Each community antenna television company, as defined in section 16-1, shall provide any library serving the public and any school system, college or university, located in a part of the company's franchise area where service is available, with basic community antenna television service at no charge if such library, school system, college or university participates in educational or public access programming offered throughout the company's franchise area. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may exempt any company from providing such service at no charge if it would have an adverse impact on the company.
(P.A. 82-221, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-217, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 95-217 deleted Subsec. (b) re rate treatment for costs of service provided under former Subsec. (a); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.