Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 480 of 2006 - Uniform Video Services Local Franchise Act (484.3301 - 484.3315)
Section 484.3315 - Costs to Commission in Exercising Duties; Assessment of Amount Against Each Video Service Provider; Limitation; Deduction; Credit of Payments to Special Account; Applicability of Section.

***** 484.3315 THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2015 *****
Sec. 15.
(1) Effective January 1, 2010, the commission within 30 days after the enactment into law of any appropriation to it shall ascertain the amount of the appropriation attributable to the actual costs to the commission in exercising its duties under this act and that amount shall be assessed against each video service provider doing business in this state. Each provider shall pay a portion of the total assessment in the same proportion that its number of subscribers for the preceding calendar year bears to the total number of video service subscribers in the state. The total assessment under this section shall not exceed $1,000,000.00 annually.
(2) For the state fiscal year commencing October 1, 2009 and annually thereafter, there shall be deducted from any amount to be assessed under subsection (1) an amount equal to the difference by which the actual expenditures of the commission attributable to exercising its duties under this act for the previous fiscal year are less than the amount assessed against each video service provider in the previous fiscal year. The deductions shall be made in the same proportion as the original assessment in subsection (1).
(3) All money paid into the state treasury by a video service provider under subsection (1) shall be credited to a special account, to be utilized solely to finance the cost to the commission of exercising its duties under this act.
(4) This section does not apply after December 31, 2015.
History: Add. 2009, Act 191, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2009

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio

Act 480 of 2006 - Uniform Video Services Local Franchise Act (484.3301 - 484.3315)

Section 484.3301 - Short Title; Definitions.

Section 484.3302 - Uniform Video Service Local Franchise Agreement; Form; Provisions.

Section 484.3303 - Franchise Agreement With Local Unit of Government; Notice of Completion; Approval; Transferability; Termination or Modification; Notice of Change in Information; Duration of Franchise; Renewal; Certain Conditions Prohibited.

Section 484.3304 - Public, Education, and Government Access Channels; Availability; Manner of Retransmission; Interconnection; Editorial Control; Liability; Access to Signals of Local Broadcast Television Station; Prohibited Conduct by Provider; Use...

Section 484.3305 - Renewal or Extension of Existing Franchise Agreement; Unreasonable and Unenforceable Provisions; Burdensome Terms, Conditions, or Requirements.

Section 484.3306 - Video Service Provider Fee; Payment; "Gross Revenues" Defined; Calculation; Additional Fee; Credits; Assessment; Inapplicability of Subsection After December 31, 2009.

Section 484.3307 - Audits; Claims for Unpaid Fees or Refunds; Identification and Collection as Separate Line Item.

Section 484.3308 - Installation, Construction, and Maintenance of Video Service or Communications Network Within Public Right-of-Way; Access; Fee; Limitation.

Section 484.3309 - Denial of Service Access Due to Race or Income; Defense to Violation of Subsection (1); Video Service Requirements; Number of Households; Report on Compliance With Subsections (2) and (3); Use of Alternative Technology; Waiver or T...

Section 484.3310 - Prohibited Conduct; Establishment of Dispute Resolution Process; Notice to Customers; Filing of Complaint; Manner of Dispute Resolution.

Section 484.3311 - Confidentiality.

Section 484.3312 - Administration of Act; Limitations; Report.

Section 484.3313 - Voluntary Franchise Agreement.

Section 484.3314 - Violation; Remedies and Penalties; Costs; Appeal and Review.

Section 484.3315 - Costs to Commission in Exercising Duties; Assessment of Amount Against Each Video Service Provider; Limitation; Deduction; Credit of Payments to Special Account; Applicability of Section.