Bill Text: CT HB05473 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5473 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Public Access Operations And The Periodic Review Of Video Providers.

Spectrum:

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-23 - Senate Calendar Number 422 [HB05473 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05473-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 5473*
*February Session, 2012*		_____HB05473ET____032812____

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC ACCESS OPERATIONS AND THE PERIODIC REVIEW OF VIDEO PROVIDERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a docket to conduct a performance review of every person, entity or company holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide community antenna television service, a certificate of cable franchise authority or a certificate of video franchise authority, as such terms are defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, to review the state of the industry and to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of each such certificate as applicable. The performance review may include, but not be limited to, issues concerning customer service, management of outages, service to handicapped and low-income customers, cooperation with the authority and such person's, entity's or company's funding and budget. After the initial review required pursuant to this section, the authority shall conduct subsequent reviews every five years. Said docket shall not be a contested case. The Attorney General and the Office of Consumer Counsel may participate in said docket. On or before January 1, 2014, the authority shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy and technology, of the findings of said docket, including any recommended legislative changes. The authority may issue any applicable order to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of each such certificate.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) Any company or nonprofit organization, including any municipality, responsible for community access operations that receives funds pursuant to subsection (k) of section 16-331a of the general statutes, may use such funds for the creation and development, including, but not limited to, labor and staff expenses, of town-specific community access programming.

Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any community antenna television company or nonprofit organization providing community access operations that supplied original programming from locally run operations and provided funding for town-specific programming on January 1, 2008, shall continue to fund town-specific programming in such proportions to funding for original programming from locally run operations as of January 1, 2008.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2012	New section
Sec. 2	July 1, 2012	New section
Sec. 3	from passage	New section