as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to telecommunications; modifying voting 1.3 requirements for extended area service within combined 1.4 school districts; amending Laws 1997, chapter 59, 1.5 section 1, subdivision 3. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Laws 1997, chapter 59, section 1, subdivision 1.8 3, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 3. [CRITERIA.] The commission shall grant a petition 1.10 under subdivision 1 when each of the following criteria has been 1.11 met: 1.12 (1) a majority of ballots of the customers voting in each 1.13 of the local telephone exchanges identified in the petition 1.14 favor extended area service installation; 1.15 (2) at least ten percent of the customers of each local 1.16 telephone exchange identified in the petition are also residents 1.17 of the combined school district; and 1.18 (3) each local telephone exchange identified in the 1.19 petition is contiguous to another exchange identified in the 1.20 petition. 1.21 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 1.22 Section 1 is effective retroactively to April 29, 1997.