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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 3675 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 830 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 3675 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on AGING |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (AGE) |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING A DISCOUNT FOR SENIOR CABLE TV |
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| 20 | 20 | | SUBSCRIBERS. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Section 16-331q of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | [(a)] The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not require a 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority to comply 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | with any facility build-out requirements or provide community 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | antenna television service or video service to any customer using any 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | specific technology. 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | [(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not impose any 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | provision regulating rates charged by a community antenna television 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | company holding a certificate of cable franchise authority, except as set 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | forth in federal law.] 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 16-331v of the general statutes is 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1, 2019): 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Raised Bill No. 830 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 3675 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (a) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a company 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall inform the Public 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Utilities Regulatory Authority of any planned programming or rate 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | changes not less than thirty days before implementing such changes 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | unless (1) such changes are required by law to be made in less than 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | thirty days, or (2) in appropriate circumstances where a shorter notice 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | period is in the best interest of the company's subscribers. Except when 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | otherwise required by federal law, the Public Utilities Regulatory 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Authority shall require a company issued a certificate of cable 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | franchise authority to provide a discount of not more than ten per cent 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | off the rate for basic service for any subscriber sixty-five years of age or 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | older. 26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 57 | 57 | | sections: |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 1 July 1, 2019 16-331q |
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| 60 | 60 | | Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 16-331v(a) |
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| 62 | 62 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 63 | 63 | | To require cable television companies, within the extent permissible |
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| 64 | 64 | | under federal law, to provide discounts on basic cable television rates |
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| 65 | 65 | | for senior citizens. |
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| 67 | 67 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 68 | 68 | | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 69 | 69 | | not underlined.] |
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