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CT Gen Stat § 16-331o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331o - Imposition of civil penalties by authority.

 A certified competitive video service provider, and its officers, agents and employees, shall comply with sections 16-331e to 16-331o, inclusive, and each applicable order made by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority pursuant to sections 16-331e to 16-331o, inclusive. Any certified competitive video service provider which the authority finds has failed to comply with sections 16-331e to 16-331o, inclusive, or any applicable order made by the authority, may be fined, by order of the authority, not more than ten thousand dollars for each offense. Each distinct violation of any such order shall be a separate offense and, in the case of a continued violation, each day thereof shall be deemed a separate offense. The authority shall impose any such civil penalty in accordance with the procedure established in section 16-41 and if such penalty is imposed, it shall be the sole remedy for such violation. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall also have the authority to revoke the certificate of video franchise authority if the certified competitive video service provider is found, after an authority hearing with notice to all interested parties, to be in substantial noncompliance with the requirements of law or authority orders.(P.A. 07-253, S. 12; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-331q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331q - Requirements for holders of certificates of cable franchise authority.

 (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not require a company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority to comply with any facility build-out requirements or provide community antenna television service or video service to any customer using any specific technology.(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not impose any provision regulating rates charged by a community antenna television company holding a certificate of cable franchise authority, except as set forth in federal law.(P.A. 07-253, S. 14; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-331r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331r - Discrimination based on income prohibited.

 A company holding a cable franchise authority certificate shall not deny access to service to any group of potential residential subscribers based solely upon the income of the residents in the local area in which such group resides. An affected person may seek enforcement of this requirement by filing a complaint with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. A municipality within which the potential residential community antenna television service or video service subscriber resides may be considered an affected person for purposes of this section.(P.A. 07-253, S. 15; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-331s (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331s - Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Community access programming and operations.

 A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall be subject to the community access programming and operations provisions set forth in subsections (b) to (i), inclusive, and subsections (k), (l) and (n) of section 16-331a and any regulations pursuant thereto, and subsection (c) of section 16-333 and any regulations pursuant thereto.(P.A. 07-253, S. 16; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 185.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 deleted former Subsec. (b) requiring company issued a cable franchise authority certificate to provide transmission of the Connecticut Television Network and made a conforming change, effective October 5, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 16-331t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331t - Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Advisory council.

 (a) A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall, twice a year, convene a meeting with the advisory council established pursuant to its previous certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to section 16-331. Members shall be appointed in accordance with section 16-331d. No member of the advisory council shall be an employee of a company providing community antenna television service or video service. For the purposes of this subsection, an employee includes any person working full or part time or performing any subcontracting or consulting services for a company providing community antenna television service or video service.(b) A company issued a cable franchise authority certificate shall provide funding to the advisory council in the amount of two thousand dollars per year.(c) Members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation. For the purposes of this section, compensation shall include the receipt of any free or discounted community antenna television service or video service.(d) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall designate the advisory council as an intervenor in any contested case proceeding before the authority involving the company it advises. Such company shall provide to the chairperson of the advisory council a copy of any report, notice or other document it files with the authority in any applicable proceeding.(e) Any company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall, every six months, provide on bills, bill inserts or letters to subscribers, a notice indicating the name and address of the chairperson of the advisory council and describing the responsibilities of such advisory council. The advisory council shall have an opportunity to review such notice prior to its distribution.(P.A. 07-253, S. 17; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, in Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-331v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331v - Cable franchise authority companies' programming and rate changes.

 (a) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall inform the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of any planned programming or rate changes not less than thirty days before implementing such changes unless (1) such changes are required by law to be made in less than thirty days, or (2) in appropriate circumstances where a shorter notice period is in the best interest of the company's subscribers.(b) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall inform each of its subscribers, the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to technology and the chairperson of the applicable advisory council of any planned elimination or reduction in programming or planned rate increases not less than thirty days before implementing such changes unless (1) such changes are required by law to be made in less than thirty days, or (2) the authority prescribes a longer or shorter notice period in appropriate circumstances where such longer or shorter notice period is in the best interest of the company's subscribers. The advisory council may hold an advisory public hearing concerning the planned changes and may then make a recommendation to the company before the planned implementation date.(P.A. 07-253, S. 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-331w (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331w - Interrupted cable franchise authority service.

 If community antenna television service or video service provided to a subscriber by a company holding a certificate of cable franchise authority experiences a service outage for more than twenty-four continuous hours, such subscriber shall receive a credit or refund from such company in an amount that represents the proportionate share of such service not received in a billing period, provided such interruption is not caused by the subscriber.(P.A. 07-253, S. 20.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-331x (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331x - Cable franchise authority companies' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems.

 (a) A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall make closed captioning available when simultaneously broadcast with video signals carried by the company.(b) A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall offer the concurrent rebroadcast of local television broadcast channels, or utilize another economically and technically feasible process for providing an appropriate message through the company's community antenna television service or video service in the event of a public safety emergency issued over the emergency broadcast system.(P.A. 07-253, S. 21.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-331y (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331y - Free service for libraries and schools provided by holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority.

 A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall provide any library serving the public and any school system, college or university, located in a part of the company's franchise area where service is available, with one outlet for basic community antenna television service or video service at no charge if such library, school system, college or university participates in educational or public access programming offered throughout the company's franchise area. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may exempt any company with a certificate of cable franchise authority from providing such service at no charge if it would have an adverse impact on such company. No company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall be required to provide such free service if the library or school is receiving community antenna television service or video service from another provider.(P.A. 07-253, S. 22; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-331z (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-331z - Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority subject to federal and state laws and regulations. Exceptions.

 (a) Nothing in sections 16-331q to 16-331aa, inclusive, shall be construed to relieve a company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority from such company's obligations under any federal or state laws or regulations or Public Utilities Regulatory Authority orders applicable to community antenna television companies or public service companies, or from any other federal or state laws or regulations or authority orders unless specified in sections 16-331q to 16-331aa, inclusive.(b) A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall not be subject to subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of subsection (d) of section 16-331, subsections (f) and (h) of section 16-331, and subsections (e) and (f) of section 16-333 or to any regulations or authority orders implemented or arising from said sections.(P.A. 07-253, S. 23; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-332 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-332 - Leases by public service companies of facilities for community antenna purposes.

 Any public service company may lease facilities to persons or corporations operating community antenna television systems for the purpose of making television and audio signals available for reception by the customers of such persons or corporations. Rates for such leasing shall be filed with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority pursuant to section 16-19.(1963, P.A. 425, S. 4; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 161, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-333b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-333b - Service to franchise area. Underground service lines.

 (a) No community antenna television company shall refuse to construct that plant necessary to serve any portion of its franchise area on the sole basis that such portion can only be served by underground facilities.(b) No community antenna television company shall extend its service to any new franchise area unless such company has provided full service to the primary franchise area of the original franchise area specified in its certificate of public convenience and necessity. For purposes of this subsection, “primary franchise area” means any contiguous areas within the franchised territory, the outer limits of which shall be as near as possible to eighty residential dwelling units per mile of street or highway, and which has been so designated by the franchise holder.(c) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall permit a community antenna television company to extend service to any portion of its franchise area with a low population density and to charge prospective subscribers in that portion of its area differential rates to recover the construction and operating costs over a period not to exceed five years. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as affecting any application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity filed in accordance with section 16-331 and pending before the authority on April 6, 1981.(d) A community antenna television company shall install underground service lines at the same time as, and in the same place that, electric and telephone utilities install underground facilities within the franchise territory. The authority shall establish regulations in accordance with chapter 54 which may allow for the waiver of this requirement in low density areas and for a company to charge the owner of the property in which the service lines are installed for the cost of the installation.(P.A. 75-301, S. 2, 3; P.A. 79-533, S. 1; P.A. 81-37, S. 1, 2; 81-393, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 79-533 added Subsec. (b) re extension of service to new franchise area; P.A. 81-37 added Subsec. (c) requiring department to permit companies to charge prospective subscribers in low density areas differential rates; P.A. 81-393 added Subsec. (d) requiring installation of underground service lines simultaneously with electric and telephone facilities and requiring department regulations re waiver of requirement in low density areas and company's power to charge property owner for such installation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-333c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-333c - Availability of equipment for subscribers who are deaf or hard of hearing.

 Each community antenna television company shall make available at cost, by a rental, sales or installment sales agreement, to each subscriber who is deaf or hard of hearing, equipment which receives and decodes closed captions which are simultaneously broadcast with video signals carried by the company.(P.A. 77-57; P.A. 80-121, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-168; P.A. 98-121, S. 6; P.A. 17-202, S. 52.)History: P.A. 80-121 clarified provisions forbidding sale, lease or repair of receiving equipment by adding “as part of, or in connection with, its operation of such system”; P.A. 85-168 added Subsec. (b) re the availability of decoder equipment for deaf or hearing impaired subscribers; P.A. 98-121 deleted former Subsec. (a) concerning the sale, lease or repair of receiving equipment and removed Subsec. (b) designator; P.A. 17-202 replaced “hearing impaired” with “hard of hearing”.
CT Gen Stat § 16-333d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-333d - Discrimination among subscribers prohibited.

 The authority may prohibit any community antenna television company from unreasonably discriminating among subscribers of community antenna television service.(P.A. 79-54; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 84-113, S. 3, 4; P.A. 85-509, S. 7, 11; P.A. 88-202, S. 4; P.A. 98-121, S. 7; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 84-113 authorized department to extend deadline for issuing a final decision on a rate filing by 30 days, to 180 days; P.A. 85-509 lettered existing section as Subsec. (a) and made its provisions applicable only to a community antenna television company subject to rate regulation, added Subsec. (b) re basic service rate increase for each company not subject to rate regulation and added Subsec. (c) re prohibition on unreasonable discrimination; P.A. 88-202 amended Subsec. (b) requiring notice to be provided for any increase in premium service as well as basic service and increased the notification period in Subsec. (b) from 30 to 45 days; P.A. 98-121 deleted former Subsec. (a) concerning interim rate increases, deleted former Subsec. (b) concerning notice of such increases and removed Subsec. (c) designator; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-333g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-333g - Free basic service for libraries and schools.

 Each community antenna television company, as defined in section 16-1, shall provide any library serving the public and any school system, college or university, located in a part of the company's franchise area where service is available, with basic community antenna television service at no charge if such library, school system, college or university participates in educational or public access programming offered throughout the company's franchise area. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may exempt any company from providing such service at no charge if it would have an adverse impact on the company.(P.A. 82-221, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-217, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 95-217 deleted Subsec. (b) re rate treatment for costs of service provided under former Subsec. (a); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-333i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 289 - Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers|Section 16-333i - Procedures for restoring interrupted service and improving substandard service.

 (a) Each community antenna television company, as defined in section 16-1, for the purpose of restoring interrupted service and improving substandard service, have on call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, one or more persons qualified to repair community antenna television systems, as defined in section 16-1, and facilities and equipment owned by the company and located on a subscriber's premises, including but not limited to, community antenna television receiving equipment and directly associated equipment.(b) Each such company shall restore interrupted service not later than twenty-four hours after being notified by a subscriber that service has been interrupted, unless (1) service cannot be restored until another public service company, as defined in section 16-1, repairs facilities owned by such public service company and leased to, or required for the operation of, the community antenna television company, (2) the interruption was caused by an act of God, or (3) the community antenna television company is unable to restore service within twenty-four hours due to extenuating circumstances. In the event of such extenuating circumstances, the company shall restore service as soon as feasible and then submit a written notice to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority indicating that service has been restored and explaining the nature of the extenuating circumstances.(c) As used in this section, “interrupted service” means the loss of premium or basic monthly community antenna service or any portion of such service.(d) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, not later than November 1, 1984, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, defining “substandard service” for the purposes of this section.(P.A. 84-240, S. 1, 4; P.A. 85-509, S. 9, 11; P.A. 88-202, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 85-509, in Subsec. (a), substituted definitional reference to Sec. 16-330 with reference to Sec. 16-1; P.A. 88-202 deleted the provision in Subsec. (a) which limited applicability to community antenna television companies with more than ten thousand customers; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.