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2003 SESSION
SB 875 Telecommunications services; certificate.
Introduced by: William C. Wampler, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Telecommunications services; certificate. Creates a statutory procedure for cities and towns that operate a municipal electric utility and obtain a certificate to operate as a telephone utility to offer cable television services. Before offering cable television services, a locality is required to (i) hold a preliminary public hearing, (ii) hire a consultant to perform a feasibility study, (iii) hold public hearings on the feasibility study, (iv) determine whether such study finds that certain revenue requirements can be met, and (v) hold a referendum. The municipality shall establish a separate department for operation of cable television services, and establish an enterprise fund to account for the provision of such services, and cross-subsidization is prohibited. The requirements of clauses (i) through (v) will not apply to a locality that had obtained a certificate to operate as a telephone utility and installed a cable television headend prior to December 31, 2002.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/03 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 030020556 pdf
- 01/20/03 Senate: Committee substitute printed 030045556-S1 pdf
- 01/23/03 Senate: Printed as engrossed 030045556-ES1 pdf
- 02/24/03 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB875ER) pdf
- 03/27/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/03 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 030020556
- 01/08/03 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/20/03 Senate: Reported from C. & L. with substitute (12-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/20/03 Senate: Committee substitute printed 030045556-S1
- 01/22/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/03 Senate: Read second time
- 01/23/03 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/23/03 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 030045556-S1
- 01/23/03 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/23/03 Senate: Amendments by Sen. Wampler agreed to
- 01/23/03 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee sub w/amds. 030045556-ES1
- 01/23/03 Senate: Printed as engrossed 030045556-ES1
- 01/24/03 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/24/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/24/03 Senate: Communicated to House
- 01/29/03 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/29/03 House: Read first time
- 01/29/03 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/11/03 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/03 House: Read second time
- 02/14/03 House: Read third time
- 02/14/03 House: Passed House (96-Y 3-N)
- 02/14/03 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 3-N)
- 02/24/03 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB875ER)
- 02/26/03 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/03 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (effective 7/1/03)
- 03/27/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)