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02/09/95 (REVISOR ) RR /DE 95 -1426 1 (c) In prescribing rules, the commission shall seek to 2 reduce the administrative burdens on subscribers, local 3 authorities, and any person required to have a permit, and 4 standardize the permitting procedure to ensure uniformity 5 throughout the state so that the process will not be unduly 6 burdensome or unduly hinder the proliferation of emerging 7 communications services in Minnesota. 8 (d) At a minimum, rules developed by the commission must 9 include the following, which must be enforced by the local 10 authorities: 11 (1) statewide minimum standards of universality and 12 interconnectivity that, wherever possible, must provide for the 13 delivery of emerging communications services beyond the 14 boundaries of local authorities to ensure public convenience is 15 met; 16 (2) a description of the permit procedures and 17 requirements; 18 (3) a process for determining local needs and evaluating 19 performance; 20 (4) interconnection requirements to attain interconnection 21 between persons providing emerging communications services, 22 where possible, within the jurisdictions of local authorities; 23 (5) provisions to ensure that all providers of similar 24 emerging communications services are subject to the same 25 requirements pursuant to this chapter; 26 (6) requirements that all existing commitments to 27 municipal, educational, and other public or community services 28 are maintained; 29 (7) requirements that providers of emerging communications 30 services shall provide services to identified discrete 31 communities within local authority, school district, and county 32 boundaries; 33 (8) requirements that ensure open access to all 34 communications architecture through the development of a 35 "seamless web" of emerging communications services delivery 36 systems; 6 Page 51