2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 16 Education
CHAPTER 16-61 Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority
§ 16-61-6.2 Acquisition of public education and government television studios and equipment.

§ 16-61-6.2 Acquisition of public education and government television studios and equipment. – (a) No later than December 31, 2006, the division of public utilities and carriers (the Division) shall promulgate rules to allow the transition of management of PEG access television including responsibility for programming the three (3) statewide interconnect channels, and managing interconnect playback in conjunction with its management of PEG playback, from current cable television certificate holders to the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee.

(b) Existing certificate holders may transfer to the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee the ownership of PEG access studio and playback equipment, and statewide interconnect playback equipment, currently in existing public access studios and playback facilities.

(c) The Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee may purchase this equipment from existing certificate holders for the book value of the equipment based on the effective date of the transition.

(d) The Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee may assume the leases for public access studios in those facilities where existing certificate holders currently lease space. Studios in buildings owned by existing certificate holders shall be leased by the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee at fair market value subject to the approval of the division. Employees of existing certificate holders working in public access facilities shall become employees of the Rhode Island public telecommunications authority or its designee on the effective date of the transition.

(e) An existing cable television certificate holder may, at its sole discretion, elect to continue to manage PEG access studios within its service area. If an existing cable television certificate holder does elect to continue to operate and manage PEG access studios, it may at any time subsequently elect not to operate PEG access studios and implement the provisions of this section.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2006, ch. 590, § 2.)