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§8304.__Petition; regulation |
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| | | 1.__Petition and review.__Within 60 days of receiving notice | | of a final proposed increase in a rate or change in a product or | | service pursuant to section 8303, subsection 1, paragraph D, 10 | | or more customers affected by the increase or change may file a | | petition with the commission to review the increase or change.__ | | In response to the petition, the commission may review the | | increase or change to assess its reasonableness.__If the petition | | is signed by 25 or more customers, the commission shall review | | the increase or change. |
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| | | 2.__Commission review.__If the commission, in its review under | | subsection 1 of a final proposed increase in a rate or change in | | a product or service finds that the increase or change is | | unreasonable or poses an unreasonable hardship on customers, the | | commission shall petition the Federal Communications Commission: |
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| | | A. To stay the unreasonable increase or change pending | | review by the Federal Communications Commission; and |
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| | | B. To evaluate the commission's findings and recommendations | | on the matter and to direct the cable system operator and, | | as applicable, the franchising authority to revise the | | increase or change in accordance with the commission's | | recommendations. |
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| | | The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this | | chapter.__Rules adopted pursuant to this chapter are routine | | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2- | | A. |
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| | | §8306.__Cable system assessment; fund; distribution |
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| | | The Cable Regulation Reimbursement Fund is established as a | | nonlapsing fund to provide funds to pay the costs incurred by the | | commission and municipalities in regulating the rates, products | | and services of cable systems.__The commission shall assess cable | | system operators in an equitable manner to provide necessary | | funds for the Cable Regulation Reimbursement Fund.__The | | commission shall by January 1st of each year provide an | | accounting of its assessments under this section and the amounts | | spent by the commission and distributed to municipalities.__The | | commission by rule shall establish the standards and procedures | | for the disbursement of funds to municipalities under this | | section. |
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