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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331c. - Community antenna television companies' contribution to community antenna advisory councils.

Each community antenna television company, as defined in section 16-1, shall annually contribute to the advisory council in its franchise area an amount not less than two thousand dollars. A local advisory council may at its option receive any or all of its funding through in-kind services of the community antenna television company. Each local advisory council shall annually, on January thirty-first, provide the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority with an accounting of any funding or services received.
(P.A. 89-182, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 30; P.A. 07-253, S. 42; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-299, S. 16.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 changed annual deadline from January first to January thirty-first; P.A. 07-253 required a minimum $200 contribution to State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council and required said council to provide annual accounting; 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; P.A. 13-299 deleted references to State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council and requirement that each company give council not less than $200 annually, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331d. - Community antenna television advisory council vacancies and conflict of interest of members.

(a) The chief elected official from the town in which a vacant seat exists on a community antenna television advisory council shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy if any other appointing authority fails to make an appointment within six months of the time in which a vacancy occurs.
(b) No member of a community antenna television advisory council appointed by the chief elected official of a municipality, the board of education or the public libraries shall be an employee of a community antenna television company. For the purposes of this subsection, an employee includes any person working full or part time or performing any subcontracting or consulting services for the company.
(P.A. 89-182, S. 3; P.A. 91-244, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 91-244 added a new Subsec. (b) prohibiting certain members of advisory councils from being employees of a cable company.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331dd. - Municipal electric utilities' eligibility to be a certified competitive video service provider.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, any municipal electric utility, including its affiliate or subsidiary, which on July 1, 2007, is the holder of a second franchise to provide community antenna television service in a defined franchise area in the state shall be eligible to be a certified competitive video service provider for all purposes, regardless of the technology or technologies used to provide video programming, and may file an application to the authority for a certificate of video franchise authority pursuant to section 16-331e. Such certificate, if granted, shall (1) replace the certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide community antenna television service previously issued to such municipal electric utility, its affiliate or subsidiary, which shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of sections 16-331e to 16-331o, inclusive, (2) not limit the services in addition to video programming that said certified video service provider may offer subscribers within its service area footprint, and (3) be expressly limited to the service area footprint in which the franchise holder is authorized to provide community antenna television service as of July 1, 2007. The requirements of sections 16-331 to 16-333p, inclusive, and of any regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall not apply unless specifically made applicable to certified competitive video service providers.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, any municipal electric utility, including its affiliate or subsidiary, may apply to the authority to become a certified competitive video service provider for all purposes, outside of its existing community antenna television company franchise area as of July 1, 2007, if applicable, pursuant to section 16-331e, regardless of the technology or technologies used to provide video programming. Such certificate, if granted, shall not limit the services in addition to video programming that said certified competitive video service provider may offer subscribers within its service area footprint. The requirements of sections 16-331 to 16-333p, inclusive, and of any regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall not apply unless specifically made applicable to certified competitive video service providers.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 34; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331ee. - State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council. Membership.

Section 16-331ee is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 35; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331f. - Certified competitive video service provider build-out requirements, rate regulation and service to multiunit residential buildings.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not require a certified competitive video service provider to comply with any facility build-out requirements or provide video service to any customer using any specific technology. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a contested case proceeding, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, three years after the issuance of the certificate of video franchise authority to such provider to investigate the availability of the certified competitive video service provider's video services and report its findings to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy and technology.
(b) The authority shall not impose any provision regulating rates charged by certified competitive video service providers, or impose any other requirements or conditions, except as set forth in sections 16-331e to 16-331o, inclusive.
(c) The rights and responsibilities under section 16-333a regarding service and wiring to multiunit residential buildings shall apply to a certified competitive video service provider.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 3; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331ff. - Certain third-party nonprofit community access provider requirements re education and government access channels and town-specific community access programming.

(a) Any third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, shall, upon request from any town organization, authority, body or official within its service territory, provide written consent, pursuant to its service provider agreements, for said town organization, authority, body or official to (1) operate education and government public access channels in that town, and (2) engage freely and directly the community antenna television company providing services in that town to use their headend equipment for dissemination of town-specific community access programming on such channels. Said third-party nonprofit community access provider must grant such written consent to said requesting town organization, authority, body or official within three business days. Written consent not provided within three business days shall be deemed granted.
(b) If a third-party nonprofit provider fails to provide written consent within three days, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, upon a request from a town organization, authority, body or official within the service territory of that third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, (1) terminate, revoke or rescind such third party nonprofit provider's service agreement to provide public access programming within one hundred eighty days, and (2) reopen the application process to secure a community access provider for each of the towns within the affected service territory.
(P.A. 08-159, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-159 effective June 12, 2008 (Revisor's note: In 2009, a reference to “Department of Public Utility and Control” in Subsec. (b) was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Public Utility Control” for accuracy); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331g. - Discrimination based on income prohibited.

A certified competitive video service provider 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 video service subscriber resides may be considered an affected person for purposes of this section.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 4; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331gg. - Funds for development of town-specific education and government community access programming. Distribution of funds. Report re disbursement of funds.

(a) A community antenna television company, a certified competitive video service provider that was providing service as a community antenna television company pursuant to section 16-331 on October 1, 2007, or a holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority that provides services within a service territory of a third-party nonprofit community access provider that serves six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, shall direct the sum of one hundred thousand dollars per year from the funds collected from subscribers in said service territory that it provides to the existing third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, directly to the service territory's community antenna television advisory council for developing town-specific education and government community access programming.
(b) A community antenna television advisory council that receives funds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall distribute said funds in their entirety to a town organization, authority, body or official in the service territory of a third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, to support the development of production and programming capabilities for town-specific education and government public access programming, pursuant to grant procedures and processes established by said council.
(c) Any community antenna television advisory council that receives funds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall report annually to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority all completed or planned disbursements of funds and certify that said funds were spent in their entirety and used for the public good in the creation of town-specific education and government public access programming for at least one of the towns in its service territory.
(P.A. 08-159, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-159 effective June 12, 2008; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331h. - Certified competitive video service community access programming.

(a) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the certified competitive video service provider begins offering service in a designated area pursuant to its certificate of video franchise authority, such provider shall provide capacity over its video service to allow community access programming, in its basic service package, in accordance with the following: (1) The certified competitive video service provider shall provide capacity equal to the number of community access channels currently offered by the incumbent community antenna television company in the given area; (2) the certified competitive video service provider shall provide funds for community access operations, as provided in subsection (k) of section 16-331a; (3) the certified competitive video service provider shall provide the transmission of community access programming with connectivity up to the first two hundred feet from the competitive video service provider's activated wireline video programming distribution facility located in the provider's designated service area and shall not provide additional requirements for the creation of any content; and (4) the community access programming shall be submitted to the certified competitive video service provider in a manner or form that is compatible with the technology or protocol utilized by said competitive video service provider to deliver video services over its particular network, and is capable of being accepted and transmitted by the provider, without requirement for additional alteration or change in the content by the provider.
(b) A certified competitive video service provider and a community antenna television company or nonprofit organization providing community access operations shall engage in good faith negotiation regarding interconnection of community access operations where such interconnection is technically feasible or necessary. Interconnection may be accomplished by direct cable, microwave link, satellite or other reasonable method of connection. At the request of a competitive video service provider, community antenna television company or provider of community access operations, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may facilitate the negotiation for such interconnection.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 5; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 184; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 deleted former Subsec. (c) requiring certified competitive video service providers to provide transmission of the Connecticut Television Network, effective October 5, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331hh. - Transfer from municipal video competition trust account to General Fund.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 16-331bb, the sum of five million dollars shall be transferred from the municipal video competition trust account and credited to the resources of the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter.
(P.A. 15-244, S. 98; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 679.)
History: P.A. 15-244 effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 increased transfer amount from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331i. - State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding.

(a) There shall be a State-wide Video Advisory Council, whose membership is made up of one representative from each of the existing advisory councils established pursuant to section 16-331. A certified competitive video service provider shall biannually convene a meeting of said council. No member of the State-wide Video Advisory Council shall be an employee of a community antenna television company or a certified competitive video service provider. For the purpose of this subsection, an employee includes any person working full time or part time or performing any subcontracting or consulting services for a community antenna television company or a certified competitive video service provider.
(b) The certified competitive video service provider shall provide funding to such State-wide Video Advisory Council in the amount of two thousand dollars per year.
(c) Members of the State-wide Video Advisory Council shall serve without compensation. For the purpose of this subsection, compensation shall include the receipt of any free or discounted video service.
(d) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall designate the State-wide Video Advisory Council as an intervenor in any contested case proceeding before the authority involving the certified competitive video service provider it advises. Such certified competitive video service provider shall provide to the chairperson of the State-wide Video Advisory Council a copy of any report, notice or other such document it files with the authority in any applicable proceeding.
(e) A certified competitive video service provider shall, every six months, provide on bills, bill inserts or letters to subscribers, a notice indicating the name and an address of the chairperson of the State-wide Video Advisory Council and describing the responsibilities of such advisory council. The State-wide Video Advisory Council shall have an opportunity to review such notice prior to its distribution.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 6; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331ii. - Transfer from public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account to General Fund.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-331cc, the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars shall be transferred from the public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account and credited to the resources of the General Fund for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2021, inclusive.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 680; P.A. 19-117, S. 350.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-117 replaced provision re transfer from account for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter with provision re transfer for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331k. - Video programming and rate changes.

(a) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a certified competitive video service provider 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 such a shorter notice period is in the best interest of the company's subscribers.
(b) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a certified competitive video service provider shall inform each subscriber, the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to technology and the chairperson of the State-wide Video Advisory Council of any planned elimination or reduction in any programming or any 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 State-wide Video Advisory Council may hold an advisory public hearing concerning the planned changes and may then make a recommendation to the company before the planned date of implementing the change.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 8; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331l. - Interrupted video service.

If video service provided by a certified competitive video service provider to a subscriber is interrupted for more than twenty-four continuous hours, such subscriber shall receive a credit or refund from the certified competitive video service provider 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. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331m. - Video service providers' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems.

(a) A certified competitive video service provider shall make closed captioning available when simultaneously broadcast with video signals carried by the provider.
(b) A certified competitive video service provider shall offer the concurrent rebroadcast of local television broadcast channels, or utilize another economically or technically feasible process for providing an appropriate message through the provider's video service in the event of a public safety emergency issued over the emergency broadcast system.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers › Section 16-331n. - Free video service for libraries and schools.

A certified competitive video service provider shall provide any library serving the public and any school system, college or university, located in a part of the certified competitive video service provider's franchise area where service is available, with one outlet for basic 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 provider from providing such service at no charge if it would have an adverse impact on the provider. No certified competitive video service provider 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. 11; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, 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.