2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 237 - 238 Telecommunications
Chapter 237 Telephone, Telegraph, Telecommunications
Section 237.036 COIN-OPERATED OR PUBLIC PAY TELEPHONES.

237.036 COIN-OPERATED OR PUBLIC PAY TELEPHONES.
(a) Neither commission approval nor a commission certificate is required to:
(1) site a coin-operated or public pay telephone in the state; or
(2) implement changes in service, services offered, rates, or location regarding a
coin-operated or public pay telephone. Registration under section 237.64 is required to own or
operate a coin-operated or public pay telephone in the state.
(b) This section does not change the authority of other state or local government entities
to regulate aspects of coin-operated or public pay telephone ownership, location, or operation;
however, an entity may not regulate aspects of these services that it did not regulate prior to May
26, 1999. The commission shall retain the authority delegated to it under federal and state law to
protect the public interest with regard to coin-operated or public pay telephones.
(c) Owners and operators of coin-operated or public pay telephones are exempt from
sections 237.06, 237.07, 237.075, 237.09, 237.23, 237.295, and 237.39 and the annual reporting
requirement of section 237.11.
(d) Owners of coin-operated or public pay telephones shall:
(1) provide immediate coin-free access, to the extent technically feasible, to 911 emergency
service or to another approved emergency service; and
(2) provide free access to the telecommunications relay service for the communication
impaired.
(e) Owners of coin-operated or public pay telephones must post at each coin-operated or
public pay telephone location:
(1) customer service and complaint information, including the name, address, and
telephone number of the owner of the coin-operated or public pay telephone and the operator
service handling calls from the coin-operated or public pay telephone; a toll-free number of the
appropriate telephone company for the resolution of complaints; and the toll-free number of
the public utilities commission; and
(2) a toll-free number at which consumers can obtain pricing information regarding rates,
charges, terms, and conditions of local and long-distance calls.
History: 1999 c 224 s 1