Title 11, Counties

A. From and after December 31, 2019, an incumbent cable operator may elect to do either of the following: 1. Continue to operate within a service area as defined in the local license pursuant to section 11-1913. 2. Terminate the incumbent cable operator's local license for a serv…

A. If an incumbent cable operator does not timely elect to terminate a local license for a service area pursuant to section 11-1912, subsection B, the person shall continue to operate the cable system as a holdover cable operator within the service area defined in the local licen…

A. To obtain a uniform video service license, a person shall file with the clerk of the county an application and affidavit that are signed by one of the principal executive officers or general partners of the applicant and that comply with this section. B. The application and af…

A. Within the time frame that the county has in place under section 11-1605 but not later than forty-five days after the date an applicant files a completed application and affidavit pursuant to section 11-1914, the county shall issue a uniform video service license to the applic…

A. To add one or more new service areas to a uniform video service license, the holder shall file with the clerk of the county an application for an amendment to the uniform video service license to add each new service area. B. The application is subject to the same procedures, …

A. To terminate the authority to provide video service to an existing service area authorized under the uniform video service license, the holder of the uniform video service license shall file with the clerk of the county written notice of the termination. B. The holder may term…

A. Each county whose boundaries change shall notify in a timely manner each video service provider that operates in the boundaries. Notification shall be made by certified mail, email or personal delivery. B. A video service provider may not be subject to or required to pay licen…

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section or otherwise required by federal law, including rules and regulations of the federal communications commission, a uniform video service license is fully transferable to any person whether the transfer arises through merger, sale, as…

A. To extend the term of a uniform video service license, the holder of the uniform video service license shall file with the clerk of the county at least one month before the end of the term of the uniform video service license a notice to extend the term for a specified period …

A. A subscriber may submit complaints about video service to any of the following: 1. The county where the subscriber resides. 2. The attorney general. 3. The federal communications commission. 4. Other authorities as provided by law. B. A county may choose to monitor and assist …

A. Not later than twenty-four months after the date that a county issues a uniform video service license pursuant to sections 11-1914 and 11-1915 or an amended uniform video service license pursuant to section 11-1916, the holder of the uniform video service license shall offer a…

A. A video service provider that is not an incumbent cable operator and that holds a uniform video service license with a service area within the boundaries of a county shall prepare and submit to the county a semiannual report that identifies the locations within the boundaries …

A. A video service provider shall activate and offer video service in a nondiscriminatory manner within each service area and may not deny access to video service to any group of potential residential subscribers within a particular part of a service area because of the income pr…

A. In managing a highway under local laws described in section 11-1911, subsection C, paragraph 9, a county may manage the use of the highway including all of the following: 1. Requiring a video service provider that is constructing, installing, working within, maintaining or rep…

A. Except the license fee on gross revenue authorized by section 11-1943 and excise taxes as provided in subsection B of this section, a county may not levy a tax, rent, fee or charge, however denominated, on a video service provider for the use of the highways to provide video s…

A. For the privilege of a video service provider to occupy or use, in whole or in part, any highway within the boundaries of a county to provide video service through a video service network, the county may require a video service provider to pay a license fee to the county based…

Except for the purposes of acting as an intermediary in a transfer of a uniform video service license, a county may not own a video service network.

A. Not more than once every three years, a county, on reasonable written notice, may audit the business books and records of a video service provider to the extent necessary to ensure payment of license fees pursuant to this chapter. The county may not audit any period that ends …

A. A county may file a written complaint against a video service provider and a video service provider may file a written complaint against a county alleging a violation of this chapter or the uniform video service license agreement. Unless the matter arises under the constitutio…

A. Except as provided in section 11-1945, subsections F, G and H, a complaint under this article must be filed within two years after the complainant realizes it has been damaged and knows or reasonably should know the cause, source, act, event, instrumentality or condition that …