Enactment of the amendments to section three, article one, chapter twenty-four of this code and this article in the year 1999 shall in no way change how cable television providers, cable television property and cable television services are taxed by this state or its political subdivisions after the effective date of this enactment. For tax purposes, providers of cable television services who do not provide telephone services over the same system are not engaged in providing a public service and are neither a public service business nor a public utility as those terms were used in the tax laws of this state and its political subdivisions on December 31, 1998, and the cable television service furnished by them is not a service subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission for purposes of exemption from tax under section eight, article fifteen, chapter eleven of this code. This method of taxing providers of cable television services, their property and services shall remain in effect until affirmatively changed by the Legislature.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 1. Cable Television Systems Act
§24D-1-1. Legislative Findings
§24D-1-3. Cable Franchise Required; Franchising Authority
§24D-1-4. Existing Cable Franchises
§24D-1-5. Duties of the Public Service Commission
§24D-1-6. Application or Proposal for Cable Franchise; Fee; Certain Requirements
§24D-1-7. Cable Franchise Application or Proposal Procedure; Public Hearing; Notice
§24D-1-8. Issuance of Cable Franchise Authority; Criteria; Content
§24D-1-9. Cable System Installation, Construction, Operation, Removal, General Provisions
§24D-1-10. Revocation, Alteration, or Suspension of Cable Franchise; Penalties
§24D-1-11. Renewal of Cable Franchise
§24D-1-12. Transfer of Cable Franchise
§24D-1-13. Rates; Filing With Public Service Commission; Approval
§24D-1-14. Requirement for Adequate Service; Terms and Conditions of Service
§24D-1-15. Procedures for Restoring Interrupted Service and Improving Substandard Service
§24D-1-16. Credit or Refund for Interrupted Service
§24D-1-17. Office Operating Requirements; Office Hours
§24D-1-18. Notice to Subscribers Regarding Quality of Service
§24D-1-19. Recording of Subscriber Complaints
§24D-1-20. Franchise Document Clearinghouse
§24D-1-21. Rights of Individuals
§24D-1-22. Complaints; Violations; Penalties
§24D-1-23. Other Duties of Commission; Suit to Enforce Chapter
§24D-1-25. Annual Fees; Effect of Application and Filing Fees on Franchise Fees
§24D-1-26. Cable Television Industry Not Regulated as a Utility