Bill Text: MN SF2746 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Municipal telephone exchange creation approval process modification
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Referred to Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development [SF2746 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2746-Introduced.html
1.2relating to telecommunications; requiring a simple majority vote within a
1.3municipality seeking to construct and operate a new telephone exchange;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.19.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.19, is amended to read:
1.7237.19 MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
1.8Any municipality shall have the right to own and operate a telephone exchange
1.9within its own borders, subject to the provisions of this chapter. It may construct such
1.10plant, or purchase an existing plant by agreement with the owner, or where it cannot agree
1.11with the owner on price, it may acquire an existing plant by condemnation, as hereinafter
1.12provided, but in no case shall a municipality construct or purchase such a plant or proceed
1.13to acquire an existing plant by condemnation until such action by it is authorized by
1.14a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition at a general election or a special
1.15election called for that purpose, and if the proposal is to construct a new exchange where
1.16an exchange already exists, it shall not be authorized to do so unless65 percent a majority
1.17 of those voting thereon vote in favor of the undertaking. A municipality that owns and
1.18operates a telephone exchange may enter into a joint venture as a partner or shareholder
1.19with a telecommunications organization to provide telecommunications services within
1.20its service area.
1.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3municipality seeking to construct and operate a new telephone exchange;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.19.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.19, is amended to read:
1.7237.19 MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
1.8Any municipality shall have the right to own and operate a telephone exchange
1.9within its own borders, subject to the provisions of this chapter. It may construct such
1.10plant, or purchase an existing plant by agreement with the owner, or where it cannot agree
1.11with the owner on price, it may acquire an existing plant by condemnation, as hereinafter
1.12provided, but in no case shall a municipality construct or purchase such a plant or proceed
1.13to acquire an existing plant by condemnation until such action by it is authorized by
1.14a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition at a general election or a special
1.15election called for that purpose, and if the proposal is to construct a new exchange where
1.16an exchange already exists, it shall not be authorized to do so unless
1.17 of those voting thereon vote in favor of the undertaking. A municipality that owns and
1.18operates a telephone exchange may enter into a joint venture as a partner or shareholder
1.19with a telecommunications organization to provide telecommunications services within
1.20its service area.
1.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
