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     237.57 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  The terms used in this chapter 
 have the meanings given them in this section.  

    Subd. 2.    Competitive service.  "Competitive service" 
 means a service that has been determined to be subject to 
 effective competition or emerging competition. 

    Subd. 3.    Effective competition.  "Effective 
 competition" exists when the criteria of section 237.59, 
 subdivision 5, have been satisfied for a service.  

    Subd. 4.    Emerging competition.  A service will be 
 regulated under "emerging competition" provisions when the 
 criteria of section 237.59, subdivision 5, have not been 
 satisfied, but there is a trend toward effective competition, or 
 if it is a new service offered for the first time after August 
 1, 1994, that is not integrally related to the provision of 
 adequate telephone service or access to the telephone network or 
 to the privacy, health, or safety of the company's customers, 
 whether or not it meets the criteria of section 237.59, 
 subdivision 5. 

    Subd. 5.    Local access and transport area.  "Local 
 access and transport area (LATA)" means a geographical area 
 designated by the Modification of Final Judgment in U.S. v. 
 Western Electric Co., Inc., 552 F. Supp. 131 (D.D.C. 1982). 

    Subd. 6.    Noncompetitive service.  "Noncompetitive 
 service" means a service that has not been classified as 
 competitive by the commission.  

    HIST: 1987 c 340 s 1,26; 1989 c 74 s 7,25; 1994 c 534 art 1 s 
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