Amendment ASA1-AB670

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 670

March 23, 2000 - Offered by Representatives Meyerhofer and Hoven.

AB670-ASA1,1,2 An Act to create 66.082 (3m) of the statutes; relating to: operation and costs of municipal cable television systems.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB670-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 66.082 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB670-ASA1,1,6 66.082 (3m) Municipal cable television system. (a) A municipality that owns and operates a cable television system shall prepare and maintain records that include all of the following:

AB670-ASA1,1,9 1. The cost of franchise fees, pole rentals and all other expenses that the municipality would incur were it a nonmunicipal cable operator that had been granted a franchise by the municipality.

AB670-ASA1,1,11 2. The amount, source and cost of working capital used for the municipal cable television system.

AB670-ASA1,2,3 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), a municipality that owns and operates a cable television system may not pass on the cost of the cable television system to nonsubscribers.

AB670-ASA1,2,4 (c) A municipality may pass on the cost of all of the following to nonsubscribers:

AB670-ASA1,2,5 1. Public educational and governmental access channels.

AB670-ASA1,2,7 2. Debt service on bonds issued under s. 66.059 to finance the construction, renovation or expansion of a municipal cable television system.

AB670-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

AB670-ASA1,2,10 (1) This act first applies to municipalities that begin operation of a municipal cable television system on the effective date of this subsection.

AB670-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. Effective date.

AB670-ASA1,2,13 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after publication.

AB670-ASA1,2,14 (End)