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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2007 ASSEMBLY BILL 207
April 17, 2007 - Offered by Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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6100.209 (title)
Cable television Video programming service subscriber
7rights.
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(1) (c) "Multichannel video provider" means an interim cable operator,
11as defined in s. 66.0420 (2) (n), video service provider, as defined in s. 66.0420 (2) (zg),
12or multichannel video programming distributor, as defined in
47 USC 522 (13).
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1(d) "Video programming" has the meaning given in s. 66.0420 (2) (x).
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(2) Rights. (a) A
cable operator multichannel video provider shall
4repair
cable video programming service within 72 hours after a subscriber reports
5a service interruption or requests the repair if the service interruption is not the
6result of a natural disaster.
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(b) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a
cable operator 8multichannel video provider shall give the subscriber a credit for one day of
cable 9video programming service if
cable
video programming service is interrupted for
10more than 4 hours in one day and the interruption is caused by the
cable operator 11multichannel video provider.
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(bm) Upon notification by a subscriber of a service interruption, a
cable
13operator multichannel video provider shall give the subscriber a credit for each hour
14that
cable video programming service is interrupted if
cable video programming 15service is interrupted for more than
4 24 hours
in one day and the interruption is
16not caused by the
cable operator multichannel video provider.
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(c) A
cable operator multichannel video provider shall give a subscriber at least
1830 days' advance written notice before deleting a program service from its
cable video
19programming service. A
cable operator multichannel video provider is not required
20to give the notice under this paragraph if the
cable operator multichannel video
21provider makes a channel change because of circumstances beyond the control of the
22cable operator multichannel video provider.
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(d) A
cable operator multichannel video provider shall give a subscriber at least
2430 days' advance written notice before instituting a rate increase.
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1(e) 1. A
cable operator multichannel video provider may not disconnect a
2subscriber's
cable video programming service, or a portion of that service, for failure
3to pay a bill until the unpaid bill is at least 45 days past due.
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2. If a
cable operator multichannel video provider intends to disconnect a
5subscriber's
cable video programming service, or a portion of that service, the
cable
6operator multichannel video provider shall give the subscriber at least 10 days'
7advance written notice of the disconnection. A
cable operator multichannel video
8provider is not required to give the notice under this subdivision if the disconnection
9is requested by the subscriber, is necessary to prevent theft of
cable video
10programming service or is necessary to reduce or prevent signal leakage, as
11described in
47 CFR 76.611.
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(3) Rules and local ordinances orders allowed. This section does
14not prohibit the department from promulgating a rule or from issuing an order
15consistent with its authority under this chapter that gives a subscriber greater rights
16than the rights under sub. (2)
or prohibit a city, village or town from enacting an
17ordinance that gives a subscriber greater rights than the rights under sub. (2).".