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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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