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Short Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Rota Television Cable Systems Act of 1989. Source: Rota LL 6-7, § 2. Commission Comment: Rota LL 6-7 took effect March 27, 1989. According to Rota LL 6-7, § 3: Section 3. Purpose and Findings. The purpose of this Act shall be to serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity in the construction, maintenance, and operation of television cable systems on the [i]sland of Rota. It shall be in the public purpose for the Municipality of Rota to contribute its personnel, its physical facilities, its public[]equipment, and its financial resources toward the fostering of television communication. The Legislature finds that cable television provides a direct public benefit of a general character to a significant portion of the citizens of the First Senatorial District. The benefit to a private party or private corporation which joins with the Municipality in promoting cable television is incidental to the paramount purpose of providing vital communication resources to the people of Rota. Cable television enhances economic development, helps reduce unemployment, provides weather, news, educational, public service, and emergency broadcast information vital to the wellbeing and prosperity of the local citizens.