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NV Rev Stat § 711.630 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.630 - Authority to provide telecommunication service; requirements; limitations on power of local governments regarding telecommunication and interactive computer service.

  1. A video service provider may provide telecommunication service pursuant to chapter 704 of NRS and the regulations approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for telecommunication providers.  2. A video service provider shall obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to NRS 704.330 before providing any telecommunication service that is subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.  3. A local government shall not require a video service provider to obtain a franchise from the local government to provide:  (a) Telecommunication service; or  (b) Interactive computer service,  if the video service provider uses its own video service network within the jurisdiction of the local government to provide such service.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1363)
NV Rev Stat § 711.640 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.640 - Placement of facilities and use of public right-of-way or highway; management by local governments; limitations; permits or licenses; fees; emergency situations.

  1. A local government shall not require a video service provider to place its facilities in ducts or conduits or on poles owned or leased by the local government.  2. A local government shall manage the use of any public right-of-way or highway by video service providers in a manner that:  (a) Is consistent with federal and state law and the lawful police powers of the local government; and  (b) Is competitively neutral and does not:  (1) Discriminate among video service providers; or   (2) Discriminate between video service providers and any other users of the public right-of-way or highway for the construction and operation of facilities.  3. In managing any public right-of-way or highway, a local government may:  (a) Require a video service provider or affiliate that is constructing, installing, working within, maintaining or repairing facilities in, on, under or over any public right-of-way or highway to obtain a construction, encroachment or occupancy permit or license for such work; and  (b) Inspect the construction, installation, maintenance or repair work performed on such facilities.  4. If a video service provider makes a request for such a permit or license, the local government shall act upon the request not later than 10 business days after the date on which the request is made.  5. A local government may charge a video service provider a fee to issue such a permit or license or to perform any inspection authorized by this section. The amount of any fee charged by a local government pursuant to this subsection may not exceed the actual costs incurred by the local government in administering the process of issuing such permits or licenses and performing such inspections.  6. If there is a situation necessitating emergency response work or repair in, on, under or over any public right-of-way or highway, a video service provider may begin that work or repair without prior approval from a local government if the provider notifies the local government as promptly as reasonably possible after learning of the need for that work or repair.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1363; A 2019, 192)
NV Rev Stat § 711.645 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.645 - Construction, installation, placement, maintenance, operation, repair or replacement of micro wireless facility on video service network of provider; requirements; effect of provisions on authority of local government.

  1. A political subdivision of this State shall allow a video service provider, or an affiliate of such a provider, to construct, install, place, maintain, operate, repair or replace one or more micro wireless facilities on the video service network of the provider.   2. The construction, installation, placement, maintenance, operation, repair or replacement of a micro wireless facility which is allowed pursuant to subsection 1 must be performed in compliance with the National Electrical Safety Code and the certificate of authority which was granted to the video service provider.  3. A video service provider shall install a switch at a pole near each location where a radio antenna is mounted on strand of the provider to allow the disconnection of power from the antenna.  4. The provisions of this section do not:  (a) Limit the authority of a local government to:  (1) License telecommunications providers; or  (2) Establish conditions on those licenses that are:  (I) Competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory; and  (II) Consistent with federal and state law.  (b) Affect the authority of a local government to:  (1) Manage the public rights-of-way within its boundaries; or  (2) Exercise its police powers and land use powers.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 192)
NV Rev Stat § 711.670 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.670 - Imposition by local governments; requirements, conditions and limitations.

  1. For the privilege of providing video service through a video service network that occupies or uses, in whole or in part, any public right-of-way or highway within the jurisdiction of a local government, the local government may require a video service provider to pay a franchise fee to the local government based on the gross revenue that the provider receives from its subscribers within the jurisdiction of the local government.  2. To require the payment of the franchise fee, the governing body of the local government must adopt a nondiscriminatory ordinance or resolution that imposes the franchise fee equally and uniformly on all video service providers operating within the jurisdiction of the local government.  3. The local government shall not require a video service provider to pay a franchise fee for any year in a total amount that exceeds 5 percent of the gross revenue that the provider received during that year from its subscribers within the jurisdiction of the local government.  4. The entire amount of the franchise fee must be paid by a video service provider directly to the local government in legal tender of the United States or in a check, draft or note that is payable in legal tender of the United States.   5. A video service provider may:  (a) Pass the franchise fee through to and collect the franchise fee from its subscribers within the jurisdiction of the local government based on the gross revenue received from each such subscriber; and  (b) Designate the amount of the franchise fee collected from each subscriber as a separate line item on the subscriber’s bill.  6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, the franchise fee authorized by this section:  (a) Is the only fee, tax, assessment or other charge that a local government may impose on a video service provider for the privilege of providing video service or constructing or operating a video service network within the jurisdiction of the local government;  (b) Is in lieu of any other fee, tax, assessment or charge that may be imposed by a local government on a video service provider for its occupation or use of any public right-of-way or highway; and  (c) Is in lieu of any recurring rental charge that may be imposed by a political subdivision of this State on a video service provider or an affiliate of such a provider for the occupation or use of any public right-of-way or highway by a micro wireless facility installed by the provider or affiliate pursuant to NRS 711.645.  7. This section does not restrict the right of a local government to impose on a video service provider or an affiliate:  (a) The fees authorized by subsection 5 of NRS 711.640; and  (b) Any generally applicable and nondiscriminatory fees, ad valorem taxes, sales taxes or other taxes that are lawfully imposed on other businesses within the jurisdiction of the local government.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1363; A 2019, 193)
NV Rev Stat § 711.680 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.680 - Review and audit of video service providers; action to recover underpayment or overpayment; period of limitation; payment of costs and attorney’s fees.

  1. Not more than once every 3 years, a local government may, upon reasonable written notice, review and audit the business records of a video service provider to the extent necessary to ensure payment of a franchise fee pursuant to this chapter. If the results of such a review and audit identify an underpayment of the franchise fee in an amount that requires corrective action, the local government may perform a subsequent compliance review and audit to determine whether the video service provider has corrected the underpayment of the franchise fee. The compliance review and audit must be performed not later than 12 months after the date on which the results of the initial review and audit are submitted to the local government.  2. The local government and the video service provider shall each pay its own costs and fees relating to each review and audit performed pursuant to subsection 1, except that if the video service provider elects to have the local government review and audit the requested business records of the video service provider at a location outside the territorial boundaries of the local government, the video service provider shall pay the per diem allowances and travel expenses incurred by the local government to perform the review and audit at that location.  3. A person who performs a review and audit pursuant to subsection 1 may not receive compensation that is based, in whole or in part, on:  (a) Finding a particular result; or  (b) The amount of any underpayment of the franchise fee that is identified as a result of the review and audit.  4. Any action to recover a disputed underpayment of a franchise fee from a video service provider must be commenced and prosecuted by the Attorney General on behalf of the affected local governments.  5. A video service provider may bring an action against a local government to recover a disputed overpayment of a franchise fee to the local government.  6. Any action to recover a disputed underpayment or overpayment of a franchise fee must be commenced in a district court not later than 4 years after the last day of the tax year to which the disputed underpayment or overpayment relates.  7. Each party shall pay its own costs and attorney’s fees in commencing and prosecuting any action involving a disputed underpayment or overpayment of a franchise fee.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1364)
NV Rev Stat § 711.700 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.700 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 711.700 to 711.820, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 711.710 to 711.750, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1365)
NV Rev Stat § 711.710 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.710 - "Hub office" defined.

Hub office means the facility and related equipment located within a video service network at which video programming is received directly or indirectly from national or international content providers or broadcast networks and combined with local programming and channels for signal distribution to subscribers through central offices and related transmission or transport facilities.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1365)
NV Rev Stat § 711.720 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.720 - "Locally produced video programming" defined.

Locally produced video programming means video programming produced for a service area by:  1. One or more natural persons who reside within the service area; or  2. Any local government, educational institution or other public or nonprofit private entity located within the service area.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1365)
NV Rev Stat § 711.730 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.730 - "Nonrepeat locally produced video programming" defined.

Nonrepeat locally produced video programming includes, without limitation, the first three videocastings of an official meeting of a local government.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1365)
NV Rev Stat § 711.740 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.740 - "PEG access channel" defined.

PEG access channel means a channel that videocasts PEG access programming.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1365)
NV Rev Stat § 711.750 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.750 - "PEG access programming" defined.

PEG access programming means noncommercial public, educational and governmental video programming or the capacity for the transmission of such programming.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1365)
NV Rev Stat § 711.760 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.760 - Circumstances under which PEG access channel deemed "substantially utilized."

For the purposes of NRS 711.700 to 711.820, inclusive, a PEG access channel shall be deemed to be "substantially utilized" if at least 12 hours of PEG access programming, excluding any alpha-numeric programming, is videocast on the PEG access channel each calendar day and at least 80 percent of the PEG access programming on each calendar day is nonrepeat locally produced video programming.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1365)
NV Rev Stat § 711.770 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.770 - Applicability; requirements for changing channel number assigned to PEG access channel.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the provisions of NRS 711.700 to 711.820, inclusive, do not apply to any existing PEG access channel in service on June 4, 2007.  2. The provisions of NRS 711.700 to 711.820, inclusive, do not prevent a video service provider from changing the channel number assigned to any PEG access channel, including, without limitation, any existing PEG access channel in service on June 4, 2007. If a video service provider intends to change the channel number assigned to any PEG access channel, the provider:  (a) Shall use good faith efforts to provide the affected local government with written notice of the change, to the extent reasonably practicable, at least 120 days before the date on which the change is to become effective; and  (b) Shall not provide such notice less than 30 days before the date on which the change is to become effective.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1366)
NV Rev Stat § 711.780 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.780 - Holder of certificate not required to provide certain capacity, services, programming, funds, facilities, staffing or equipment.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 711.700 to 711.820, inclusive, a holder of a certificate is not required to:  1. Provide any network or channel capacity or free or discounted cable service or other service to any governmental entity or school, library or other public building; or  2. Furnish any funds, services, programming, facilities, staffing or equipment related to the use of PEG access channels or the production or videocasting of PEG access programming.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1366)
NV Rev Stat § 711.790 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.790 - Incumbent cable operator authorized to cease providing certain capacity and services under certain circumstances; reclamation of channels.

  1. Not sooner than 12 months after the date on which an incumbent cable operator obtains a certificate of authority, the incumbent cable operator may cease providing any network or channel capacity or free or discounted cable service or other service to any governmental entity or school, library or other public building.  2. If an incumbent cable operator ceases to provide network or channel capacity to a governmental entity, the incumbent cable operator may reclaim for its own purposes the network or channel capacity that was used by the governmental entity unless:  (a) The governmental entity uses the capacity for PEG access programming pursuant to NRS 711.700 to 711.820, inclusive; or  (b) The incumbent cable operator and the governmental entity enter into a commercial agreement regarding the rates, terms and conditions for the governmental entity to continue using the network or channel capacity.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1366)
NV Rev Stat § 711.800 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.800 - Request for capacity for PEG access programming by local governments; requirements and procedure.

  1. On or after the date on which a holder of a certificate first provides video service to at least one subscriber within the service area of a local government, the local government may request that the holder provide capacity for PEG access programming on its video service network on any service tier viewed by more than 50 percent of the subscribers in that service area. Within a reasonable period of not less than 120 days after the date on which the local government submits its request, the holder shall provide the local government with such capacity for PEG access programming subject to the provisions of NRS 711.700 to 711.820, inclusive.  2. If a video service provider did not provide capacity for PEG access programming to a local government while operating pursuant to a local franchise, the video service provider shall, after obtaining a certificate of authority, provide capacity for PEG access programming to the local government upon a request made by the local government pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1366)
NV Rev Stat § 711.810 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.810 - Designation of PEG access channels; requirements and procedure; reclamation of channels; applicability.

  1. A local government that requests capacity for PEG access programming may require a holder of a certificate to designate:  (a) Not more than two PEG access channels, if the population within the jurisdiction of the local government is less than 55,000.  (b) Not more than three PEG access channels, if the population within the jurisdiction of the local government is 55,000 or more.  2. The number of PEG access channels set forth in subsection 1 constitutes the total number of PEG access channels that the holder may be required to designate on any single video service network utilizing a single headend or hub office, or on all commonly owned video service networks that share a common headend or hub office, regardless of the number of local governments served from that headend or hub office. If more than one local government is served by a single or common headend or hub office, the populations within the jurisdictions of all those local governments must be aggregated to determine the total number of PEG access channels under subsection 1.  3. When a local government submits its request for capacity for PEG access programming, the local government must submit information which establishes that each PEG access channel it has requested will be substantially utilized. If one or more of the PEG access channels available under subsection 1 are being used at the headend or hub office when the local government submits its request, the holder is not required to make any of the remaining PEG access channels available to the local government unless the local government submits information which establishes that all existing PEG access channels at the headend or hub office are being substantially utilized.  4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, if a local government does not substantially utilize a PEG access channel made available to it pursuant to this section, the holder may reclaim the channel capacity for its own purposes. After reclaiming the channel capacity, if the local government makes a request for restoration of the PEG access channel and submits to the holder information which establishes that the PEG access channel will be substantially utilized, the holder shall restore the PEG access channel to the local government unless, when the request is submitted to the holder, the maximum number of PEG access channels available under subsection 1 are being used at the headend or hub office which serves the local government. If the restoration can be made within the limits of subsection 1, the holder shall restore the PEG access channel to the local government within a reasonable period of not less than 120 days after the date on which the request is submitted to the holder.  5. The provisions of subsection 4 do not apply to the first PEG access channel which is made available to a local government that does not have a PEG access channel in service on June 4, 2007.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1367; A 2011, 1316)
NV Rev Stat § 711.820 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 711 - Video Service|NRS 711.820 - Responsibilities of local governments receiving PEG access channels; requirements regarding interconnection of video service networks for exchange of PEG access programming.

  1. A local government receiving the benefit of a PEG access channel, or its designee, is responsible for producing the programming of that channel and for providing that programming to the holder of a certificate. The holder is responsible only for the transmission of the programming to subscribers.  2. A local government, or its designee, shall provide to the holder all programming for a PEG access channel in a manner or form that is:  (a) Capable of being accepted and transmitted by the holder over its video service network without alteration or change in the content or transmission signal; and  (b) Compatible with the technology or protocol utilized by the holder to deliver its video service.  3. A local government shall:  (a) Make the programming for each PEG access channel available in a nondiscriminatory manner to all holders or incumbent cable operators providing video service in the service area of the local government.  (b) Provide all facilities necessary for connectivity to a single PEG access channel distribution point in the service area of the local government, except that the first 200 feet extending from the video service network for the connectivity is the responsibility of the holder.  4. Where necessary and technically feasible, holders or incumbent cable operators shall use reasonable efforts to interconnect their video service networks for the purpose of exchanging PEG access channel programming on mutually acceptable rates, terms and conditions. Interconnection may be accomplished by direct cable microwave link, satellite or other reasonable methods of connection. Holders and incumbent cable operators shall negotiate interconnection in good faith. The person requesting interconnection is responsible for any costs, including, without limitation, signal transmission from the origination point to the point of interconnection.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1367)