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Session Laws, 1973
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2814

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

ECONOMICALLY VIABLE AND OF GENERAL INTEREST TO COUNTY
RESIDENTS.

(F)  ON THE COUNTY AND EDUCATIONAL CHANNELS, THE
COMPANY SHALL CARRY AND/OR CABLECAST SUCH PROGRAMMING
AS IS DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY, OR ITS DESIGNATED
REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, OR ITS
DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE, RESPECTIVELY.

(G)  ON THE PUBLIC CHANNEL, THE COMPANY SHALL
PROVIDE TIME ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS,
EXCEPT THAT THE COMPANY SHALL ENDEAVOR TO PROVIDE SUCH
CHANNEL TIME TO AS MANY DIFFERENT PERSONS AS IS
PRACTICAL. TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION AND DIVERSITY OF THE SOURCES OF PUBLIC
OPINION, THE PROGRAM CONTENT ON THE PUBLIC CHANNEL
SHALL BE FREE FROM ANY CENSORSHIP OR CONTROL BY THE
COMPANY.

(H) THE COMPANY SHALL, WITHOUT CHARGE FOR
INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE OR SERVICE, MAKE
INSTALLATIONS OF ITS CABLE TELEVISION FACILITIES TO
ALL PUBLIC OR QUASI PUBLIC BUILDINGS OR FACILITIES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOSPITALS, PUBLIC
LIBRARIES, FIRE STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS, PUBLIC OR
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BUILDINGS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES
AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY WITHIN TWO
THOUSAND (2,000) FEET OF THE SERVICE LINES OF ITS
CABLE SYSTEM. THE COMPANY SHALL MAKE SUCH
INSTALLATIONS TO SUCH INSTITUTIONS NOT WITHIN TWO
THOUSAND (2,000) FEET OF ITS SERVICE LINES UPON
REQUEST OF SUCH INSTITUTION THEREFOR AT ITS CERTIFIED
COST, AND SHALL CONTINUE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE
THEREAFTER AT NO CHARGE. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT CHARGE
FOR SERVICE TO ADDITIONAL OUTLETS WITHIN SUCH
FACILITIES, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY CHARGES FOR THE USE
OF MULTIPLE TELEVISION RECEIVERS WITHIN SUCH
FACILITIES.

(I) DURING THOSE DAILY TIME SEGMENTS IN WHICH NO
SIGNALS OR PROGRAMMING ARE TRANSMITTED ON ANY CHANNEL,
THAT IS RESERVED BY THE FCC RULES, THIS ACT, OR OTHER
APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY MAY UTILIZE SUCH CHANNELS
FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHERWISE CONSISTENT WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.

(J) IN THE EVENT THAT THE COUNTY BELIEVES THAT A
PUBLIC EMERGENCY HAS ARISEN, THE COUNTY MAY INTERRUPT
THE PROGRAMMING ON ALL CHANNELS AND PREEMPT ALL OF
SAME TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH APPROPRIATE

 

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