<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>authorize local government construction of certain telephone exchanges.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. <b>MUNICIPALITY OPERATION OF TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>For the purpose of this section, "county" means a county that, as of January 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>2010, has passed a county sales tax for the purpose, among other things, of funding the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>construction of a countywide high-speed communications infrastructure network, and has <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>received federal funding from the Rural Utilities Service Broadband Initiatives Program <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>for some of its construction costs of the telephone exchange. Notwithstanding Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Statutes, section 237.19, a county may construct a new telephone exchange within its own <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>borders where an exchange already exists, upon authorization of a majority of those <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>voting thereon voting in favor of the undertaking at a general election or special election <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>called for that purpose. Except as provided in this section, Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>237.19, applies to a county.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>