Title 484, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, AND RADIO

Sec. 5. (1) As of the effective date of this act, no existing franchise agreement with a franchising entity shall be renewed or extended upon the expiration date of the agreement. (2) The incumbent video provider, at its option, may continue to provide video services to the franc…

Sec. 6. (1) A video service provider shall calculate and pay an annual video service provider fee to the franchising entity. The fee shall be 1 of the following: (a) If there is an existing franchise agreement, an amount equal to the percentage of gross revenues paid to the franc…

Sec. 7. (1) No more than every 24 months, a franchising entity may perform reasonable audits of the video service provider's calculation of the fees paid under section 6 to the franchising entity during the preceding 24-month period only. All records reasonably necessary for the …

Sec. 8. (1) A franchising entity shall allow a video service provider to install, construct, and maintain a video service or communications network within a public right-of-way and shall provide the provider with open, comparable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral acce…

Sec. 9. (1) A video service provider shall not deny access to service to any group of potential residential subscribers because of the race or income of the residents in the local area in which the group resides. (2) It is a defense to an alleged violation of subsection (1) if th…

Sec. 10. (1) A video service provider shall not do in connection with the providing of video services to its subscribers and the commission may enforce compliance with any of the following to the extent that the activities are not covered by section 2(3)(l): (a) Make a statement …

Sec. 11. (1) Except under the terms of a mandatory protective order, trade secrets and commercial or financial information submitted under this act to the franchising entity or commission are exempt from the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. (2) If in…

Sec. 12. (1) The commission's authority to administer this act is limited to the powers and duties explicitly provided for under this act, and the commission shall not have the authority to regulate or control a provider under this act as a public utility. (2) The commission shal…

Sec. 13. This act does not prohibit a local unit of government and a video service provider from entering into a voluntary franchise agreement that includes terms and conditions different than those required under this act, including, but not limited to, a reduction in the franch…

Sec. 14. (1) After notice and hearing, if the commission finds that a person has violated this act, the commission shall order remedies and penalties to protect and make whole persons who have suffered damages as a result of the violation, including, but not limited to, 1 or more…

Sec. 15. (1) Effective January 1, 2010, the commission within 30 days after the enactment into law of any appropriation to it shall ascertain the amount of the appropriation attributable to the actual costs to the commission in exercising its duties under this act and that amount…