Chapter 289. Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers  


Sec. 16-330. Definition.
Sec. 16-331. Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Advisory councils. Franchise terms. Regulations. Community needs assessment.
Sec. 16-331a. Community access programming and operations.
Sec. 16-331b. Members of community antenna advisory councils to serve without compensation.
Sec. 16-331c. Community antenna television companies' contribution to community antenna advisory councils.
Sec. 16-331d. Community antenna television advisory council vacancies and conflict of interest of members.
Sec. 16-331e. Certificate of video franchise authority.
Sec. 16-331f. Certified competitive video service provider build-out requirements, rate regulation and service to multiunit residential buildings.
Sec. 16-331g. Discrimination based on income prohibited.
Sec. 16-331h. Certified competitive video service community access programming.
Sec. 16-331i. State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding.
Sec. 16-331j. Video service provider offerings, charges, privacy policy, billing and billing disputes.
Sec. 16-331k. Video programming and rate changes.
Sec. 16-331l. Interrupted video service.
Sec. 16-331m. Video service providers' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems.
Sec. 16-331n. Free video service for libraries and schools.
Sec. 16-331o. Imposition of civil penalties by authority.
Sec. 16-331p. Certificate of cable franchise authority in franchise areas in which certified competitive video service providers are offering video service.
Sec. 16-331q. Requirements for holders of certificates of cable franchise authority.
Sec. 16-331r. Discrimination based on income prohibited.
Sec. 16-331s. Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Community access programming and operations.
Sec. 16-331t. Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Advisory council.
Sec. 16-331u. Cable franchise authority companies' offerings, charges, privacy policy, billing and billing disputes.
Sec. 16-331v. Cable franchise authority companies' programming and rate changes.
Sec. 16-331w. Interrupted cable franchise authority service.
Sec. 16-331x. Cable franchise authority companies' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems.
Sec. 16-331y. Free service for libraries and schools provided by holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority.
Sec. 16-331z. Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority subject to federal and state laws and regulations. Exceptions.
Sec. 16-331aa. Imposition of civil penalties by authority.
Sec. 16-331bb. Municipal video competition trust account.
Sec. 16-331cc. Public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account. Tax. Penalty and interest. One-time transfer.
Sec. 16-331dd. Municipal electric utilities' eligibility to be a certified competitive video service provider.
Sec. 16-331ee. State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council. Membership.
Sec. 16-331ff. Certain third-party nonprofit community access provider requirements re education and government access channels and town-specific community access programming.
Sec. 16-331gg. Funds for development of town-specific education and government community access programming. Distribution of funds. Report re disbursement of funds.
Sec. 16-331hh. Transfer from municipal video competition trust account to General Fund.
Sec. 16-331ii. Transfer from public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account to General Fund.
Sec. 16-332. Leases by public service companies of facilities for community antenna purposes.
Sec. 16-333. Regulations: Safety of operations, facility construction, system installation, community access channel, personal privacy protections, carriage of television broadcast signals, subscriber inquiries and complaints.
Sec. 16-333a. Multiunit residential buildings service and wiring. Right to use antenna. Regulations for owner compensation. Civil penalty.
Sec. 16-333b. Service to franchise area. Underground service lines.
Sec. 16-333c. Availability of equipment for subscribers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Sec. 16-333d. Discrimination among subscribers prohibited.
Sec. 16-333e. Credit or refund for interrupted service.
Sec. 16-333f. Programming and rate changes. Regulatory authority. Industry cooperation.
Sec. 16-333g. Free basic service for libraries and schools.
Sec. 16-333h. Extension of service to schools. Instructional channels.
Sec. 16-333i. Procedures for restoring interrupted service and improving substandard service.
Sec. 16-333j. Community access support. Investigation. Standards. Monitoring by advisory councils.
Sec. 16-333k. Office operating requirements. Office hours. Complaint or dispute procedures.
Sec. 16-333l. Company offerings and charges. Billing and billing dispute procedures.
Sec. 16-333m. Limitations on charges for disconnection or downgrade of service.
Sec. 16-333n. Penalty for reduction of community antenna television service without notice.
Sec. 16-333o. Rate regulation of community antenna television systems.
Sec. 16-333p. Broadcast television station markets. Request to Federal Communications Commission.

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*Cited. 159 C. 320; 192 C. 506.