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609.6055.1(e)

Statute ID: 12210

Statute Function ID: 26762

Trespass on Property of Utility Lines

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Statute Number:

609.6055.1(e)

Enactment Date:

Apr 24, 2008

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2008

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Trespass on Property of Utility Lines

Statute ID:

12210

Created:

Jul 10, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 10, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Defines "utility line"

Summary Text:

Trespass on Property of Utility Lines

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/6055.html

Legislative Session:

2008 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 10, 2008

(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(b) "Critical public service facility" includes buildings and other physical structures, and fenced in or otherwise enclosed property, of railroad yards and stations, bus stations, airports, and other mass transit facilities; oil refineries; and storage areas or facilities for hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or hazardous wastes. The term also includes nonpublic portions of bridges. The term does not include railroad tracks extending beyond a critical public service facility.
(c) "Pipeline" includes an aboveground pipeline, a below ground pipeline housed in an underground structure, and any equipment, facility, or building located in this state that is used to transport natural or synthetic gas, crude petroleum or petroleum fuels or oil or their derivatives, or hazardous liquids, to or within a distribution, refining, manufacturing, or storage facility that is located inside or outside of this state. Pipeline does not include service lines.
(d) "Utility" includes:
(1) any organization defined as a utility in section 216C.06, subdivision 18;
(2) any telecommunications carrier or telephone company regulated under chapter 237; and
(3) any local utility or enterprise formed for the purpose of providing electrical or gas heating and power, telephone, water, sewage, wastewater, or other related utility service, which is owned, controlled, or regulated by a town, a statutory or home rule charter city, a county, a port development authority, the Metropolitan Council, a district heating authority, a regional commission or other regional government unit, or a combination of these governmental units.
The term does not include property located above buried power or telecommunications lines or property located below suspended power or telecommunications lines, unless the property is fenced in or otherwise enclosed.
(e) "Utility line" includes power, telecommunications, and transmissions lines as well as related equipment owned and controlled by a utility.