Minnesota Session Laws - 1998, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 326-H.F.No. 3644 
                  An act relating to telecommunications; modifying 
                  voting requirements for extended area service within 
                  combined school districts; amending Laws 1997, chapter 
                  59, section 1, subdivision 3. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Laws 1997, chapter 59, section 1, subdivision 
        3, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 3.  [CRITERIA.] The commission shall grant a petition 
        under subdivision 1 when each of the following criteria has been 
        met:  
           (1) a majority of ballots of the customers voting in each 
        of the local telephone exchanges identified in the petition 
        favor extended area service installation; 
           (2) at least ten percent of the customers of each local 
        telephone exchange identified in the petition are also residents 
        of the combined school district; and 
           (3) each local telephone exchange identified in the 
        petition is contiguous to another exchange identified in the 
        petition.  
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective on the day following final 
        enactment, and applies to petitions for which a vote under Laws 
        1997, chapter 59, section 1, subdivision 3, has not been taken 
        as of that date. 
           Presented to the governor March 20, 1998 
           Signed by the governor March 23, 1998, 10:53 a.m.