House Amendment 1741
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 1, by striking lines 42 and 43 and
1 5 inserting the following:
1 6 <# . Page 3, line 28, by striking the words and
1 7 figures <on July 1, 2007> and inserting the following:
1 8 <under a franchise agreement in effect on the
1 9 effective date of this Act, or in effect within the
1 10 two=year period prior to the effective date of this
1 11 Act>.>
1 12 #2. Page 3, by inserting after line 4 the
1 13 following:
1 14 <# . Page 9, line 13, by inserting after the
1 15 figure <1.> the following: <An incumbent cable
1 16 provider providing cable service to a municipality,
1 17 including public, educational, and governmental access
1 18 channels, on the effective date of this Act shall be
1 19 required to continue providing the public,
1 20 educational, and governmental access channels as
1 21 required by its franchise agreement with that
1 22 municipality, notwithstanding that the franchise
1 23 agreement may have expired prior to the effective date
1 24 of this Act.>
1 25 # . Page 9, line 23, by striking the words and
1 26 figures <a municipality prior to July 1, 2007> and
1 27 inserting the following: <the municipality, which
1 28 franchise agreement was in effect on the effective
1 29 date of this Act, or in effect within the two=year
1 30 period prior to the effective date of this Act>.
1 31 # . Page 9, line 29, by inserting after the word
1 32 <thousand.> the following: <The obligation of an
1 33 incumbent cable provider or of a competitive cable
1 34 service provider or competitive video service provider
1 35 to provide public, educational, and governmental
1 36 access channels pursuant to this section shall remain
1 37 in effect during the remaining term of the incumbent
1 38 cable provider's franchise agreement, or for a period
1 39 of ten years after the effective date of this Act,
1 40 whichever is longer.>>
1 41 #3. Page 3, by inserting after line 36 the
1 42 following:
1 43 <# . Page 13, by inserting after line 2 the
1 44 following:
1 45 <a. This provision applies to any cable operator
1 46 that has a cable franchise agreement in effect on the
1 47 effective date of this Act or that had a franchise
1 48 agreement in effect within the two=year period prior
1 49 to the effective date of this Act. This provision
1 50 also applies to an incumbent cable provider during the
2 1 remaining term of the provider's franchise agreement,
2 2 regardless of whether the incumbent cable provider
2 3 converts its franchise to a certificate of franchise
2 4 authority, or applies for a period of ten years
2 5 following the effective date of this Act, whichever
2 6 period is longer.
2 7 b. This provision also applies to a competitive
2 8 cable service provider or a competitive video service
2 9 provider that obtains a certificate of franchise
2 10 authority to provide cable service or video service in
2 11 competition with a cable operator or with an incumbent
2 12 cable provider during the period that this provision
2 13 applies to the cable operator or incumbent cable
2 14 provider pursuant to paragraph "a".>>
2 15 #4. Page 3, line 40, by striking the words and
2 16 figures <as of January 1, 2007> and inserting the
2 17 following: <in effect on the effective date of this
2 18 Act or in effect within the two=year period prior to
2 19 the effective date of this Act>.
2 20 #5. By striking page 3, line 50, through page 4,
2 21 line 4, and inserting the following: <network. For
2 22 the purposes of this subsection,>.
2 23 #6. Page 4, by inserting after line 8 the
2 24 following:
2 25 <b. This provision applies to any cable operator
2 26 that has a cable franchise agreement in effect on the
2 27 effective date of this Act or that had a franchise
2 28 agreement in effect within the two=year period prior
2 29 to the effective date of this Act. This provision
2 30 also applies to an incumbent cable provider during the
2 31 remaining term of the provider's franchise agreement,
2 32 regardless of whether the incumbent cable provider
2 33 converts its franchise to a certificate of franchise
2 34 authority, or applies for a period of ten years after
2 35 the effective date of this Act, whichever period is
2 36 longer.
2 37 c. This provision also applies to a competitive
2 38 cable service provider or a competitive video service
2 39 provider that obtains a certificate of franchise
2 40 authority to provide service in competition with a
2 41 cable operator or with an incumbent cable provider
2 42 during the period that this provision applies to the
2 43 cable operator or incumbent cable provider pursuant to
2 44 paragraph "b".>
2 45 #7. Page 4, by striking line 9 and inserting the
2 46 following:
2 47 <d. For purposes of this subsection, the number
2 48 of>.
2 49 #8. Page 4, by striking line 35 and inserting the
2 50 following:
3 1 <e. This subsection shall not apply if the>.
3 2 #9. By renumbering as necessary.
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3 6 JACOBY of Johnson
3 7 SF 554.302 82
3 8 rn/cf/9338
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