Bill Text: HI HB564 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Cable Television Systems; Access Organizations; Cable Advisory Committee; Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB564 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB564-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Cable Television Systems; Access Organizations; Cable Advisory Committee; Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Description:
Allows the director of commerce and consumer affairs to designate an access organization to oversee public, educational, and governmental channels on cable television.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to cable television systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 440G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§440G- Designation of access organizations for PEG access channels. (a) The director may designate an access organization to oversee the development, operation, supervision, management, production, and broadcasting of programs of public, educational, or governmental access facilities obtained under section 440G-8; provided that the designation shall be exempt from chapter 103D; and provided further that the director shall establish the requirements for the designation of an access organization pursuant to rules adopted under chapter 91.
(b) The director shall ensure that the terms and conditions required of the operation of an access organization designated under subsection (a) are fair to the public, taking into account the geographic, topographic, and economic characteristics of the service area and the economics of providing cable access in the service area.
(c) Any decision designating, modifying, or rescinding a designation of an access organization or the requirements therefor shall first be submitted to the cable advisory committee for advice under section 440G-13."
SECTION 2. Section 440G-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§440G-13 Cable advisory committee. (a) There is established the cable advisory committee. The committee shall consist of five members appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34.
The committee shall advise [the]:
(1) The director [and],
cable operators, and access organizations on matters within the
jurisdiction of this chapter at the request of the director [or],
any cable operator[.], or any access organization; and
(2) The director on any decision designating, modifying, or rescinding a designation of an access organization or the requirements therefor, as provided in section 440G- .
(b) The members of the committee shall serve without pay but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses while attending meetings and while in discharge of their duties."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.
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