(a) A community antenna television company, a certified competitive video service provider that was providing service as a community antenna television company pursuant to section 16-331 on October 1, 2007, or a holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority that provides services within a service territory of a third-party nonprofit community access provider that serves six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, shall direct the sum of one hundred thousand dollars per year from the funds collected from subscribers in said service territory that it provides to the existing third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, directly to the service territory's community antenna television advisory council for developing town-specific education and government community access programming.
(b) A community antenna television advisory council that receives funds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall distribute said funds in their entirety to a town organization, authority, body or official in the service territory of a third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand, to support the development of production and programming capabilities for town-specific education and government public access programming, pursuant to grant procedures and processes established by said council.
(c) Any community antenna television advisory council that receives funds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall report annually to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority all completed or planned disbursements of funds and certify that said funds were spent in their entirety and used for the public good in the creation of town-specific education and government public access programming for at least one of the towns in its service territory.
(P.A. 08-159, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-159 effective June 12, 2008; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011.