1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to telecommunications; eliminating antiquated, unnecessary, redundant, 
1.3 	or obsolete laws; making conforming changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2012, sections 237.763; 237.773, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.5 	2012, sections 237.03; 237.068; 237.44; 237.45; 237.57; 237.59, subdivisions 
1.6 	1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; 237.75.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.763, is amended to read:
1.9 	237.763 EXEMPTION FROM EARNINGS REGULATION AND 
1.10 	INVESTIGATION.
1.11 	Except as provided in the plan and any subsequent plans, a company that has 
1.12 	an alternative regulation plan approved under section 237.764, is not subject to the 
1.13 	rate-of-return regulation or earnings investigations provisions of section 237.075 or 
1.14 	237.081 during the term of the plan. A company with an approved plan is not subject to 
1.15 	the provisions of section 237.57; 237.59; or237.60, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, and 5, during the 
1.16 	term of the plan. Except as specifically provided in this section or in the approved plan, the 
1.17 	commission retains all of its authority under section 237.081 to investigate other matters 
1.18 	and to issue appropriate orders, and the department retains its authority under sections 
1.19 	216A.07 and 237.15 to investigate matters other than the earnings of the company.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.773, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.21 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "small telephone company" 
1.22 	means a local exchange telephone company with fewer than 50,000 subscribers that has 
1.23 	made an election under subdivision 2 whether or not the company is subject to sections 
1.24 	237.59 and section237.60, subdivisions 1, 2, and 5.

2.1 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 2.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.03; 237.068; 237.44; 237.45; 237.57; 237.59, 
2.3 	subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10; and 237.75, are repealed.