions.
238.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The words and phrases used in this chapter have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears in the text. Subd. 1a. Access. “Access” means entrance onto the premises of the property owner and an easement for purposes of surveying, designing, installing, inspecting, maintaining, operating, repairing, replacing, or removing […]
Section 238.03 — Applicability.
238.03 APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to every cable communications system, as defined in section 238.02, operating within the state, including a cable communications system comprised in whole or in part of facilities subject to regulation under chapter 237. Persons possessing franchises for any of the purposes of this chapter are subject to this chapter although […]
Section 238.08 — Franchise Requirement.
238.08 FRANCHISE REQUIREMENT. Subdivision 1. Requirement; conditions. (a) A municipality shall require a franchise or extension permit of any cable communications system providing service within the municipality. (b) No municipality shall grant an additional franchise for cable service for an area included in an existing franchise on terms and conditions more favorable or less burdensome […]
Section 238.081 — Franchise Procedure.
238.081 FRANCHISE PROCEDURE. Subdivision 1. Publication of notice. The franchising authority shall have published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each municipality within the cable service territory, a notice of intent to consider an application for a franchise other than a franchise renewal pursuant to United States […]
Section 238.083 — Sale Or Transfer Of Franchise.
238.083 SALE OR TRANSFER OF FRANCHISE. Subdivision 1. Fundamental corporate change defined. For purposes of this section, “fundamental corporate change” means the sale or transfer of a majority of a corporation’s assets; merger, including a parent and its subsidiary corporation; consolidation; or creation of a subsidiary corporation. Subd. 2. Written approval of franchising authority. A […]
Section 238.084 — Required Contents Of Franchise Ordinance.
238.084 REQUIRED CONTENTS OF FRANCHISE ORDINANCE. Subdivision 1. All systems. The following requirements apply to all cable communications systems unless provided otherwise: (a) a provision that the franchise shall comply with the Minnesota franchise standards contained in this section; (b) a provision requiring the franchisee and the franchising authority to conform to state laws and […]
Section 238.086 — Franchise Holder Exemption.
238.086 FRANCHISE HOLDER EXEMPTION. If there is a conflict in language between the franchise of a person holding a franchise agreement with a local unit of government and an ordinance regulating use of public rights-of-way, the terms of the franchise shall prevail. History: 1997 c 123 s 8