CHAPTER 8A. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
Sec. 8A.640. Regulation of state video services franchisees.
Sections 8A.640 through 8A.690 of this chapter are designed to regulate
video service providers holding state video franchises and operating within the
city. As of January 1, 2007, the state of California has the sole authority to
grant state video franchises pursuant to the Digital Infrastructure and Video
Competition Act of 2006 (“Act”). Pursuant to the Act, the city of
Woodland shall receive a franchise fee and shall receive a fee for public,
educational and government (“PEG”) purposes from all state video
franchise holders operating within the city. Additionally, the city has the
responsibility to establish and enforce penalties, consistent with state law,
against all state video franchise holders operating within the city for
violations of customer service standards, but the Act grants all authority to
adopt customer service standards to the state. The Act leaves unchanged the
city’s authority to regulate the city’s current cable franchise in
accordance with this chapter and the cable franchise currently in effect, until
such time as the cable franchisee no longer holds a city franchise or is no
longer operating under a current or expired city franchise. (Ord. No. 1480,
§ 2.)
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