Bill Text: NJ A755 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Revises notice requirements by CATV companies for changes to station channel positions to be consistent with federal law.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-21 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee [A755 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A755-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
SYNOPSIS
Revises notice requirements by CATV companies for changes to station channel positions.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning notice of cable television channel position changes and supplementing P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Consistent with federal law, any rule, regulation, or order of the board requiring cable television companies to provide notice to the board and any affected municipalities and subscribers of a change in channel position of programming carried by the CATV company shall require such notice to be made as soon as possible in writing. Notice shall be given to subscribers a minimum of 30 days in advance of any change in channel position of programming if the change is within the control of the CATV company.
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day after the date of enactment, but the Board of Public Utilities may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that, consistent with federal law, any rule, regulation, or order of the Board of Public Utilities ("board") requiring cable television ("CATV") companies to provide notice to the board and any affected municipalities and subscribers of a change in the channel position of programming carried by the CATV company shall require such notice to be made as soon as possible in writing. The bill also requires notice to be given to subscribers a minimum of 30 days in advance of any change in channel position of programming if the change is within the control of the CATV company.
