{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-237.011","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 237.011","heading":"TELECOMMUNICATIONS GOALS.","body":"The following are state goals that should be considered as the commission executes its regulatory duties with respect to telecommunication services:\n(1) supporting universal service;\n(2) maintaining just and reasonable rates;\n(3) encouraging economically efficient deployment of infrastructure for higher speed telecommunication services and greater capacity for voice, video, and data transmission;\n(4) encouraging fair and reasonable competition for local exchange telephone service in a competitively neutral regulatory manner;\n(5) maintaining or improving quality of service;\n(6) promoting customer choice;\n(7) ensuring consumer protections are maintained in the transition to a competitive market for local telecommunications service; and\n(8) encouraging voluntary resolution of issues between and among competing providers and discouraging litigation.","path":["TELECOMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 237. TELECOMMUNICATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/237.011","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:37Z","sha256":"1b106919e1ed1b3e8fc4ab64d919a88388721c56f3c6c2131d70e4264b26412c","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-237.01","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-237.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}