Title XXXVI, Business Organizations

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the department may not impose any taxes, fees, charges, or other impositions on a cable or video service provider as a condition for the issuance of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority. No municipality or county may impo…

No franchising authority, state agency, or political subdivision may impose any buildout, system construction, or service deployment requirements on a certificateholder.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.

(1) All cable or video service providers shall comply with customer service requirements in 47 C.F.R. s. 76.309(c).(2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have the sole authority to respond to all cable or video service customer complaints. This provision do…

(1) A certificateholder, not later than 180 days following a request by a municipality or county within whose jurisdiction the certificateholder is providing cable or video service, shall designate a sufficient amount of capacity on its network to allow the provision of public, e…

Upon a request by a municipality or county, a certificateholder shall provide, within 90 days after receipt of the request, one active basic cable or video service outlet to K-12 public schools, public libraries, or local government administrative buildings, to the extent such bu…

(1) A municipality or county shall allow a certificateholder to install, construct, and maintain a network within a public right-of-way and shall provide a certificateholder with comparable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral access to the public right-of-way in accorda…

(1) A municipality or county may not impose additional requirements on a certificateholder, including, but not limited to, financial, operational, and administrative requirements, except as expressly permitted by this chapter. A municipality or county may not impose on activities…

(1) The purpose of this section is to prevent discrimination among potential residential subscribers.(2) A cable or video service provider may not deny access to service to any individual or group of potential residential subscribers because of the race or income of the residents…

If a certificateholder is found by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be in compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the certificateholder shall have a reasonable period of time, as specified by the court, to cure such noncompliance.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give any local government or the department any authority over any communications service other than cable or video services whether offered on a common carrier or private contract basis.History.—s. 7, ch. 2007-29.

(1) If an incumbent cable or video service provider is required to operate under its existing franchise and is legally prevented by a lawfully issued order of a court of competent jurisdiction from exercising its right to terminate its existing franchise pursuant to the terms of …

If any provision of ss. 610.102-610.118 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of ss. 610.102-610.118 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to…