Sec. 16-331gg. Funds for development of town-specific education and government community access programming. Distribution of funds. Report to Department of Public Utility Control re disbursement of fu
Sec. 16-331gg. Funds for development of town-specific education and government community access programming. Distribution of funds. Report to Department of Public Utility Control re disbursement of funds. (a) A community antenna
television company, a certified competitive video service provider that was providing
service as a community antenna television company pursuant to section 16-331 on October 1, 2007, or a holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority that provides services
within a service territory of a third-party nonprofit community access provider that
serves six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty
thousand, shall direct the sum of one hundred thousand dollars per year from the funds
collected from subscribers in said service territory that it provides to the existing third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has
a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, directly to the service territory's
community antenna television advisory council for developing town-specific education
and government community access programming.
(b) A community antenna television advisory council that receives funds pursuant
to subsection (a) of this section shall distribute said funds in their entirety to a town
organization, authority, body or official in the service territory of a third-party nonprofit
community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population
of more than one hundred thirty thousand, to support the development of production and
programming capabilities for town-specific education and government public access
programming, pursuant to grant procedures and processes established by said council.
(c) Any community antenna television advisory council that receives funds pursuant
to subsection (a) of this section shall report annually to the Department of Public Utility
Control all completed or planned disbursements of funds and certify that said funds
were spent in their entirety and used for the public good in the creation of town-specific
education and government public access programming for at least one of the towns in
its service territory.
(P.A. 08-159, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 08-159 effective June 12, 2008.