{"law_id":"768682","section_number":"15.2-2108.20","catch_line":"Authority to grant negotiated cable franchises and regulate cable systems","history":"2006, cc. 73, 76.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-2108.20\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/15.2-2108.20\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.20","structure":{"1":{"id":"694","name":"Licensing And Regulation Of Cable Television Systems","identifier":"1.2","label":"article","url":"\/15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/"},"2":{"id":"591","name":"Franchises; Sale And Lease Of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","url":"\/15.2\/II\/21\/"},"3":{"id":"62","name":"Powers Of Local Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","url":"\/15.2\/II\/"},"4":{"id":"46","name":"Counties, Cities And Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","url":"\/15.2\/"}},"referred_to_by":[{"id":"783616","section_number":"56-466.1","catch_line":"Pole attachments; cable television systems and telecommunications service providers","url":"\/56-466.1\/"},{"id":"792523","section_number":"56-502","catch_line":"Regulation by State Corporation Commission","url":"\/56-502\/"}],"edition_id":"11","section_id":"768682","structure_id":"694","full_text":"A A locality may grant a negotiated cable franchise in accordance with Title VI of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 521 et seq., and this chapter.\r\rB A locality may, by ordinance, exercise all regulatory powers over cable systems granted by the Communications Act of 1934, except as limited by this article. These regulatory powers shall include the authority: (i) to enforce customer service standards in accordance with the Act; (ii) to enforce more stringent standards as agreed upon by the cable operator through the terms of a negotiated cable franchise; and (iii) to regulate the rates for basic cable service in accordance with the Act. A locality, however, shall not regulate cable operators, cable systems, or other facilities used to provide video programming through the adoption of ordinances or regulations (a) that are more onerous than ordinances or regulations adopted for existing cable operators; (b) that unreasonably prejudice or disadvantage any cable operator, whether existing or new; or (c) that are inconsistent with any provision of federal law or this article.\r\r","text":{"0":{"id":"2477567","text":"A locality may grant a negotiated cable franchise in accordance with Title VI of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 521 et seq., and this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1},"1":{"id":"2477568","text":"A locality may, by ordinance, exercise all regulatory powers over cable systems granted by the Communications Act of 1934, except as limited by this article. These regulatory powers shall include the authority: (i) to enforce customer service standards in accordance with the Act; (ii) to enforce more stringent standards as agreed upon by the cable operator through the terms of a negotiated cable franchise; and (iii) to regulate the rates for basic cable service in accordance with the Act. A locality, however, shall not regulate cable operators, cable systems, or other facilities used to provide video programming through the adoption of ordinances or regulations (a) that are more onerous than ordinances or regulations adopted for existing cable operators; (b) that unreasonably prejudice or disadvantage any cable operator, whether existing or new; or (c) that are inconsistent with any provision of federal law or this article.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"694","name":"Licensing And Regulation Of Cable Television Systems","identifier":"1.2","label":"article","url":"\/15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/"},"2":{"id":"591","name":"Franchises; Sale And Lease Of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","url":"\/15.2\/II\/21\/"},"3":{"id":"62","name":"Powers Of Local Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","url":"\/15.2\/II\/"},"4":{"id":"46","name":"Counties, Cities And Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","url":"\/15.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"785733","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.19","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-2108.19\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.19"},"1":{"id":"768682","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.20","catch_line":"Authority to grant negotiated cable franchises and regulate cable systems","url":"\/15.2-2108.20\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.20"},"2":{"id":"791795","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.21","catch_line":"Ordinance cable franchises","url":"\/15.2-2108.21\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.21"},"3":{"id":"792032","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.22","catch_line":"Regulation of fees, rates and services; penalties","url":"\/15.2-2108.22\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.22"},"4":{"id":"779262","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.23","catch_line":"Regulation of rights-of-way; fees","url":"\/15.2-2108.23\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.23"},"5":{"id":"782316","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.24","catch_line":"Regulation of facility construction or rights-of-way management requirements for certain cable operators","url":"\/15.2-2108.24\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.24"},"6":{"id":"789514","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.25","catch_line":"Itemization","url":"\/15.2-2108.25\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.25"},"7":{"id":"765485","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.26","catch_line":"Reciprocity","url":"\/15.2-2108.26\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.26"},"8":{"id":"778807","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.27","catch_line":"Modification","url":"\/15.2-2108.27\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.27"},"9":{"id":"786521","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.28","catch_line":"Transfer","url":"\/15.2-2108.28\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.28"},"10":{"id":"793453","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.29","catch_line":"Surrender","url":"\/15.2-2108.29\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.29"},"11":{"id":"791834","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.30","catch_line":"Renewal","url":"\/15.2-2108.30\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.30"},"12":{"id":"790096","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.31","catch_line":"Article construed","url":"\/15.2-2108.31\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.31"},"13":{"id":"793932","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.32","catch_line":"Application of article to certain localities","url":"\/15.2-2108.32\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.32"}},"previous_section":{"id":"785733","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.19","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-2108.19\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.19"},"next_section":{"id":"791795","structure_id":"694","section_number":"15.2-2108.21","catch_line":"Ordinance cable franchises","url":"\/15.2-2108.21\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.2\/15.2-2108.21"},"references":[{"id":"785733","section_number":"15.2-2108.19","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-2108.19\/"},{"id":"791795","section_number":"15.2-2108.21","catch_line":"Ordinance cable franchises","url":"\/15.2-2108.21\/"}],"formats":{"txt":"\/15.2-2108.20.txt","json":"\/15.2-2108.20.json","xml":"\/15.2-2108.20.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to grant negotiated cable franchises and regulate cable systems","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2108.20","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO GRANT NEGOTIATED CABLE FRANCHISES AND REGULATE CABLE SYSTEMS (\u00a7\n15.2-2108.20)\n\nA. A locality may grant a negotiated cable franchise in accordance with Title VI\nof the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 521 et seq., and\nthis chapter.\n\nB. A locality may, by ordinance, exercise all regulatory powers over cable\nsystems granted by the Communications Act of 1934, except as limited by this\narticle. These regulatory powers shall include the authority: (i) to enforce\ncustomer service standards in accordance with the Act; (ii) to enforce more\nstringent standards as agreed upon by the cable operator through the terms of a\nnegotiated cable franchise; and (iii) to regulate the rates for basic cable\nservice in accordance with the Act. A locality, however, shall not regulate\ncable operators, cable systems, or other facilities used to provide video\nprogramming through the adoption of ordinances or regulations (a) that are more\nonerous than ordinances or regulations adopted for existing cable operators; (b)\nthat unreasonably prejudice or disadvantage any cable operator, whether existing\nor new; or (c) that are inconsistent with any provision of federal law or this\narticle.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, cc. 73, 76."}