Title GOV — California Gov. Code

“Commission” means the California Public Broadcasting Commission.

“Corporation for Public Broadcasting” means the corporation established pursuant to Section 396 of Title 47 of the United States Code.

“Instructional programming” means public broadcast programming which is curriculum related, whether for credit or not.

“Interconnection” means the use of apparatus or equipment for the electronic transmission and distribution of public broadcast programming to public broadcasting stations.

“Public broadcast programming” means programming intended for presentation on public broadcast stations, including, but not limited to, public affairs, cultural, and instructional programming.

“Public broadcasting station” means a noncommercial educational broadcasting station licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission and eligible for financial grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as any other noncommercial educational broadcasti…

“Instructional committee” means the instructional broadcast advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).

“Radio committee” means the radio advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).

“T.V. committee” means the television advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the…

The California Public Broadcasting Commission is hereby created in state government as an independent commission in order to encourage the growth and development of public broadcasting services to the people of this state.

The commission shall consist of 11 members, as follows: (a) Five members appointed by the Governor for terms of five years, except that the terms of the original members shall be as follows: one member shall be appointed for one year, one member for two years, one member for thre…

Appointees to the commission shall be persons who are eminent in such fields as education, cultural affairs, public service, or the arts, including public broadcasting. They shall, as nearly as practicable, provide a broad representation of the various regions of the state, vario…

The appointive members of the commission shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of official commission meetings they attend. Commission members shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

The commission shall select annually from among its membership a chairman and vice chairman.

The commission shall appoint an executive secretary and employ such staff as it may deem necessary in performing the duties prescribed by this chapter.

The commission shall, in carrying out its responsibility and exercising its authority, make maximum use, for the purposes of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness, of existing public broadcast facilities in California, as well as state-owned telecommunications facilities appropr…

(a) The commission shall adopt and enforce reasonable standards governing the acceptance of any salary or other compensation by its employees from sources other than the commission during the course of their employment by the commission. (b) The executive secretary, subject to ge…

The meetings of the commission shall be open and public in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3.

The commission shall develop and support a statewide policy to encourage the orderly growth and development of public broadcasting service responsive to the informational, cultural, and educational needs of the people of California.

The commission may make grants to public broadcasting stations in order to aid in the improvement of their broadcast operations, programming, and capital facilities and equipment.

The commission may cause to be established, managed, and operated systems of interconnection and other methods of statewide distribution of public television and radio programs. At least two audio and one video channel of such interconnection system shall be reserved at all times…

The commission may, taking into account the advice of the radio committee or the T.V. committee, as appropriate, make grants for the development, production, and acquisition of public broadcast programming.

The commission may apply for, receive, and distribute federal funds, state funds, and other public or private funds from any source for all or any purposes of this chapter.

The commission may conduct, through grants or contracts, research and demonstration activities in matters relating to public broadcasting.

The commission may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements, and shall do all things necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter, consistent with state and federal law, and may promulgate rules and regulations relative thereto.

The commission shall perform its duties under this chapter in a manner that will assure the maximum freedom of the public broadcasting stations and systems from interference with or control of program content, scheduling, or other activities.

The commission shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, on or before December 31 of each year, covering the commission’s activities, financial condition, and accomplishments under this chapter for the preceding fiscal year ending June 30, as well as such…

At its first meeting, the commission shall establish the radio committee, the T.V. committee, and the instructional committee. Each committee shall elect a chairman who shall convene the committee whenever the commission or one-third of the committee members so request or wheneve…

Each public radio station may appoint a representative to the radio committee, and each public television station may appoint a representative to the T.V. committee. The radio and T.V. committees shall advise the commission on the implementation of this chapter. In fulfilling thi…

The commission shall also establish the instructional committee composed of one member and one alternate member appointed for one-year terms by each of the following: (a) The Regents of the University of California. (b) The Trustees of the California State University. (c) The Boa…

The instructional committee shall advise the commission on instructional programming. In fulfilling this responsibility, the committee may do all of, but shall not be limited to, the following: (a) Periodically prepare an assessment of statewide instructional programming needs. (…

There is hereby appropriated to the California Public Broadcasting Commission the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the General Fund to the California Public Broadcasting Fund for direct grants in fiscal year 1983–84 to the five minority-controlled and ope…

The commission shall annually distribute the total amount, less the commission’s necessary administrative expenses, available for allocation to public broadcasting stations. The commission shall reserve for distribution among the public broadcasting stations an amount not less th…

The commission shall, after consultation with the radio, television, and instructional broadcast committees, establish, and review annually, criteria and conditions regarding the distribution of amounts disbursed to the various public television and radio stations. Amounts disbur…

(a) The commission shall prepare an annual financial statement showing all income and expenditures for the preceding year. The commission shall, by regulation, require each recipient of assistance by grant or contract, other than a fixed price contract awarded pursuant to competi…

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to supersede the responsibilities of a state agency or regional or local agency except as expressly provided. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to conflict with Section 6443.5, 6444, 6444.1, 6444.2, or 6444.3 of the Education Code.…

For purposes of this article, “eligible radio station” means a radio station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this article, meets both of the following requirements: (a) It has met all of the following requirements for a period of two years unless another time is s…

For purposes of this article, “eligible television station” means a television station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this article, unless another time is specified, meets all of the following requirements: (a) It has met all of the following requirements for a p…

For the purposes of this article, “nonfederal financial support” means the total sum of revenues from nonfederal sources derived by a licensee in a fiscal year and reported in an audited financial statement thereof, and does not include in-kind services, funds received for the pu…

For purposes of this article, “station” or “public broadcasting station” means any eligible radio or television station.

(a) Recognizing the necessity of converting California stations to the technologies of digital broadcasting, the Legislature intends that funds may be appropriated to the Office of Emergency Services for the purchase of equipment by eligible stations, the installation of that equ…

It is the intent of the Legislature that any funds provided to stations under this article shall supplement, rather than supplant, funds provided from other sources. To that end, institutions that have heretofore provided funding to stations licensed to them shall certify, in app…