Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 451-H.F.No. 523 
           An act relating to public utilities; defining scope of 
          independent telephone companies accountable under 
          chapter 237; amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 
          237.01, subdivision 3. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 237.01, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY.] "Independent 
telephone company" means a telephone company organized and 
operating under chapter 301 or 302A and providing service to 
less fewer than 2,500 15,000 subscribers within the state. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective on the day following final enactment. 
This act is effective in respect to applications for independent 
telephone company rate changes pending before the commission on 
the effective date of this act and no refunds of increased 
independent telephone company rates ordered after the effective 
date of this act shall be necessary, unless the independent 
telephone company elects to be subject to rate regulation on or 
before 60 days after the effective date of this act.  
    Approved April 23, 1984