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SEC. 332. RENEWAL; REVOCATION. 
Part II of title VI (47 U.S.C. 541 et seq.) is amended 
by striking sections 625 and 626 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 625. RENEWAL; REVOCATION. 
‘‘(a) RENEWAL.—A video service provider may submit 
a written application for renewal of its franchise to a fran-
chising authority not more than 180 days before the fran-
chise expires. Any such application shall be made on the 
standard application form promulgated by the Commission 
under section 612 and shall be treated under section 603 
in the same manner as any other franchise application. 
‘‘(b) REVOCATION.—Notwithstanding any other law of 
general applicability, a franchising authority may revoke 
a video service provider’s franchise if it determines, after 
notice and an opportunity for a hearing, that the video 
service provider has— 
‘‘(1) violated any Federal or State law, or any 
Commission regulation, relating to the provision of 
video services in the franchise area; 
‘‘(2) made false statements, or material omis-
sions, in any filing with the franchising authority or 
the Commission relating to the provision of video 
service in the franchise area; 
‘‘(3) violated the rights-of-way management laws 
or regulations of any franchising authority in the 
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franchise area relating to the provision of video serv-
ice in the franchise area; or 
‘‘(4) violated the terms of the franchise agree-
ment (including any commercial agreement permitted 
under section 622(b)(3)). 
‘‘(c) NOTICE; OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.—A franchising 
authority may not revoke a franchise unless it first pro-
vides— 
‘‘(1) written notice to the video service provider 
of the alleged violation in which the revocation would 
be based; and 
‘‘(2) a reasonable opportunity to cure the viola-
tion. 
‘‘(d) FINALITY OF DECISION.—Any decision of a fran-
chising authority to revoke a franchise under this section 
is final for purposes of appeal. A video service provider 
whose franchise is revoked by a franchising authority may 
avail itself of the procedures in section 635 of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 333. PEG AND INSTITUTIONAL NETWORK OBLIGA-
TIONS. 
Section 611 (47 U.S.C. 531) is amended to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 611. CHANNELS FOR PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL, OR GOV-
ERNMENTAL USE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A video service provider that ob-
tains a franchise shall provide channel capacity for public, 
educational, or governmental use that is not less than the 
channel capacity required of the cable operator or video 
service provider with the greatest number of public, edu-
cational, or governmental use channels in the franchise area 
on the effective date of the franchise. If there is no other 
video service provider in the franchise area on the effective 
date of the franchise, the video service provider may be re-
quired to provide up to 3 channels. 
‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENT.—Every 15 years after the com-
mencement of a franchise granted after April 30, 2006, a 
franchising authority may require a video service provider 
to increase the channel capacity designated for public, edu-
cational, or governmental use, and the channel capacity 
designated for such use on any institutional networks re-
quired under subsection (a). The increase may not exceed 
the greater of— 
‘‘(1) 1 channel; or 
‘‘(2) 10 percent of the public, educational, or 
governmental channel capacity required of the video 
service provider before the required increase. 
‘‘(c) 
EDITORIAL
CONTROL.—Subject 
to 
section 
624(d)(1), a video service provider shall not exercise any 
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