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SB420: Telephone utilities; cable service for those locally operated .
Chief Patron
Sen.
Phil Puckett (D-38)
Phil Puckett
(D-38)
Served: 1998–
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Status
01/08/2008: In Commerce and Labor Committee
Summary
Locally operated telephone utilities; cable service. Provides that a county, city, or town that has obtained a certificate to operate a telephone utility and that installed a cable television headend prior to December 31, 2002, is authorized to operate a cable television system or other multi-channel video programming service throughout the area in which it is authorized to operate telephone service. Currently, such localities are permitted to provide such services, but the areas wherein such services may be provided by the locality is not defined.
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