Bill Text: NJ A755 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 755

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

     Requires notice requirements by CATV companies for changes to station channel positions to be consistent with federal law.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee on January 30, 2012, with amendments.

  

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.    ¹[Consistent with federal law, any] Any¹ rule, regulation, or order of the board requiring ¹[cable television companies] a CATV company¹ to provide notice to ¹[the board and any affected municipalities and] its¹ subscribers of a change in channel position of programming carried by the CATV company shall ¹only¹ require ¹[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]¹ the CATV company ¹to provide such notice in a manner consistent with the provisions of 47 C.F.R. s.76.1603 or any other applicable federal law or regulation¹.

 

     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.