237.02 GENERAL AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION;
DEFINITIONS.
The Department of Commerce and the Public Utilities Commission are hereby vested with
the same jurisdiction and supervisory power over telephone and telecommunications companies
doing business in this state as the commission's predecessor, the railroad and warehouse
commission, had over railroad and express companies. The definitions set forth in sections
216A.02 and
216B.02 also apply to this chapter.
History: (5286) 1915 c 152 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 614 s 118; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 53