Senate File 2248 - Enrolled PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2248 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE APPLICATION FOR A 1 5 CERTIFICATE OF FRANCHISE AUTHORITY APPLICABLE TO THE 1 6 PROVISION OF CABLE OR VIDEO SERVICES BY AN EXISTING 1 7 PROVIDER. 1 8 1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 10 1 11 Section 1. Section 477A.1, subsection 12, Code Supplement 1 12 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 13 12. "Municipality" means acounty orcity. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 477A.2, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 1 15 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 16 b. Upon expiration of a franchise, a person may choose to 1 17 renegotiate a franchise agreement with a municipality or may 1 18 choose to obtain a certificate of franchise authority under 1 19 this chapter. An application for a certificate of franchise 1 20 authority pursuant to this subsection may be filed within 1 21 sixty days prior to the expiration of a municipal franchise 1 22 agreement. A certificate of franchise authority obtained 1 23 pursuant to an application filed prior to the expiration of a 1 24 municipal franchise agreement shall take effect upon the 1 25 expiration date of the municipal franchise agreement. 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 JOHN P. KIBBIE 1 30 President of the Senate 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 PATRICK J. MURPHY 1 35 Speaker of the House 2 1 2 2 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 3 is known as Senate File 2248, Eighty=second General Assembly. 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 2 8 Secretary of the Senate 2 9 Approved , 2008 2 10 2 11 2 12 2 13 CHESTER J. CULVER 2 14 Governor