2005 Minnesota Statutes

     237.69 Telephone assistance plan; definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  The terms used in sections 
 237.69 to 237.711 have the meanings given them in this section. 

    Subd. 2.  Renumbered subd 11 

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 76 

    Subd. 4.  Renumbered subd 17 

    Subd. 5.    Access line.  "Access line" means telephone 
 company-owned facilities furnished to permit switched access to 
 the telecommunications network that extend from a central office 
 to the demarcation point on the property where the subscriber is 
 served.  The term includes access lines provided to residential 
 and business subscribers, includes centrex access lines on a 
 trunk-equivalent basis, but does not include private nonswitched 
 or wide area telephone service access lines. 

    Subd. 6. Renumbered subd 13 

    Subd. 7.  Renumbered subd 16 

    Subd. 8.  Renumbered subd 15 

    Subd. 9.  Renumbered subd 12 

    Subd. 10.  Renumbered subd 14 

    Subd. 11.    Commission.  "Commission" means the 
 Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. 

    Subd. 12.    Disabled.  "Disabled" has the meaning given 
 it in section 363A.03, subdivision 12.  

    Subd. 13.    Federal matching plan.  "Federal matching 
 plan" means any telephone assistance plan formulated by the 
 Federal Communications Commission that provides federal 
 assistance to local telephone subscribers. 

    Subd. 14.    Fund.  "Fund" means the telephone 
 assistance fund established in section 237.701. 

    Subd. 15.    Income.  For purposes of sections 237.69 to 
 237.711, income has the meaning given it in section 290A.03, 
 subdivision 3. 

    Subd. 16.    Telephone assistance plan.  "Telephone 
 assistance plan" means the plan to be adopted by the commission 
 and to be jointly administered by the commission, the Department 
 of Human Services, and the telephone companies, as required by 
 sections 237.69 to 237.711. 

    Subd. 17.    Telephone company.  "Telephone company" has 
 the meanings given it in section 237.01, subdivisions 3 and 7, 
 that provides local exchange telephone service. 

    HIST: 1987 c 340 s 13; 1988 c 621 s 9-11; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 
 1; 1990 c 567 s 10