Senate Bill sb1984

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1984

    By Senator Bennett





    21-1279-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to cable services; amending s.

  3         202.24, F.S.; prohibiting a municipality or

  4         county from requiring from a provider of cable

  5         services certain in-kind contributions or

  6         exchanges as a condition for receiving or

  7         operating a cable franchise; providing that

  8         compliance with a provision imposing such

  9         mandatory in-kind contributions or exchanges

10         may be terminated after a specified date by

11         serving a written notice of the termination on

12         the municipality or county; providing an

13         effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section 202.24,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         202.24  Limitations on local taxes and fees imposed on

20  dealers of communications services.--

21         (4)  Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality or

22  county may not, by franchise agreement or ordinance, require

23  from a provider of cable services, or demand as a condition

24  for granting a cable franchise to a provider, in-kind

25  contributions or exchanges, including, but not limited to,

26  institutional networks or contributions to support the use or

27  construction of public, educational, or governmental access

28  facilities. Compliance with any provision in an ordinance or

29  cable franchise agreement effective on July 1, 2006, imposing

30  on a provider of cable services such mandatory in-kind

31  contributions or exchanges may be terminated at any time by

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1984
    21-1279-06




 1  the provider of cable services by serving a written notice of

 2  the termination on the municipality or county.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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 7    Prohibits a municipality or county from requiring from a
      provider of cable services certain in-kind contributions
 8    or exchanges as a condition for receiving or operating a
      cable franchise. Provides that compliance with a
 9    provision imposing such mandatory in-kind contributions
      or exchanges may be terminated after a specified date by
10    serving a written notice of the termination on the
      municipality or county.
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