Bill Text: CT SB00391 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Municipally Operated Education And Government Public Access Channels.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Energy and Technology [SB00391 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00391-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 391 |
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January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 1536 | ||||
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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Introduced by: |
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SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist. |
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPALLY OPERATED EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNELS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require any third-party nonprofit community access provider to, upon request from any town within its service territory, provide written consent for the town to:
(1) Operate education and government public access channels in that town; and
(2) Engage freely and directly with the community antenna television company providing services in such town to use their headend equipment for dissemination of town-specific community access programming on such channels.
Statement of Purpose:
To expand municipally operated education and government public access channels.