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| 1 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 448 | |
| 2 | - | February Session, 2012 *_____SB00448ET____032812____* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 448 | |
| 2 | + | February Session, 2012 LCO No. 2448 | |
| 3 | + | *02448_______ET_* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on Energy and Technology | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (ET) | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | - | ||
| 10 | + | Raised Bill No. 448 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | February Session, 2012 | |
| 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | - | *_____SB00448ET____032812____* | |
| 14 | + | LCO No. 2448 | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 16 | + | *02448_______ET_* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on Energy and Technology | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (ET) | |
| 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING CABLE TELEVISION EQUIPMENT AND THE DISCLOSURE OF RATES FOR CERTAIN SERVICES OFFERED BY TELEPHONE AND CABLE COMPANIES. | |
| 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 27 | ||
| 16 | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012 | |
| 28 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) Each community antenna television company, holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority and holder of a certificate of video franchise authority, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, shall make available for purchase to any customer of such company or holder any equipment necessary for such customer to utilize the community antenna television service or video service provided by such company or holder to such customer. | |
| 17 | 29 | ||
| 18 | - | (b) No such company or holder shall refuse to provide community antenna television service or video service to any customer that uses equipment provided to such customer by any third party to utilize such service, provided such equipment does not violate any requirement or standard established by the Federal Communications Commission or any applicable federal law. | |
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| 20 | - | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Each telephone company, community antenna television company, holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority and holder of a certificate of video franchise authority, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, shall display on such company's or holder's Internet web site information describing each available tier of service offered by such company or holder. Such information shall be clear, concise and understandable and shall include the monthly cost and programming included for each tier of service. | |
| 30 | + | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Each telephone company, community antenna television company, holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority and holder of a certificate of video franchise authority, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, shall list, in plain language, on such company's or holder's Internet web site and on any written material identifying the services offered by such company or holder the cost of each such service. Such list shall identify the different pricing options available for each such service under any service package or bundle option offered by such company or holder. | |
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| 22 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 33 | ||
| 24 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 35 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 26 | 36 | Section 1 October 1, 2012 New section | |
| 27 | 37 | Sec. 2 from passage New section | |
| 28 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 39 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 30 | 40 | ||
| 31 | 41 | Section 1 | |
| 32 | 42 | ||
| 33 | 43 | October 1, 2012 | |
| 34 | 44 | ||
| 35 | 45 | New section | |
| 36 | 46 | ||
| 37 | 47 | Sec. 2 | |
| 38 | 48 | ||
| 39 | 49 | from passage | |
| 40 | 50 | ||
| 41 | 51 | New section | |
| 42 | 52 | ||
| 53 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 43 | 54 | ||
| 55 | + | To require that each community antenna television company, holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority and holder of a certificate of video franchise authority provide an option for customers to buy any equipment for which such company or holder currently charges a monthly fee, and to require that each telephone company, community antenna television company, holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority and holder of a certificate of video franchise authority clearly identify pricing options on the web site of any such company or holder and on certain written materials. | |
| 44 | 56 | ||
| 45 | - | ET Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 46 | - | ||
| 47 | - | ET | |
| 48 | - | ||
| 49 | - | Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 57 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |