House Amendment 1666


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend the amendment, H=1598, to Senate File 554, as
     1  2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
     1  3 follows:
     1  4 #1.  Page 3, by striking lines 5 through 14 and
     1  5 inserting the following:
     1  6    <#   .  Page 9, line 30, by striking the figure
     1  7 <a.>
     1  8 #   .  Page 10, by striking lines 2 through 35 and
     1  9 inserting the following:
     1 10    <2.  A competitive cable service provider or
     1 11 competitive video service provider that is a holder of
     1 12 a certificate of franchise authority and an incumbent
     1 13 cable provider shall take all actions necessary to
     1 14 interconnect the cable or video communications network
     1 15 systems of the certificate holder and incumbent cable
     1 16 provider for the purpose of providing public,
     1 17 educational, and governmental programming.  A
     1 18 competitive cable service provider or competitive
     1 19 video service provider shall perform any required
     1 20 signal or format conversion necessary to carry public,
     1 21 educational, or governmental programming that
     1 22 originates on the incumbent cable provider's cable
     1 23 system.  An incumbent cable provider shall perform any
     1 24 required signal or format conversion necessary to
     1 25 carry public, educational, or governmental programming
     1 26 that originates on the competitive provider's cable or
     1 27 video system.  Interconnection may be accomplished by
     1 28 direct cable, microwave link, satellite, or other
     1 29 reasonable method of connection.  Neither an incumbent
     1 30 cable provider nor a competitive cable service
     1 31 provider or competitive video service provider shall
     1 32 withhold interconnection of public, educational, or
     1 33 governmental channels.>>
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     1 37 JACOBY of Johnson
     1 38 SF 554.509 82
     1 39 rn/je/8327
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