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• <br />1 A bill for an act <br />2 .relating to .telecommunications; enacting emerging <br />3 communications services act; encouraging development <br />4 and proliferation of emerging communications services <br />5 in Minnesota; authorizing local. authorities to control <br />6 the use of public property and public rights-of-way by <br />7 communications providers; requiring rules; authorizing <br />8 permits, fees, and charges against gross revenues; <br />9 imposing a penalty; proposing coding for new law as <br />10 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237A. <br />• 11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: <br />12 Section 1. [237A.01] [DEFINITIONS.) <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />• 27 <br />28 <br />. 02/09/95 [REVISOR j RR/DE 95-1426 <br />Subdivision 1. [SCOPE.] The terms used in this cha ter <br />have the meanings given them in this section <br />Subd.. 2. [COMMISSION.] "Commission" means the Minnesota <br />public utilities commission. <br />Subd. 3. [EMERGING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.] "Emerging <br />communications service" means any communications service other <br />than POTS or POCS delivered to a subscriber through the use of <br />public property or public ri hts-of-way <br />Subd. 4. [LOCAL AUTHORITY.] "Local authority" means a <br />Minnesota political subdivision, whether acting under its own <br />authority or in con unction with other olitical subdivisions <br />Subd. 5. [PERMIT.) "Permit" means the authority ranted b <br />a local authority to the provider of an'emer inq communications <br />service allowin the occupancy of public pro erty or public <br />rights-of-way for the delivery of the service <br />Subd. 6. [PERSON.] "Person" means any individual, <br />1 <br />