as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to telecommunications; requiring provision of 1.3 a cable service consumer complaint telephone number; 1.4 authorizing a penalty; proposing coding for new law in 1.5 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 238. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. [238.115] [CABLE PROVIDER COMPLAINTS.] 1.8 A cable communications company holding a franchise to 1.9 provide cable communications services in any area of this state 1.10 must immediately provide a consumer complaint telephone number 1.11 to any person who calls the company or its agent and asks for a 1.12 consumer complaint number. The number provided must be the 1.13 telephone number of a person or agency that is unaffiliated with 1.14 the cable communications company and that is organized to 1.15 provide assistance to complaining consumers. A municipality 1.16 that grants a franchise to a cable communications company may 1.17 impose a fine of up to $500 for each violation of this section.