Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 557-S.F.No. 1903
           An act relating to communications; deregulating radio 
          common carriers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, 
          section 237.01, subdivision 2, and by adding 
          subdivisions.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 237.01, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [TELEPHONE COMPANY.] "Telephone company," means 
and applies to any person, firm, association or any corporation, 
private or municipal, owning or operating any telephone line or 
telephone exchange for hire, wholly or partly within this state, 
or furnishing any telephone service to the public. 
     A "telephone company" does not include a radio common 
carrier as defined in subdivision 4.  A telephone company which 
also conforms with the definition of a radio common carrier is 
subject to regulation as a telephone company.  However, none of 
chapter 237 applies to telephone company activities which 
conform to the definition of a radio common carrier.  
     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 237.01, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read:  
    Subd. 4.  [RADIO COMMON CARRIER.] "Radio common carrier" 
means a person, firm, association, or corporation which owns, 
operates, or otherwise furnishes to the public any paging or 
other mobile telecommunications service by means of the use of 
radio signals and connection to a telephone network. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 237.01, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [CELLULAR RADIO.] A radio common carrier does not 
include a person, firm, association, or corporation providing 
these or similar services by means of the technology known as 
cellular radio.  
    Sec. 4.  [REPEALER.] 
    Section 3 is repealed effective June 1, 1985.  
    Approved April 25, 1984