Each community antenna television company, as defined in section 16-1, shall annually contribute to the advisory council in its franchise area an amount not less than two thousand dollars. A local advisory council may at its option receive any or all of its funding through in-kind services of the community antenna television company. Each local advisory council shall annually, on January thirty-first, provide the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority with an accounting of any funding or services received.
(P.A. 89-182, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 30; P.A. 07-253, S. 42; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-299, S. 16.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 changed annual deadline from January first to January thirty-first; P.A. 07-253 required a minimum $200 contribution to State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council and required said council to provide annual accounting; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-299 deleted references to State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council and requirement that each company give council not less than $200 annually, effective July 1, 2013.