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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

Section 2—15.5 Operation

(b)    Based upon the Council's findings of public
need, which findings shall be predicated upon usage of
either the County, public, or educational channel(s) for
a period of 80% of the weekdays for 80% of any
consecutive three—hour period for six consecutive weeks,
the company shall, within a period not to exceed six
months, make an additional channel(s) available for use
for which the public need has been demonstrated. (No
charge shall be made for any additional channel(s) as
herein set forth for a period of five years after
completion of the cable system's basic trunk line.
Thereafter, the] THE charges shall be the minimum
consistent with the rules and regulations of the FCC.

Section 2-15.7 Rates

(c)    The rates for channel leasing, digital
communications, facsimile services, and other Additional
Services, as defined herein, that may be supplied by the
Company or third parties, over the cable system, shall be
approved by the Council, [which] TO THE EXTENT ANY SUCH
RATE REGULATION IS PERMITTED BY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. ANY SUCH
approval shall not be arbitrarily withheld.

(g) No charge shall be made to the County for the
use of the County Channel(s) or to the School System for
use of its channel(s) until five years after completion
of the cable system's basic trunk line. Charges
thereafter for the County channel(s) and the school
system channel(s) shall be the minimum consistent with
the then existing rules and regulations of the FCC. In
addition, the Company will provide one, non—commercial,
Public Channel without charge, except as may be permitted
by FCC, to County residents. Additional channels, made
available on a public—access basis, may be leased by the
Company on rates, terms and conditions to be approved, in
advance, by the County, as provided in Subsection (c)
herein[.], TO THE EXTENT ANY SUCH RATE REGULATIONS IS
PERMITTED BY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

Section 2-15.14 Security Fund; PERFORMANCE BOND

(a) Within [ninety (90) days after the granting of
the franchise] THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE, the Company shall deposit with
the [Council] COUNTY and maintain on deposit through the
term of its franchise the sum of [ten] FIFTY thousand
dollars [($10,000)] ($50,000) in cash; AND DURING THE
PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION SET FORTH IN SECTION 2-15.4
HEREOF, SHALL POST A PERFORMANCE BOND IN SUCH FORM AS