NY A07637 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on April 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Pending: Assembly Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on April 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Pending: Assembly Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
This bill requires the establishment of citizens' committee on cable television prior to granting or renewing a cable television franchise by a municipality.
Title
Requires the establishment of a citizens' committee on cable television prior to granting or renewing a cable television franchise by a municipality; such committee shall study and make recommendations on the requirement of the municipality for public education and local government programming; all such recommendations shall be included in the franchise agreement; eliminates the authority of counties to enter into franchise agreements with cable television systems; requires every municipality which charges cable television fees to annually put aside not less than $250,000 to be spent exclusively for the creation, operation and maintenance of a public access television station; requires cable television systems to post municipal franchise agreement on their internet websites.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2010-01-06 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions | |
2009-04-17 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |