Section 238.23 Access Required - Minnesota Statutes

238.23 ACCESS REQUIRED.

Subdivision 1.Provision of access.

A property owner or other person controlling access shall provide a cable communications system access to the property owner's multiple dwelling complex. The access provided must be perpetual and freely transferable by one person operating a cable communications system to another. A cable communications system granted access, and its successors in interest, must fully comply with sections 238.02, subdivisions 1a, 1c, 1d, 21a, 28a, 29a, 31a, and 31d, and 238.22 to 238.27.

Subd. 2.Resident's rights.

The intent of sections 238.02, subdivisions 1a, 1c, 1d, 21a, 28a, 29a, 31a, and 31d, and 238.22 to 238.27 is to give residents the freedom to choose among competing cable communications services and nothing in sections 238.02, subdivisions 1a, 1c, 1d, 21a, 28a, 29a, 31a, and 31d, and 238.22 to 238.27 requires residents to hook up or subscribe to any services offered by any cable communications system or alternative provider of cable communications services.

History:

1983 c 329 s 4; 2004 c 261 art 7 s 12,28