A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall provide any library serving the public and any school system, college or university, located in a part of the company's franchise area where service is available, with one outlet for basic community antenna television service or video service at no charge if such library, school system, college or university participates in educational or public access programming offered throughout the company's franchise area. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may exempt any company with a certificate of cable franchise authority from providing such service at no charge if it would have an adverse impact on such company. No company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall be required to provide such free service if the library or school is receiving community antenna television service or video service from another provider.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 22; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 16 - Public Service Companies
Section 16-330a. - Definitions.
Section 16-330b. - Broadband Internet access service map.
Section 16-330c. - Broadband Internet access service grant program. Report. Report to Governor.
Section 16-330e. - Access by broadband Internet service providers to occupied buildings.
Section 16-331a. - Community access programming and operations.
Section 16-331aa. - Imposition of civil penalties by authority.
Section 16-331b. - Members of community antenna advisory councils to serve without compensation.
Section 16-331bb. - Municipal video competition trust account.
Section 16-331e. - Certificate of video franchise authority.
Section 16-331ee. - State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council. Membership.
Section 16-331g. - Discrimination based on income prohibited.
Section 16-331h. - Certified competitive video service community access programming.
Section 16-331hh. - Transfer from municipal video competition trust account to General Fund.
Section 16-331i. - State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding.
Section 16-331k. - Video programming and rate changes.
Section 16-331l. - Interrupted video service.
Section 16-331m. - Video service providers' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems.
Section 16-331n. - Free video service for libraries and schools.
Section 16-331o. - Imposition of civil penalties by authority.
Section 16-331q. - Requirements for holders of certificates of cable franchise authority.
Section 16-331r. - Discrimination based on income prohibited.
Section 16-331t. - Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Advisory council.
Section 16-331v. - Cable franchise authority companies' programming and rate changes.
Section 16-331w. - Interrupted cable franchise authority service.
Section 16-332. - Leases by public service companies of facilities for community antenna purposes.
Section 16-333b. - Service to franchise area. Underground service lines.
Section 16-333c. - Availability of equipment for subscribers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Section 16-333d. - Discrimination among subscribers prohibited.
Section 16-333e. - Credit or refund for interrupted service.
Section 16-333f. - Programming and rate changes. Regulatory authority. Industry cooperation.
Section 16-333g. - Free basic service for libraries and schools.
Section 16-333h. - Extension of service to schools. Instructional channels.
Section 16-333i. - Procedures for restoring interrupted service and improving substandard service.
Section 16-333k. - Office operating requirements. Office hours. Complaint or dispute procedures.
Section 16-333l. - Company offerings and charges. Billing and billing dispute procedures.
Section 16-333m. - Limitations on charges for disconnection or downgrade of service.
Section 16-333n. - Penalty for reduction of community antenna television service without notice.
Section 16-333o. - Rate regulation of community antenna television systems.