H.B. 149
         MUNICIPAL CABLE TELEVISION AND PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ACT

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 6 February 19, 2001 2:12 pm



Representative Darin Peterson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 8, Line 242:    After "(3)" insert "except as provided in Section 10-18-203,"

2.    Page 11, Line 322:    After line 322:
        "(6)(a) Notwithstanding Section 10-18-202 and Subsection (4), a legislative body of a municipality shall hold the public hearings required by this section and may approve the feasability study regardless of whether the results of the feasability study satisfy the revenue requirement of Subsection 10-18-202(3) if:
        (i) the municipality is located in a county of the fourth, fifth, or sixth class; and
        (ii) the feasibility study finds that within that municipality a private provider would not provide the proposed cable television service or proposed public telecommunications services.
        (b) If a legislative body of a municipality described in Subsection (6)(a) approves a feasability study and offers cable television service or public telecommunications services under this chapter, the municipality described in Subsection (6)(a) is exempt from Sections 10-18-301 and 10-18-302.
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