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02/09/95 [REVISOR ] RR /DE 95 -1426 1 (9) uniform construction and safety standards ensuring that 2 local authorities retain control over the use of and equipment 3 and facilities located on or in public property and public 4 rights -of -way; 5 (10) uniform standards that will reduce duplication of 6 equipment and facilities located on public property or in public 7 rights -of -way that are necessary for constructing, operating, 8 maintaining, offering, or delivering any emerging communications 9 services; 10 (11) uniform minimum technical standards; 11 (12) uniform customer service standards; 12 (13) procedures for the expeditious resolution of disputes 13 between permittees and local authorities, with appeal to the 14 commission; 15 (14) standards and procedures to prevent unreasonable 16 charges to subscribers; 17 (15) prohibition against discrimination of services to 18 ensure the availability of services to the broadest range of 19 subscribers without regard to income or location; and 20 (16) requirements for filing written documentation, for 21 example, location maps, with the commission and local 22 authorities by every person providing emerging communications 23 services that identifies all wires, conduits, or other equipment 24 necessary for the purpose of constructing, operating, 25 maintaining, offering, or delivering the emerging communications 26 services placed under, above, or on public property or public 27 rights -of -way. 28 Sec. 4. (237A.04] [COMPENSATION FOR USE OF PUBLIC 29 PROPERTY.] 30 Subdivision 1. [PERMIT FEES.] The local authority may 31 charge and collect a reasonable permit fee sufficient to recoup 32 the costs of regulation. The fee may include not only the 33 actual costs of permitting, but also all expenses associated 34 with monitoring permit compliance, costs associated with 35 enforcing commission rules, and any diminution of value of 36 public property or public rights -of -way as a result of the 7 Page 52