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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS
(7) SUCH OTHER PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES THAT
THE COMPANY BELIEVES ABE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND IN
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW.
(D) BASED UPON THE GRANTING AUTHORITY'S FINDINGS
OF PUBLIC NEED, WHICH FINDINGS SHALL BE PREDICTED 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 (6) CONSECUTIVE
WEEKS, THE COMPANY SHALL, WITHIN A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED
SIX (6) 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.]] COUNTY, PUBLIC. EDUCATIONAL OR
ADDITIONAL ACCESS CHANNEL(S) AS HEREIN SET FORTH FOR A
PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS FROM THE COMPLETION OF THE
SYSTEM'S BASIC TRUNK LINE.
(E) IN THE COURSE OF ITS OPERATIONS, THE COMPANY
SHALL UNDERTAKE ANY NEW AND ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION
AND/OR INSTALLATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO KEEP PACE
WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STATE OF THE CATV
ART.
(F) ON THE COUNTY AND EDUCATION 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-SERVE 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 [[ONE THOUSAND (1,000)]] THREE HUNDRED
(300) FEET EXCEPT THE HARFORD COUNTY COLLEGE WHICH SHALL
BE ONE THOUSAND (1,000) FEET OF THE SERVICE LINES OF ITS
CABLE SYSTEM. THE COMPANY SHALL MAKE SUCH INSTALLATIONS
TO SUCH INSTITUTIONS NOT WITHIN [[ONE THOUSAND (1,000) ]]
THREE HUNDRED (300) FEET EXCEPT THE HARFORD COMMUNITY
COLLEGE WHICH SHALL BE ONE THOUSAND (1,000) FEET OF ITS
SERVICE LINES UPON REQUEST OF SUCH INSTITUTION THEREFOR
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