Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00677 Compare Versions

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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 677
8	7		January Session, 2019
9	8		LCO No. 5932
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12	11		Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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15	14		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E DELIVERY FORMAT OF C OMMUNITY
21	20		ACCESS PROGRAMMING.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Each community antenna 1
26	25		television company and certified competitive video service provider, 2
27	26		as those terms are defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, 3
28	27		operating in the state shall deliver to each of its subscribers any 4
29	28		community access programming in the same format as the primary 5
30	29		local broadcast signals each such subscriber receives, including, but 6
31	30		not limited to, high definition format, provided (1) such community 7
32	31		access programming is delivered to a community antenna television 8
33	32		company or certified competitive video service provider in such 9
34	33		format, and (2) this section shall not require a community antenna 10
35	34		television company or certified competitive video service provider to 11
36	35		upgrade the equipment of any community access programming 12
37	36		provider. 13
38	37		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
39	38		sections:
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47	45		Section 1 from passage New section
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49		-	ET Joint Favorable
	47	+	Statement of Purpose:
	48	+	To require community antenna television companies and certified
	49	+	competitive video service providers to deliver community access
	50	+	programming in the same format as a subscriber receives primary local
	51	+	broadcast signals.
	52	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	53	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	54	+	not underlined.]
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	56	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
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	58	+	S.B. 677
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