Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 998
                        Barcode 730368
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11  The Committee on Community Affairs (Garcia) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 25, lines, 5-30, delete those lines
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18         610.108  Customer service standards.--
19         (1)  All cable or video service providers shall comply
20  with customer service requirements in 47 C.F.R. s. 76.309(c).
21         (2)  Any municipality or county that as of January 1,
22  2007, has an office or department dedicated to responding to
23  cable or video service customer complaints may continue to
24  respond to such complaints until July 1, 2009. Beginning on
25  July 1, 2009, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
26  Services shall have the sole authority to respond to all cable
27  or video service customer complaints. This provision shall not
28  be construed to permit the municipality, county, or department
29  to impose customer service standards inconsistent with the
30  requirements in 47 C.F.R. s. 76.309(c).
31         (3)  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 998 Barcode 730368 1 Services shall receive service quality complaints from 2 customers of a cable or video service provider and shall 3 address such complaints in an expeditious manner by assisting 4 in the resolution of such complaint between the complainant 5 and the cable or video service provider. The Department of 6 Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt any procedural 7 rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to 8 implement this section, but shall not have any authority to 9 impose any customer service requirements inconsistent with 10 those contained in 47 C.F.R. s. 76.309(c). 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 1:33 PM 04/12/07 s0998.ca40.0aa