Senate Amendment 3124


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 554 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 2, by striking line 11 and inserting the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <(4)  Regardless of whether the services are
     1  5 bundled, packaged, or functionally integrated with
     1  6 cable service or video service, any revenues derived
     1  7 by the holder of a certificate of>.
     1  8 #2.  Page 2, by striking lines 20 and 21 and
     1  9 inserting the following:  <accordance with the
     1 10 holder's books and records kept in the regular course
     1 11 of business and any applicable rules, regulations,
     1 12 standards, or orders.>
     1 13 #3.  Page 4, by striking line 23 and inserting the
     1 14 following:  <provider or a competitive cable service
     1 15 provider or any video programming provided solely as
     1 16 part of, and via, a service that enables users to
     1 17 access content, information, electronic mail, or other
     1 18 services offered over the public internet.>
     1 19 #4.  Page 5, by striking line 16 and inserting the
     1 20 following:  <or had executed an unexpired franchise
     1 21 agreement with that municipality as of the effective
     1 22 date of this Act.>
     1 23 #5.  Page 6, line 29, by inserting after the words
     1 24 <video service,> the following:  <to the extent
     1 25 consistent with this chapter,>.
     1 26 #6.  Page 8, line 2, by inserting after the word
     1 27 <authority.> the following:  <Neither the board nor an
     1 28 affected municipality shall have authority to review
     1 29 or require approval of such transfer.>
     1 30 #7.  Page 8, line 5, by inserting after the word
     1 31 <board> the following:  <and any affected
     1 32 municipality.  Neither the board nor an affected
     1 33 municipality shall have authority to review or require
     1 34 approval of such termination>.
     1 35 #8.  Page 13, by inserting after line 24 the
     1 36 following:
     1 37    <3.  A video service provider operating under a
     1 38 certificate of franchise authority that is using
     1 39 telecommunication facilities to provide video services
     1 40 and has more than five hundred thousand
     1 41 telecommunication access lines in this state shall
     1 42 extend its system to a potential subscriber, at no
     1 43 cost to the potential subscriber, if all of the
     1 44 following criteria are met:
     1 45    a.  The potential subscriber is located within its
     1 46 authorized service area.
     1 47    b.  At least two hundred fifty dwelling units are
     1 48 located within four thousand feet of a remote
     1 49 terminal.
     1 50    c.  These dwelling units do not have cable or video
     2  1 service available from another cable service provider
     2  2 or video service provider.
     2  3    This subsection shall be applicable only after the
     2  4 first date on which the video service provider
     2  5 operating under a certificate of franchise authority
     2  6 is providing cable service or video service to more
     2  7 than fifty percent of all cable and video subscribers
     2  8 receiving cable or video service from the holders of
     2  9 certificates of franchise authority and any other
     2 10 providers of cable or video services operating under
     2 11 franchise agreements with a municipality.>
     2 12
     2 13
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     2 15 STEVE WARNSTADT
     2 16 SF 554.503 82
     2 17 rn/je/8007

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