| 1 | Representative(s) Traviesa offered the following: |
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| 3 | Title amendment to Amendment (833859) |
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| 5 | ======== T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======== |
| 6 | Remove line(s) 1128-1174 and insert: |
| 7 | 610.116, 610.117, and 610.118, F.S.; designating the Department |
| 8 | of State as the franchising authority for cable service |
| 9 | ordinances or statutory franchises; prohibiting counties or |
| 10 | municipalities from granting new cable service franchises after |
| 11 | a certain date; providing definitions; authorizing |
| 12 | municipalities and counties to enact standard cable service |
| 13 | ordinances under certain circumstances; providing ordinance |
| 14 | requirements, procedures, and limitations; providing for |
| 15 | issuance of a statutory certificate of franchise authority |
| 16 | issued by the Department of State under certain circumstances; |
| 17 | specifying required provisions of standard cable service |
| 18 | franchise ordinances; providing for optional provisions of such |
| 19 | ordinances; providing requirements; specifying an application |
| 20 | process for statutory certificates of franchise authority; |
| 21 | providing requirements; authorizing the department to adopt |
| 22 | rules; authorizing the department to revoke certificates under |
| 23 | certain circumstances; specifying eligibility criteria and |
| 24 | requirements for certain cable providers for franchise authority |
| 25 | for cable service ordinances or statutory certificates; |
| 26 | prohibiting the department from imposing taxes, fees, or charges |
| 27 | on a cable service provider to issue a certificate; prohibiting |
| 28 | imposing buildout requirements on a certificateholder; |
| 29 | specifying certain customer service standards; requiring |
| 30 | certificateholders to make cable service available at certain |
| 31 | public buildings under certain circumstances; requiring the |
| 32 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to receive |
| 33 | customer service complaints; requiring provision of public, |
| 34 | educational, and governmental access channels or capacity |
| 35 | equivalent; providing criteria, requirements, and procedures; |
| 36 | providing exceptions; providing responsibilities of |
| 37 | municipalities and counties relating to such channels; providing |
| 38 | for enforcement; requiring certificateholders to pay a portion |
| 39 | of certain monthly revenues to municipalities or counties for a |
| 40 | certain period of time; providing for continuing such payments |
| 41 | pursuant to local government approval; authorizing continued |
| 42 | payments to be itemized; providing criteria for such payments; |
| 43 | providing requirements for and limitations on counties and |
| 44 | municipalities relating to access to public right-of-way; |
| 45 | prohibiting counties and municipalities from imposing additional |
| 46 | requirements on certificateholders; authorizing counties and |
| 47 | municipalities to require permits of certificateholders relating |
| 48 | to public right-of-way; providing permit criteria and |
| 49 | requirements; prohibiting discrimination between cable service |
| 50 | subscribers; providing for enforcement; providing for |
| 51 | determinations of violations; providing for enforcement of |
| 52 | compliance by certificateholders; requiring the Office of |
| 53 | Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to report |
| 54 | to the Legislature on the status of competition in the cable |
| 55 | service industry; providing applicability to competitive video |
| 56 | programming services; providing report requirements; providing |
| 57 | severability; repealing s. 166.046, F.S., |