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238.02.3

Statute ID: 8399

Statute Function ID: 20918

Violations of Cable Communications Regulations-Definition

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Statute Number:

238.02.3

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1973

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Violations of Cable Communications Regulations-Definition

Statute ID:

8399

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

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Summary Text:

Violations of Cable Communications Regulations-Definition

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/238/02.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

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Statute text last updated on:

Sep 1, 2006

(a) "Cable communications system" means a system that (1) provides the service of receiving and amplifying (i) programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations and (ii) other programs originated by a person operating a cable communications system or by another person, and (2) distributes those programs by wire, cable, microwave, or other means, regardless of whether the means are owned or leased, to persons who subscribe to the service.
(b) This definition does not include:
(1) a system that serves fewer than 50 subscribers or a system that serves more than 50 but fewer than 1,000 subscribers if the governing bodies of all political subdivisions served by the system, vote, by resolution, to remove the system from the provisions of this chapter; provided that:
(i) no part of a system, nor any area within the municipality served by the system, may be removed from the provisions of this chapter if more than 1,000 subscribers are served by the system; and
(ii) any system serving more than 50 but fewer than 1,000 subscribers that has been removed from the provisions of this chapter becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter if the governing bodies of 50 percent or more of the political subdivisions served by the system vote, by resolution, in favor of the return;
(2) a master antenna television system;
(3) a specialized closed-circuit system that does not use the public rights-of-way for the construction of its physical plant; and
(4) a translator system that receives and rebroadcasts over-the-air signals.