Amendment AA3-ASA1-AB207

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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 3, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2007 ASSEMBLY BILL 207

April 17, 2007 - Offered by Committee on Energy and Utilities.

AB207-ASA1-AA3,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

AB207-ASA1-AA3,1,7 1. Page 8, line 9: delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute "is one of the 10 largest video service providers in the United States as determined by data collected and reported by the FCC or by information available to the public through a national trade association representing cable operators, or has a parent corporation that is one of the largest video service providers in the United States as measured by the total number of video service subscribers nationally.".

AB207-ASA1-AA3,1,8 2. Page 12, line 1: delete "$1,000" and substitute "$2,000".

AB207-ASA1-AA3,1,10 3. Page 13, line 10: delete "telecommunications utility" and substitute "large telecommunications video service provider".

AB207-ASA1-AA3,2,2 4. Page 18, line 22: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 19, line 3, and substitute:

AB207-ASA1-AA3,2,22 "(d) Duties of interim cable providers and video service providers. 1. If a municipality requires an interim cable operator or video service provider to provide capacity for PEG channels under par. (a), the interim cable operator or video service provider shall be required to provide transmission capacity sufficient to connect the interim cable operator's or video service provider's headend or video hub office to the municipality's PEG access channel origination points existing as of the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date]. A municipality shall permit the interim cable operator or video service provider to determine the most economically and technologically efficient means of providing such transmission capacity. If a municipality requests that such a PEG access channel origination point be relocated, the interim cable operator or video service provider shall be required to provide only the first 200 feet of transmission line that is necessary to connect the interim cable operator or video service provider's headend or video hub office to such origination point. A municipality shall be liable for the costs of construction of such a transmission line beyond the first 200 feet and for any construction costs associated with additional origination points, but not for the costs associated with the transmission of PEG programming over such line. The interim cable operator or video service provider may recover its costs to provide transmission capacity under this subdivision by identifying and collecting a "PEG Transport Fee" as a separate line item on customer bills.".

AB207-ASA1-AA3,2,23 (End)