Each community antenna television company shall make available at cost, by a rental, sales or installment sales agreement, to each subscriber who is deaf or hard of hearing, equipment which receives and decodes closed captions which are simultaneously broadcast with video signals carried by the company.
(P.A. 77-57; P.A. 80-121, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-168; P.A. 98-121, S. 6; P.A. 17-202, S. 52.)
History: P.A. 80-121 clarified provisions forbidding sale, lease or repair of receiving equipment by adding “as part of, or in connection with, its operation of such system”; P.A. 85-168 added Subsec. (b) re the availability of decoder equipment for deaf or hearing impaired subscribers; P.A. 98-121 deleted former Subsec. (a) concerning the sale, lease or repair of receiving equipment and removed Subsec. (b) designator; P.A. 17-202 replaced “hearing impaired” with “hard of hearing”.
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.