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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

COMMISSION, AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED BY THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS, OR ANY SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

"SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN THE SPECIFIC CATV SYSTEM,     AS

REFERRED TO ABOVE, THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE OR   IS

ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTED, OPERATED, AND MAINTAINED,     BY
THE FRANCHISEE, IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.

"GROSS RECEIPTS" SHALL MEAN ALL REVENUE THAT IS
DERIVED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY THE COMPANY, ITS
AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, PARENTS, AND/OR ANY PERSON
IN WHICH THE COMPANY HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST, FROM OR
IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM.

"BASIC SERVICE" SHALL MEAN THE SIMULTANEOUS
DELIVERY BY THE COMPANY TO THE TELEVISION RECEIVERS
(OR ANY OTHER SUITABLE TYPE OF AUDIO-VIDEO
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVERS), OF ALL RESIDENTIAL
SUBSCRIBERS AND TO PUBLIC OR QUASI PUBLIC FACILITIES
OR BUILDINGS WITHOUT CHARGE, IN THE COUNTY OF ALL
SIGNALS THAT ARE RECEIVED FROM BROADCAST STATIONS AND
CARRIED CONSISTENT WITH THE CATV RULES OF THE FCC; THE
CHANNELS ON WHICH THE COMPANY ORIGINATES PROGRAMMING;
THE CHANNELS ON WHICH THE COUNTY, SCHOOL SYSTEM OR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ORIGINATED PROGRAMMING.

"ADDITIONAL SERVICE" SHALL MEAN ANY
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OTHER THAN THE BASIC SERVICE
THAT THE COMPANY OR PERSONS NOT RELATED TO THE COMPANY
PROVIDE OVER ITS SYSTEM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, DATA TRANSMISSIONS, FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION, METER
READING, FIRE AND BURGLAR ALARM SERVICES, AND THE
LIKE.

"RESIDENTIAL SUBSCRIBER" SHALL MEAN A PURCHASER
OF ANY SERVICE THAT THE COMPANY DELIVERS TO AN
INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNIT, PROVIDED THAT THAT SERVICE
IS NOT UTILIZED IN CONNECTION WITH A BUSINESS, TRADE,
PROFESSION.

"CHANNEL" SHALL MEAN A BAND OF FREQUENCIES THAT
IS SIX MEGAHERTZ WIDE, IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC
SPECTRUM, WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING EITHER ONE
AUDIO-VIDEO TELEVISION SIGNAL AND A NUMBER OF
NON-VIDEO SIGNALS, OR SEVERAL THOUSAND NON-VIDEO
SIGNALS.

"COMPANY CHANNEL" SHALL MEAN THOSE CHANNELS THAT
ARE RESERVED OR ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE CARRIAGE OF
PROGRAMMING THAT IS ORIGINATED BY THE COMPANY IN