(a) The legislative body of the city, county, or city and county in which the cable television operator or video provider furnishes service to customers may, by ordinance, provide a schedule of penalties for the failure of the cable television operator or video provider to distribute the annual notice required by Section 53055.1, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each year in which the notice is not distributed to all customers.
(b) The city, county, or city and county shall give a cable television operator or video provider written notice of any alleged failure to distribute to all customers the annual notice required by Section 53055.1 before imposing any penalty pursuant to subdivision (a). If the cable television operator or video provider distributes this notice to all customers within 60 days after receipt of the notice from the city, county, or city and county pursuant to this subdivision, no penalty shall be imposed upon the cable television operator or video provider pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)