2009 California Government Code - Section 8800-8809.5 :: Article 1. General Provisions And Definitions

8800.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public
Broadcasting Act of 1975.

8801.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a) It is the policy of this state to support and encourage the
provision of a high-quality educational, cultural, and public affairs
program service designed to meet the needs of the citizens of this
state and its various localities.
   (b) It is the policy of this state that in so supporting and
encouraging such a program service, all decisions affecting the
content and scheduling of such service are the sole responsibility of
each licensee and shall be free from improper interference.
   (c) Existing public broadcasting stations represent a valuable
public resource, the facilities, skills, and talent of which should
be utilized to the maximum feasible extent in carrying out the
purposes of this chapter.
   (d) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve
their respective communities as unique information resources
providing news, information and diversity of programing and
viewpoints, including bilingual and cultural services, that enrich
the lives of all Californians.
   (e) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve
their respective communities as educational resources providing
training and employment opportunities for those who would otherwise
not have access to public broadcasting.
   (f) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve
many of the specialized needs of minority and low-income listener
audiences who are less affluent than the listener audiences of other
public radio stations and, therefore, unable to financially support
said minority-controlled public radio stations.
   (g) The continued growth and development of minority-controlled
public radio stations as vital parts of the state's public
broadcasting system is in the best interests of all Californians.

8802.  The definitions contained in this article shall govern the
construction of this chapter unless the context requires otherwise.

8803.  "Commission" means the California Public Broadcasting
Commission.

8804.  "Corporation for Public Broadcasting" means the corporation
established pursuant to Section 396 of Title 47 of the United States
Code.

8804.5.  "Instructional programming" means public broadcast
programming which is curriculum related, whether for credit or not.

8805.  "Interconnection" means the use of apparatus or equipment for
the electronic transmission and distribution of public broadcast
programming to public broadcasting stations.

8806.  "Public broadcast programming" means programming intended for
presentation on public broadcast stations, including, but not
limited to, public affairs, cultural, and instructional programming.

8807.  "Public broadcasting station" means a noncommercial
educational broadcasting station licensed as such by the Federal
Communications Commission and eligible for financial grants from the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as any other
noncommercial educational broadcasting stations designated by the
commission. The commission shall establish such criteria for the
qualification of other stations as public broadcasting stations as it
determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of
this chapter.

8807.5.  "Instructional committee" means the instructional broadcast
advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section
8830).

8808.  "Radio committee" means the radio advisory committee created
by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).

8809.  "T.V. committee" means the television advisory committee
created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).

8809.5.  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter
which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are
severable.