Howard County                                   2675

rates and charges of any kind, and all terms or conditions relating thereto.
No rates and charges shall be made except as they appear on a schedule
or subscriber contract so filed.

(e)  All rates, charges, terms or conditions relating thereto shall be
fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory, provided further that the Council
may establish a schedule of free or reduced rates for a head of household,
over 65 years of age, and with an annual income of less than Five Thou-
sand ($5,000.00) Dollars.

(f)   The Council may at any time increase or decrease any rate, re-
quire discontinuance of any scheduled service, or review or delete any term
or condition applicable thereto upon a determination, made after a public
hearing following notice to the Grantee, that a particular rate, service or
term or condition (1) explicitly or implicitly violates this Act, (2) is
excessive or inadequate; provided further and subject to the provisions of
this subsection, the Council may from time to time establish rates for any
other services provided to subscribers by the Grantee, including, but not
limited to, any leased channel services, or any additional services.

(g)  The Council may reduce rates for Basic Service at any time
after three (3) years from the effective date of this Act upon a determina-
tion made after a public hearing following notice to the Grantee, that
such rates or a particular rate can be reduced without impairing the
ability of the Grantee to render service and derive a reasonable profit
therefrom.

(h) Unless the Council, otherwise provides, all changes made pur-
suant to subsections (e) and (f) of this section shall be effective for a
minimum of three (3) years.

(i) No charge shall be made for its use of county channels or for the
use of studios, or for the construction or operation of a means for getting
signals from the studio designated pursuant to Section 14.705 (f) into the
Community Antenna Television System.

(j) No charge shall be made for the use by the appropriate educa-
tion authorities of the education channels or for the construction of a
means of getting signals to and from schools and other locations and into
the cable system. Provided further that no charge shall be made for the
use of additional outlets located within educational buildings or at educa-
tional locations, such buildings and locations to be designated by the
appropriate education authorities. Installation of equipment and outlet
shall be the responsibility of the appropriate educational authorities.

(k) Basic Service and FM radio service to any board, bureau or
department or other governmental body, or any public or private school,
hospital, police and fire station, prison, reformatory, detention center and
to such additional locations as the Council may from time to time desig-
nate shall be provided free of charge.

(1) The Grantee will provide at locations designated by the Council,
and as mentioned in 14.705 (c) additional services at no charge.

14.712. Compensation.

(a) As compensation for a franchise issued pursuant to this Act,
the Grantee shall pay Howard County five (5%) per cent of its gross
annual receipts as defined under this subtitle, provided that every fran-
chise, however, issued by Howard County shall contain a schedule of mini-