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11 The Committee on Community Affairs (Siplin, Hill, and Dawson)
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 13. Basic cable service credits.--
19 (1) As used in this section, the term:
20 (a) "Basic cable service" means the same as in 47
21 U.S.C. s. 522(3).
22 (b) "Cable service provider" means the same as in s.
23 610.103(3), Florida Statutes.
24 (c) "Video service provider" means the same as in s.
25 610.103(12), Florida Statutes.
26 (2)(a) Effective September 1, 2008, every cable
27 service provider and every video service provider must provide
28 to a customer or a potential customer who meets the
29 eligibility criteria for participation in one or more benefit
30 programs described in subsection (3) or who satisfies an
31 income eligibility test of 135 percent or less of the federal
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1 poverty income guidelines, a credit of up to $13.50 each month
2 for receipt of basic cable service. The Office of Public
3 Counsel shall certify and maintain claims submitted by a
4 customer for eligibility under the income test authorized by
5 this subsection.
6 (b) Each cable service provider and video service
7 provider subject to this subsection shall provide to each
8 state and federal agency providing benefits to persons who are
9 eligible for basic cable service applications, brochures,
10 pamphlets, or other materials that inform the persons of their
11 eligibility for basic cable service and each state agency
12 providing the benefits shall furnish the materials to affected
13 persons at the time they apply for benefits.
14 (c) Each cable service provider and video service
15 provider customer receiving basic cable service benefits are
16 not subject to any residential basic cable service rate
17 increase otherwise authorized by law.
18 (d) By December 31, 2008, each state agency that
19 provides benefits to persons eligible for basic cable service
20 shall undertake, in cooperation with the Department of
21 Children and Family Services, the Department of Education, the
22 Office of Public Counsel, and each cable service provider and
23 video service provider basic cable services, the development
24 of procedures to promote Lifeline participation.
25 (3) A person is eligible for basic cable services if
26 he or she qualifies for and receives benefits from:
27 (a) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF);
28 (b) Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
29 (c) Food stamps;
30 (d) Medicaid;
31 (e) Federal public housing or subsidized housing
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1 assistance;
2 (f) The low-income home energy assistance program
3 (LIHEAP);
4 (g) The national school lunch program's free lunch
5 program; or
6 (h) Bureau of Indian Affairs programs.
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12 And the title is amended as follows:
13 On page 5, line 23, after the semicolon,
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16 creating basic cable service credits; providing
17 definitions; requiring every cable service
18 provider and every video service provider to
19 provide to each customer who meets the
20 eligibility criteria a specified credit for
21 each month for receipt of basic cable service;
22 requiring cable service providers and video
23 service providers to provide each state and
24 federal agency providing benefits to persons
25 eligible for basic cable service applications,
26 brochures, pamphlets, or other materials that
27 inform the persons of their eligibility for
28 basic cable service; prohibiting rate
29 increases;
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