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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 16 Public Service Companies
Chapter 289 Department Of Public Utility Control: Community Antenna Television Systems And Competitive Video Service Providers
Sec. 16-331ff. Certain third-party nonprofit community access provider requirements re education and government access channels and town-specific community access programming.
Sec. 16-331ff. Certain third-party nonprofit community access provider requirements re education and government access channels and town-specific community access programming. (a) Any third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred
thirty thousand, shall, upon request from any town organization, authority, body or
official within its service territory, provide written consent, pursuant to its service provider agreements, for said town organization, authority, body or official to (1) operate
education and government public access channels in that town, and (2) engage freely
and directly the community antenna television company providing services in that town
to use their headend equipment for dissemination of town-specific community access
programming on such channels. Said third-party nonprofit community access provider
must grant such written consent to said requesting town organization, authority, body
or official within three business days. Written consent not provided within three business
days shall be deemed granted.(b) If a third-party nonprofit provider fails to provide written consent within three days, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Department of Public Utility Control shall, upon a request from a town organization, authority, body or official within the service territory of that third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, (1) terminate, revoke or rescind such third party nonprofit provider's service agreement to provide public access programming within one hundred eighty days, and (2) reopen the application process to secure a community access provider for each of the towns within the affected service territory.
(P.A. 08-159, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-159 effective June 12, 2008 (Revisor's note: In 2009, a reference to "Department of Public Utility and Control" in Subsec. (b) was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Department of Public Utility Control" for accuracy).
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