Sec. 16-331i. State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding.
Sec. 16-331i. State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding. (a) There shall be a State-wide Video Advisory Council, whose membership is
made up of one representative from each of the existing advisory councils established
pursuant to section 16-331. A certified competitive video service provider shall biannually convene a meeting of said council. No member of the State-wide Video Advisory
Council shall be an employee of a community antenna television company or a certified
competitive video service provider. For the purpose of this subsection, an employee
includes any person working full time or part time or performing any subcontracting or
consulting services for a community antenna television company or a certified competitive video service provider.
(b) The certified competitive video service provider shall provide funding to such
State-wide Video Advisory Council in the amount of two thousand dollars per year.
(c) Members of the State-wide Video Advisory Council shall serve without compensation. For the purpose of this subsection, compensation shall include the receipt of
any free or discounted video service.
(d) The Department of Public Utility Control shall designate the State-wide Video
Advisory Council as an intervenor in any contested case proceeding before the department involving the certified competitive video service provider it advises. Such certified
competitive video service provider shall provide to the chairperson of the State-wide
Video Advisory Council a copy of any report, notice or other such document it files
with the department in any applicable proceeding.
(e) A certified competitive video service provider shall, every six months, provide
on bills, bill inserts or letters to subscribers, a notice indicating the name and an address
of the chairperson of the State-wide Video Advisory Council and describing the responsibilities of such advisory council. The State-wide Video Advisory Council shall have
an opportunity to review such notice prior to its distribution.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 6.)