STATE OF MINNESOTA SEVENTEENTH MEETING (INTERIM - AM)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
REGULATED INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Rep. Torrey Westrom, Chair of the Regulated Industries Committee, called the seventeenth meeting (interim) of the Regulated Industries Committee to order at 9:30 a.m. on September 27, 2005 in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
A quorum was present.
Members of the Regulated Industries Committee Present:
Westrom, Torrey Anderson, I.
Beard, Mike Hansen, Rick
Emmer, Tom Hilty, Bill
Erickson, Sondra Lesch, John
Hackbarth, Tom Ruud, Maria
Hoppe, Joe Thissen, Paul
Lanning, Morrie
Powell, Duke
Simpson, Dean
Zellers, Kurt
Members of the Regulated Industries Committee Not Present:
Charron, Mike Atkins, Joe
Gunther, Bob Huntley, Tom
Westerberg, Andy Johnson, Sheldon
Peterson, Aaron
Walker, Neva
The committee heard a presentation by Michael Keegan, Director of Telecommunications Task Force, American Legislative Exchange Council.
Rep. Beard requested additional data for future distribution to the committee.
Michael Keegan, Director of Telecommunications Task Force, ALEC, continued with his testimony.
Rep. Hansen requested additional data for future distribution to the committee.
The next segment of the meeting was devoted to comments and discussion by members of the cable, telecommunications and wireless industries.
The following individuals testified before the committee:
Jerry Knickerbocker, Minnesota Telecom Alliance
Danny Young, MN Association for Rural Telecom
Mike Martin, MN Cable Communications Association
Megan Doberneck, Coyad
Jeff Oxley, Eschelon
Closing comments by the Chair pertaining to telecommunications.
The Regulated Industries Committee recessed until 1:30 p.m.
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REP. TORREY WESTROM
CHAIR
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Kathleen Anderson
Committee Legislative Assistant