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AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR THE REGULATION OF CABLE TELEVISION RATES PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND THE CABLE TELEVISION CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMPETITION ACT OF 1992.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that:
SECTION 1: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
(A) On the 22nd day of November, 1966, the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas passed and adopted Ordinance No. 1142 granting to Jonesboro Cable Television the nonexclusive right to construct, own, and operate a cable television system in the City. On October 6, 1980, Jonesboro Cable Television, Inc. changed its name to East Arkansas Cablevision, Inc. On April 1, 1985 Jonesboro assigned the franchise to East Arkansas Cablevision, Inc. Thereafter, East Arkansas Cablevision, Inc. assigned the franchise to Telecommunications, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Grantee").
(B) The Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 ("1992 Cable Act") was enacted on October 5, 1992, and became effective on December 4, 1992. The 1992 Cable Act amends the Cable communications Policy Act of 1984 and, in particular, Section 623 (47 U.S.C. 543) governing the regulation of rates charged by cable television operators.
(C) On April 1, 1993, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rate regulations pursuant to the 1992 Cable Act. These FCC rate regulations were released May 3, 1993, and became effective September 1, 1993.
(D) Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Part 76.900, Subpart N, Section 76.910, on the 8th day of September, 1993, the City submitted FCC Form 328--Certification for Local Franchising Authorities--to the FCC via Registered Mail, Return Receipt Requested. Pursuant to Section 76.910, the date on the return receipt, September 13, 1993, is to be considered the date filed. A copy of FCC Form 328 was also served on Grantee on September 8, 1993, the same day it was filed with the FCC.
(E) Pursuant to Section 76.910...
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