2005 Minnesota Statutes - 609.892 — Definitions.

     609.892 Definitions. 


    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  The definitions in 
 this section apply to sections 237.73, 609.892, and 609.893. 


    Subd. 2.    Access device.  "Access device" means a 
 card, plate, code, account number, or other means of account 
 access that can be used, alone or in conjunction with another 
 access device, to obtain telecommunications service. 


    Subd. 3.    Credit card number.  "Credit card number" 
 means the card number appearing on a credit card that is an 
 identification card or plate issued to a person by a supplier of 
 telecommunications service that permits the person to whom the 
 card has been issued to obtain telecommunications service on 
 credit.  The term includes the number or description of the card 
 or plate even if the card or plate itself is not produced when 
 obtaining telecommunications service. 


    Subd. 4.    Telecommunications device.  
 "Telecommunications device" means an instrument, apparatus, 
 equipment mechanism, operating procedure, or code designed or 
 adapted for a particular use and that is intended or can be used 
 in violation of section 609.893.  The term includes but is not 
 limited to computer hardware, software, programs, electronic 
 mail system, voice mail system, identification validation 
 system, private branch exchange, or any other means of 
 facilitating telecommunications service. 


    Subd. 5.    Telecommunications provider.  
 "Telecommunications provider" means a person, firm, association, 
 or a corporation, private or municipal, owning, operating, or 
 managing facilities used to provide telecommunications service. 


    Subd. 6.    Telecommunications service.  
 "Telecommunications service" means a service that, in exchange 
 for a pecuniary consideration, provides or offers to provide 
 transmission of messages, signals, facsimiles, or other 
 communication between persons who are physically separated from 
 each other by telephone, telegraph, cable, wire, fiber optic 
 cable, or the projection of energy without physical connection.  
 This term applies when the telecommunications service originates 
 or ends or both originates and ends in this state. 


    Subd. 7.    Telephone company.  "Telephone company" 
 means a telecommunications provider that provides local exchange 
 telecommunications service. 


    HIST: 1990 c 494 s 5; 1991 c 199 art 1 s 86