Bill Text: HI SB583 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Cable Television Systems; PEG Access Organization; Olelo; Audit
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-14 - (H) Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 605). [SB583 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB583-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 440G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§440G- Designation of access organizations for public, educational, or governmental access channels. (a) The director may designate an access organization to oversee the development, operation, supervision, management, production, and broadcasting of programs of public, educational, or governmental access facilities obtained under section 440G-8; provided that the designation shall be exempt from chapter 103D.
(b) No access organization shall be designated except upon written application or proposal to the director, and following a public hearing on each island within the local franchise area that provides opportunity for input from the public.
(c) In determining whether to make a designation, the director shall consider:
(1) The content of the application or proposal;
(2) The public need for the proposed service;
(3) The ability and experience of the applicant to offer public, educational, or government programming broadcast services;
(4) The suitability of the applicant;
(5) The financial responsibility of the applicant;
(6) The technical and operational ability of the applicant to efficiently perform the services for which the designation is requested;
(7) Any objections arising from the public hearing, the cable advisory committee, or elsewhere; and
(8) Any other matters as the director deems appropriate under the circumstances.
(d) The director may require an applicant to provide information on its processes for selecting members of its board of directors; provided that the director shall have no authority to require that an applicant amend its selection processes as a condition of designation.
(e) An applicant shall provide information regarding its past performance and any proposed practices for ensuring that the public, educational, or governmental access facilities support diversity of viewpoints and uphold the public's right of free speech.
(f) The director shall ensure that the terms and conditions required of the operation of an access organization designated under subsection (a) are fair to the public, taking into account the geographic, topographic, and economic characteristics of the service area and the economics of providing cable access in the service area.
(g) Any decision designating, modifying, or rescinding a designation of an access organization or the requirements therefor shall first be submitted to the cable advisory committee for advice under section 440G-13.
(h) The director shall establish the requirements for the designation of an access organization pursuant to rules adopted under chapter 91."
SECTION 2. Section 440G-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§440G-13 Cable advisory committee. (a) There is established the cable advisory committee. The committee shall consist of five members appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34.
The committee shall advise [the]:
(1) The director [and],
cable operators, and access organizations on matters within the
jurisdiction of this chapter at the request of the director [or],
any cable operator[.], or any access organization; and
(2) The director on any decision designating, modifying, or rescinding a designation of an access organization or the requirements therefor, as provided in section 440G- .
(b) The members of the committee shall serve without pay but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses while attending meetings and while in discharge of their duties."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2011.
Report Title:
Cable Television Systems; PEG Access Organizations
Description:
Allows the director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to designate an access organization to oversee public, educational, and governmental channels on cable television. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB583 HD1)
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