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Contents:
Establishment
of Cable Advisory Council
Appointment
of Advisory Council Members
Term of Advisory
Council Members
Vacancies of
Advisory Council Members
Compensation
Election of Officials
and Meetings
Function of Council
Cable Television
Public Access Channels: Definitions
Sec.
16-333-24. Establishment of Cable Advisory Council
There
shall be established a cable television advisory council, hereinafter
reffered to as advisory council, consisting of representatives of the
towns in each area where the Public Utilities Commision has granted
a certificate of public convenience and necessity to a cable television
company as franchise holder under the authority of Chapter 289 of the
General Statutes. (Effective April 23, 1974)
Sec.
16-333-25. Appointment of Advisory Council Members
The
members of each advisory council shall be appointed as follows:
(a)
The chief elected official of each town in the franchise area shall
appoint one or more members who are residents of said town in accordance
with the population of the said town as determined by the most recent
United States census in the following manner:
(1)
In towns having a population of less than 5,000 - one member.
(2)
In towns having a population of at least 5,000 but less than 20,000
- two members.
(3)
In towns having a population of at least 20,000 but less than 50,000
- three members.
(4)
In towns having a population of 50,000 of more - four members.
Insofar
as is possible said appointments should reflect and be representative
of the cultural, educational, ethnic, and economic makeup of the population
inhabiting said towns.
(b)
The Board of Education in each town franchise area shall appoint one
member of the advisory council. Such member shall reside in said town
or be a member of saib Bard of Education, or be employed by said Board
of Education.
(c)
One member shall be appoited to the advisory council in each franchise
area to represent all of the libraries of general public use located
in the towns within the franchise. In the town in the franchise area
having the largest population therein, as determined by the most recent
United States census, the public library board charged with the oversight
and management of the town's public library as defined by Section
11-24a(b) of the General Statutes shall appointthe advisory cuncil
member. In the event there is no public library board in charge of
the public library in that town, or if the library of general public
use in that town, is a private eleemosynary library, or if no library
in either category is located in that town, the sad advisory council
member shall be appointed by the chief elected official of said town.
The advisory council member appointed hereunder shall either be a
library board member of a professional library staff employee of a
public library or a private eleemosynary library of general public
use in a town within the franchise area.
(d)
The franchisee shall appoint one member, who shall possess some expertise
in the field of cable television and who shall serve without vote
on the advisory council.
(e)
Appointment of advisory council members pursuant to subsections (a)
through (d), of this section, shall be subject to the following limitations:
(1)
No paid employee of a nonprofit organization providing community
access operations may serve on an advisory council.
(2)No
employee of a CATV company, its subsidiaries or affiliates may serve
on an advisory council except in the position of franchise representative
serving without vote.
(3)
At least one seat, but no more than 25 percent of total seats to
which appointments may be made to an advisory council, may be filled
by persons who also are members of a board of directors of a nonprofit
organization proving community access operations.
(4)
Advisory concil members who also serve as a member of a board of
directors of a nonprofit organization providing community access
operations shall recuse themselves from voting on any financial
related matters to their access organization.
(Effective
April 23, 1974; ammended March 31, 1999)
Sec.
16-333-26. Term of Advisory Council Members
Each member
of and advisory council shall serve a term of two (2) years from the
first day of July in the year in which such member is appointed. If
an advisory council member has three consecutive unexcused absences
or does not attend 50 percent of meetings duly noticed and held within
a 12 month period, then the member will be deemed to have resigned from
the council.
(Effective
April 23, 1974; ammended March 31, 1999)
Sec.
16-333-27. Vacancies of Advisory Council Members
Any vacancies
for an unexpired term may be filled by the respective apponting authority
in each instance to complete and serve out the remainder of the current
term for which the vacating member was appointed.
(Effective
April 23, 1974)
Sec.
16-333-28. Compensation
Members
of the advisory council shall serve without compensation.
(Effective
April 23, 1974)
Sec.
16-333-29. Election of Officials and Meetings
Each advisory
council shall elect its own chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary.
The council shall meet regularly at least bi-monthly. Special meetings
may be called by the chairman or by the majority of the members upon
due notice to all members of the advisory council.
(Effective
April 23, 1974)
Sec.
16-333-30. Function of Council
Each advisory
council may give advice to the managment of the cable television company
upon such matters affecting the public as it deems necessary. Each cable
company shall respond within 5 business days to issues brought forth
by its advisory council. Each advisory council shall annualy on a date
not later than the first day of August, file a written report with the
Department of Public Utility Control concerning its activities for the
preceding 12 month period ending June 30.
(Effective
April 23, 1974; ammended March 31, 1999)
Cable
Television Public Access Channels
Sec.
16-333-31. Definitions
As
used in Secs. 16-331a-2 -- 16-331a-5, inclusive:
(1)
"Franchise Holder" means the holder of a certificate of
public convenience and necessity to construct and operate a CATV system,
under the provisions of section 16-31 of the General Statutes.
(2)
Public access refers to the use of a cable television channel for
non-commercial programming by any person.
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