LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION
OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA

CHAPTER 82

CITY CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISES

S.F. 168   Bill History

AN ACT relating to the granting of additional cable television franchises by a city.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Section 1. Section 364.2, subsection 4, Code 2001, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:

NEW PARAGRAPH. g. If a city grants more than one cable television franchise, the material terms and conditions of any additional franchise shall not give undue preference or advantage to the new franchisee. A city shall not grant a new franchise that does not include the same territory as that of the existing franchise. A new franchisee shall be given a reasonable period of time to build the new system throughout the territory.

Approved April 26, 2001



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