1999 Minnesota Code
Chapters 237 - 238 Telecommunications
Chapter 238 Cable Communications
Section 238.22 Definitions.

238.22 Definitions.

Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 238.22 to 238.27 have the meanings given them in this section.

Subd. 2. Dwelling unit. "Dwelling unit" means a single unit providing complete, independent, living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

Subd. 3. Multiple dwelling complex. "Multiple dwelling complex" means a site, lot, field, or tract of land or water, other than a common interest community or mobile home park, whether occupied or under construction, containing more than four dwelling units.

Subd. 4. Property owner. "Property owner" means any person with a recorded interest in a multiple dwelling complex, or person known to the cable communications company to be an owner, or the authorized agent of the person.

Subd. 5. Resident. "Resident" means a person or entity paying rent to a property owner.

Subd. 6. Access. "Access" means entrance onto the premises of the property owner and an easement for purposes of surveying, designing, installing, inspecting, maintaining, operating, repairing, replacing, or removing equipment used in the construction and operation of a cable communications system.

Subd. 7. Alternative providers. "Alternative providers" means other providers of television programming or cable communications services.

Subd. 8. Association member. "Association member" means an individual owner of a cooperatively owned multiple dwelling complex.

Subd. 9. Other providers of television programming or cable communications services. "Other providers of television programming or cable communications services" means operators of master antenna television systems (MATV), satellite master antenna television systems (SMATV), multipoint distributions systems (MDS), and direct broadcast satellite systems (DBS).

HIST: 1983 c 329 s 3; 1985 c 285 s 30-32; 1999 c 11 art 3 s 7