{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/15.2-2108.22.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/15.2-2108.22.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/15.2-2108.22.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/15.2-2108.22.html"}],"law_id":63465,"edition_id":1,"section_id":63465,"structure_id":15701,"section_number":"15.2-2108.22","catch_line":"Regulation of fees, rates and services; penalties","history":"2006, cc. 73, 76.","full_text":"Upon receiving a notice requesting an ordinance cable franchise pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2108.21, a locality shall adopt or maintain one or more ordinances that govern a cable operator who provides cable service under an ordinance cable franchise. The requirements of any specific provision in any such ordinance shall not exceed the requirements imposed in the same provision, if any, in any existing cable franchise within the locality. Such ordinance or ordinances, which shall be adopted after a public hearing, shall:\n\n1\n\nRequire a cable operator to provide the locality with access to a number of public, educational, and governmental access channels, equal to the lowest number of such channels provided by any other cable operator in the same franchise area of the locality. If the existing cable operator provides less than three such public, educational, and governmental access channels pursuant to a franchise agreement, the locality may require each cable operator to provide up to three such channels. Any additional channels provided subject to this provision shall be subject to the reclamation formula set forth below. In addition, a locality may, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing, require a cable operator to interconnect with any other cable operator to ensure the carriage of required public, educational, and governmental access channels; if the new cable operator and all existing cable operators cannot agree to an interconnection agreement within 180 days of a request to interconnect by the new cable operator, then the locality is authorized to determine an interconnection point. The locality or its designee shall assume responsibility for management, operation, and programming of such channels. A locality that substantially utilizes its existing public, educational, and governmental access channels may require a reasonable number of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels by the enactment of an ordinance, after a public hearing, so long as (i) the ordinance applies equally to all providers of cable service within a franchise area, (ii) the total number of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels does not exceed three channels in the basic service tier, and (iii) the total number of public, educational, and governmental access channels shall not exceed seven channels in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but consistent with federal law, the locality and a cable operator may enter into written agreements for the carriage of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels, including other arrangements for the carriage of such programming. Any additional public, educational, and governmental access channel provided pursuant to this article that is not utilized by the locality for at least eight hours a day shall no longer be made available to the locality, but may be programmed at the cable operator’s discretion. At such time as the locality can certify to the cable operator a schedule for at least eight hours of daily programming for a period of three months, the cable operator shall restore the previously re-allocated channel. For purposes of this subdivision, a public, educational, and governmental access channel shall be considered to be substantially utilized when 12 hours are programmed on that channel each calendar day; in addition, at least 33% of the 12 hours of programming for each business day on average over each calendar quarter must be nonrepeat programming. For purposes of this subdivision, nonrepeat programming shall include the first three videocastings of a program and shall include programming on other public, educational, and governmental access channels in that locality. Programming for purposes of determining substantial utilization shall not include an alphanumeric scroll, except that for purposes of requiring one or more additional public, educational, and governmental access channels, an alphanumeric scroll shall be included as programming on not more than one channel;2\n\nRequire a cable operator to pay a franchise fee, remitted on the same schedule as the least frequent schedule of an existing cable operator, but no more frequently than quarterly, calculated by multiplying a franchise fee percentage rate by the cable operator’s gross revenues in such franchise area for the remittance period; however, the franchise fee rate shall (i) not exceed 5% of such gross revenues and (ii) not exceed the lowest franchise fee rate paid or provided by an existing cable operator in the locality. The locality may further require that the cable operator make the franchise fee payments to the locality no later than 45 days following the end of the remittance period and require that the franchise fee payment be submitted with a brief report prepared by a duly authorized representative of the cable operator showing the basis for the computation. The locality shall have the right to reasonably require further supporting information that does not exceed the information required to be provided by existing cable operators in the locality;3\n\nRequire a cable operator to pay a recurring fee, hereafter referred to as the PEG Capital Fee, to support the capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, provided that the PEG Capital Fee is equal to the lowest recurring fee imposed on a per subscriber or a percentage of gross revenue basis and paid by any existing cable operator in the locality to support the capital costs of such facilities. The PEG Capital Fee shall only be imposed on a per subscriber or a percentage of gross revenue basis. If the existing cable operator has paid a lump sum capital grant at award or renewal of its current franchise, or is providing in-kind equipment in lieu of such a capital grant, to support public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, the locality, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing, shall also impose an additional monthly recurring fee to be known as the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee on the new cable operator equal to the lower of (i) 1.5% of the new cable operator’s gross revenues derived from the operation of its cable system in that locality or (ii) the lowest amount of capital contribution paid or provided in-kind, as shown on the books of the cable operator, by an existing cable operator in the locality (a) when such capital contribution is amortized over the term of the existing cable operator’s franchise and (b) divided by the number of subscribers or annual gross revenue of the existing cable operator as shown on its most recent report to the locality, depending on recovery methodology chosen by the locality. Both the PEG Capital Fee and the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee may only be collected by the locality for the remainder of the shortest remaining franchise term of any existing cable operator in the locality; however, at the end of such term the locality may negotiate with all cable operators to set a new, recurring fee to support the reasonable and necessary capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, that shall be imposed on all cable operators such that the fee applies equally to all of the customers of all cable operators in the locality. At the end of such term, no cable operator shall be required to provide any further in-kind public, educational, and governmental access channels, including institutional network, support. If the cable operators and the locality cannot agree on such a recurring capital cost fee, the locality, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing, may impose a recurring fee, calculated on a per subscriber or percentage of gross revenue basis, to support the reasonable and necessary capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks; however, such fee may not exceed the PEG Capital Fee previously imposed on cable operators by the locality. Any and all fees permitted under this subdivision shall be paid by the cable operator to the locality on the same schedule as franchise fees are paid. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit a locality to require cable operators to pay capital grants at the time of the grant or renewal of a franchise or otherwise except for the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee specifically provided in this subdivision;4\n\nRequire a cable operator to comply with the customer service requirements imposed by the locality pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 552(a) (1) and this article through the adoption of an ordinance after a public hearing. Any customer service requirements imposed by the locality that exceed the requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 U.S.C. § 552(b) shall (i) not be designed so that the cable operator cannot also comply with any other customer service requirements under state or federal law or regulation applicable to the cable operator in its provision of other services over the same network used to provide cable service, (ii) be no more stringent than the customer service requirements applied to other cable operators in the franchise area, and (iii) be reasonably tailored to achieve appropriate customer service goals based on the technology used by the cable operator to provide cable service;5\n\nAdopt procedures by which it will enforce the provisions of this article and the applicable mandatory requirements of 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Such procedures shall require the locality to: (i) informally discuss the matter with the cable operator in the event that the locality believes that a cable operator has not complied with this article or the applicable mandatory requirements of 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 and (ii) notify the cable operator in writing of the exact nature of the alleged noncompliance if the discussions described in the foregoing clause (i) do not lead to resolution of the alleged noncompliance. The cable operator shall have 15 days from receipt of this written notice to: (a) respond to the locality, if the cable operator contests, in whole or in part, the assertion of noncompliance; (b) cure such default; or (c) in the event that, by the nature of default, such default cannot be cured within the 15-day period, initiate reasonable steps to remedy such default and notify the locality of the steps being taken and the projected date that they will be completed. The locality shall schedule a public hearing in the event that the cable operator fails to respond to the written notice pursuant to these procedures or in the event that the alleged default is not remedied within 30 days of the date projected above if the locality intends to continue its investigation into the default. The locality shall provide the cable operator at least 30 business days prior written notice of such hearing, which will specify the time, place, and purpose of such hearing, and provide the cable operator the opportunity to be heard;6\n\nAdopt a schedule of uniform penalties or liquidated damages that it may impose upon any cable operator with an ordinance cable franchise when the locality determines that the cable operator has failed to materially comply with (i) customer service standards; (ii) carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels; (iii) reporting requirements; or (iv) timely and full payment of the franchise fee or the fee assessed for the provision of public, educational, or governmental access channels, including institutional networks. Any penalty or liquidated damage for any of the foregoing violations shall be the same penalty or liquidated damage already established for a cable operator in the same franchise area, if any. In addition, a locality shall not impose any penalty or liquidated damage adopted pursuant to this subdivision until the cable operator has been afforded a reasonable cure period between the time the cable operator is notified of the violation and the penalty or liquidated damage is imposed. A separate violation for purposes of this article and the ordinances passed to implement this article as it pertains to customer service standards shall be deemed to occur whenever the locality reasonably determines that a separate customer service standard violation has occurred on one day; however, the cable operator shall not be charged with multiple violations for a single act or event affecting one or more subscribers on the same day. The locality may charge interest at the legal rate as set forth in § 6.2-301 for any amounts due the locality by the cable operator in clause (iv) of this subdivision that remain unpaid and undisputed;7\n\nAdopt procedures under which the locality may inspect and audit, upon 30 days prior written notice, the books and records of the cable operator and recompute any amounts determined to be payable under the ordinances adopted pursuant to this article. The procedures adopted by the locality shall not exceed the following requirements: (i) the locality may require the cable operator to make available to the locality all records reasonably necessary to confirm the accurate payment of fees; (ii) the locality may require the cable operator to bear the locality’s reasonable out-of-pocket audit expenses if the audit discloses an underpayment of more than 3% of any quarterly payment, but not less than $5,000; (iii) the locality may require the cable operator to pay any additional undisputed amounts due to the locality as a result of the audit within 30 days following written notice by the locality to the cable operator; (iv) in the event the cable operator disputes any underpayment discovered as the result of an audit conducted by the locality, the locality shall work together with the cable operator in good faith to promptly resolve such dispute; (v) the locality shall provide that the cable operator and the locality maintain all rights and remedies available at law regarding any disputed amounts; (vi) the locality shall have no more than three years from the time the cable operator delivers a payment to provide a written, detailed objection to or dispute of that payment, and if the locality fails to object to or dispute the payment within that time period, the locality shall be barred from objecting to or disputing it after that time period; and (vii) the locality shall not audit a cable operator more frequently than every 24 months;8\n\nAdopt reasonable reporting requirements for annual financial information and quarterly customer service information that must be provided by a cable operator to the locality so long as such information does not exceed the reporting requirements for any existing cable operator in that locality;9\n\nRequire cable operators to provide, without charge, within the area actually served by the cable operator, one cable service outlet activated for basic cable service to each fire station, public school, police station, public library, and any other local government building. The ordinance shall apply equally to all providers of cable services in the locality, but shall not apply in cases where it is not technically feasible for a cable operator to comply;10\n\nSubject to § 15.2-2108.24, adopt requirements and procedures for (i) the management of the public rights-of-way that do not exceed the standards set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection C of § 56-462 and (ii) the construction of a cable system in the public rights-of-way;11\n\nAdopt the following allocation procedure if cable services subject to a franchise fee, or any other fee determined by a percentage of the cable operator’s gross revenues in a locality, are provided to subscribers in conjunction with other services: the fee shall be applied only to the value of these cable services, as reflected on the books and records of the cable operator in accordance with rules, regulations, standards, or orders of the Federal Communications Commission or the State Corporation Commission, or generally accepted accounting principles. Any discounts resulting from purchasing the services as a bundle shall be reasonably allocated between the respective services that constitute the bundled transaction; and12\n\nRequire cable operators to make cable service available to (i) up to all of the occupied residential dwelling units in the initial service area selected by cable operator within no less than three years of the date of the grant of the franchise and (ii) no more than 65% of the residential dwelling units in the area in the locality in which the cable operator has its telephone facilities, within no less than seven years of the date of the grant of the franchise. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, a cable operator shall not be required to make cable service available: (a) for periods of force majeure; (b) for periods of delay caused by the locality; (c) for periods of delay resulting from the cable operator’s inability to obtain authority to access rights-of-way in the service area; (d) in areas where developments or buildings are subject to claimed exclusive arrangements; (e) in developments or buildings that the cable operator cannot access under industry standard terms and conditions after good faith negotiation; (f) in developments or buildings that the cable operator is unable to provide cable service for technical reasons or that require facilities that are not available or cannot be deployed on a commercially reasonable basis; (g) in areas where it is not technically feasible to provide cable service due to the technology used by the cable operator to provide cable service; (h) in areas where the average occupied residential household density is less than 30 occupied residential dwelling units per mile as measured in strand footage from the nearest technically feasible point on the cable operator’s active cable system (or such higher average density number as may be contained in an existing cable operator’s cable franchise); and (i) when the cable operator’s prior service, payment, or theft of service history with a subscriber or potential subscriber has been unfavorable. Should, through new construction, an area within the cable operator’s service area meet the density requirement, a cable operator shall, subject to the exclusions in this subdivision, provide cable service to such area within six months of receiving notice from the locality that the density requirements have been met. A locality may not require a cable operator using its telephone facilities to provide cable service to provide any cable service outside of the area in the locality in which the cable operator has its telephone facilities. During the 12-month period commencing after the seventh-year anniversary date of the grant of the franchise, a locality may, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing in which the locality specifically finds that such a requirement is necessary to promote competition in cable services within the locality, require the cable operator to make service available to no more than 80% of the residential dwelling units in the area in the locality in which the cable operator has its telephone facilities within no less than 10 years of the date of the grant of the franchise, subject to the exclusions in clauses (a) through (i) of this subdivision. If the cable operator notifies the locality that it is unwilling to accept this additional service availability requirement, the locality may, after notice and public hearing, terminate the cable operator’s ordinance cable franchise. The cable operator shall file a certificate at its third and seventh, and if applicable, tenth, anniversary dates certifying its compliance with the foregoing service requirements. For purposes of an ordinance cable franchise, the date of the grant of the franchise shall be the date the notice required by § 15.2-2108.21 is filed with the locality. For purposes of a negotiated cable franchise, the date of the grant of the franchise shall be the date the respective locality has granted a negotiated cable franchise pursuant to § 15.2-2108.20.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":231238,"text":"Upon receiving a notice requesting an ordinance cable franchise pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2108.21, a locality shall adopt or maintain one or more ordinances that govern a cable operator who provides cable service under an ordinance cable franchise. The requirements of any specific provision in any such ordinance shall not exceed the requirements imposed in the same provision, if any, in any existing cable franchise within the locality. Such ordinance or ordinances, which shall be adopted after a public hearing, shall:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":231239,"text":"Require a cable operator to provide the locality with access to a number of public, educational, and governmental access channels, equal to the lowest number of such channels provided by any other cable operator in the same franchise area of the locality. If the existing cable operator provides less than three such public, educational, and governmental access channels pursuant to a franchise agreement, the locality may require each cable operator to provide up to three such channels. Any additional channels provided subject to this provision shall be subject to the reclamation formula set forth below. In addition, a locality may, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing, require a cable operator to interconnect with any other cable operator to ensure the carriage of required public, educational, and governmental access channels; if the new cable operator and all existing cable operators cannot agree to an interconnection agreement within 180 days of a request to interconnect by the new cable operator, then the locality is authorized to determine an interconnection point. The locality or its designee shall assume responsibility for management, operation, and programming of such channels. A locality that substantially utilizes its existing public, educational, and governmental access channels may require a reasonable number of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels by the enactment of an ordinance, after a public hearing, so long as (i) the ordinance applies equally to all providers of cable service within a franchise area, (ii) the total number of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels does not exceed three channels in the basic service tier, and (iii) the total number of public, educational, and governmental access channels shall not exceed seven channels in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but consistent with federal law, the locality and a cable operator may enter into written agreements for the carriage of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels, including other arrangements for the carriage of such programming. Any additional public, educational, and governmental access channel provided pursuant to this article that is not utilized by the locality for at least eight hours a day shall no longer be made available to the locality, but may be programmed at the cable operator’s discretion. At such time as the locality can certify to the cable operator a schedule for at least eight hours of daily programming for a period of three months, the cable operator shall restore the previously re-allocated channel. For purposes of this subdivision, a public, educational, and governmental access channel shall be considered to be substantially utilized when 12 hours are programmed on that channel each calendar day; in addition, at least 33% of the 12 hours of programming for each business day on average over each calendar quarter must be nonrepeat programming. For purposes of this subdivision, nonrepeat programming shall include the first three videocastings of a program and shall include programming on other public, educational, and governmental access channels in that locality. Programming for purposes of determining substantial utilization shall not include an alphanumeric scroll, except that for purposes of requiring one or more additional public, educational, and governmental access channels, an alphanumeric scroll shall be included as programming on not more than one channel;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":231240,"text":"Require a cable operator to pay a franchise fee, remitted on the same schedule as the least frequent schedule of an existing cable operator, but no more frequently than quarterly, calculated by multiplying a franchise fee percentage rate by the cable operator’s gross revenues in such franchise area for the remittance period; however, the franchise fee rate shall (i) not exceed 5% of such gross revenues and (ii) not exceed the lowest franchise fee rate paid or provided by an existing cable operator in the locality. The locality may further require that the cable operator make the franchise fee payments to the locality no later than 45 days following the end of the remittance period and require that the franchise fee payment be submitted with a brief report prepared by a duly authorized representative of the cable operator showing the basis for the computation. The locality shall have the right to reasonably require further supporting information that does not exceed the information required to be provided by existing cable operators in the locality;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":231241,"text":"Require a cable operator to pay a recurring fee, hereafter referred to as the PEG Capital Fee, to support the capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, provided that the PEG Capital Fee is equal to the lowest recurring fee imposed on a per subscriber or a percentage of gross revenue basis and paid by any existing cable operator in the locality to support the capital costs of such facilities. The PEG Capital Fee shall only be imposed on a per subscriber or a percentage of gross revenue basis. If the existing cable operator has paid a lump sum capital grant at award or renewal of its current franchise, or is providing in-kind equipment in lieu of such a capital grant, to support public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, the locality, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing, shall also impose an additional monthly recurring fee to be known as the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee on the new cable operator equal to the lower of (i) 1.5% of the new cable operator’s gross revenues derived from the operation of its cable system in that locality or (ii) the lowest amount of capital contribution paid or provided in-kind, as shown on the books of the cable operator, by an existing cable operator in the locality (a) when such capital contribution is amortized over the term of the existing cable operator’s franchise and (b) divided by the number of subscribers or annual gross revenue of the existing cable operator as shown on its most recent report to the locality, depending on recovery methodology chosen by the locality. Both the PEG Capital Fee and the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee may only be collected by the locality for the remainder of the shortest remaining franchise term of any existing cable operator in the locality; however, at the end of such term the locality may negotiate with all cable operators to set a new, recurring fee to support the reasonable and necessary capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, that shall be imposed on all cable operators such that the fee applies equally to all of the customers of all cable operators in the locality. At the end of such term, no cable operator shall be required to provide any further in-kind public, educational, and governmental access channels, including institutional network, support. If the cable operators and the locality cannot agree on such a recurring capital cost fee, the locality, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing, may impose a recurring fee, calculated on a per subscriber or percentage of gross revenue basis, to support the reasonable and necessary capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks; however, such fee may not exceed the PEG Capital Fee previously imposed on cable operators by the locality. Any and all fees permitted under this subdivision shall be paid by the cable operator to the locality on the same schedule as franchise fees are paid. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit a locality to require cable operators to pay capital grants at the time of the grant or renewal of a franchise or otherwise except for the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee specifically provided in this subdivision;","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":231242,"text":"Require a cable operator to comply with the customer service requirements imposed by the locality pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 552(a) (1) and this article through the adoption of an ordinance after a public hearing. Any customer service requirements imposed by the locality that exceed the requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 U.S.C. § 552(b) shall (i) not be designed so that the cable operator cannot also comply with any other customer service requirements under state or federal law or regulation applicable to the cable operator in its provision of other services over the same network used to provide cable service, (ii) be no more stringent than the customer service requirements applied to other cable operators in the franchise area, and (iii) be reasonably tailored to achieve appropriate customer service goals based on the technology used by the cable operator to provide cable service;","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"5":{"id":231243,"text":"Adopt procedures by which it will enforce the provisions of this article and the applicable mandatory requirements of 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Such procedures shall require the locality to: (i) informally discuss the matter with the cable operator in the event that the locality believes that a cable operator has not complied with this article or the applicable mandatory requirements of 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 and (ii) notify the cable operator in writing of the exact nature of the alleged noncompliance if the discussions described in the foregoing clause (i) do not lead to resolution of the alleged noncompliance. The cable operator shall have 15 days from receipt of this written notice to: (a) respond to the locality, if the cable operator contests, in whole or in part, the assertion of noncompliance; (b) cure such default; or (c) in the event that, by the nature of default, such default cannot be cured within the 15-day period, initiate reasonable steps to remedy such default and notify the locality of the steps being taken and the projected date that they will be completed. The locality shall schedule a public hearing in the event that the cable operator fails to respond to the written notice pursuant to these procedures or in the event that the alleged default is not remedied within 30 days of the date projected above if the locality intends to continue its investigation into the default. The locality shall provide the cable operator at least 30 business days prior written notice of such hearing, which will specify the time, place, and purpose of such hearing, and provide the cable operator the opportunity to be heard;","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"6"},"6":{"id":231244,"text":"Adopt a schedule of uniform penalties or liquidated damages that it may impose upon any cable operator with an ordinance cable franchise when the locality determines that the cable operator has failed to materially comply with (i) customer service standards; (ii) carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels; (iii) reporting requirements; or (iv) timely and full payment of the franchise fee or the fee assessed for the provision of public, educational, or governmental access channels, including institutional networks. Any penalty or liquidated damage for any of the foregoing violations shall be the same penalty or liquidated damage already established for a cable operator in the same franchise area, if any. In addition, a locality shall not impose any penalty or liquidated damage adopted pursuant to this subdivision until the cable operator has been afforded a reasonable cure period between the time the cable operator is notified of the violation and the penalty or liquidated damage is imposed. A separate violation for purposes of this article and the ordinances passed to implement this article as it pertains to customer service standards shall be deemed to occur whenever the locality reasonably determines that a separate customer service standard violation has occurred on one day; however, the cable operator shall not be charged with multiple violations for a single act or event affecting one or more subscribers on the same day. The locality may charge interest at the legal rate as set forth in § 6.2-301 for any amounts due the locality by the cable operator in clause (iv) of this subdivision that remain unpaid and undisputed;","type":"section","prefixes":["6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"6","prefix_anchor":"6","level":1,"prior_prefix":"5","next_prefix":"7"},"7":{"id":231245,"text":"Adopt procedures under which the locality may inspect and audit, upon 30 days prior written notice, the books and records of the cable operator and recompute any amounts determined to be payable under the ordinances adopted pursuant to this article. The procedures adopted by the locality shall not exceed the following requirements: (i) the locality may require the cable operator to make available to the locality all records reasonably necessary to confirm the accurate payment of fees; (ii) the locality may require the cable operator to bear the locality’s reasonable out-of-pocket audit expenses if the audit discloses an underpayment of more than 3% of any quarterly payment, but not less than $5,000; (iii) the locality may require the cable operator to pay any additional undisputed amounts due to the locality as a result of the audit within 30 days following written notice by the locality to the cable operator; (iv) in the event the cable operator disputes any underpayment discovered as the result of an audit conducted by the locality, the locality shall work together with the cable operator in good faith to promptly resolve such dispute; (v) the locality shall provide that the cable operator and the locality maintain all rights and remedies available at law regarding any disputed amounts; (vi) the locality shall have no more than three years from the time the cable operator delivers a payment to provide a written, detailed objection to or dispute of that payment, and if the locality fails to object to or dispute the payment within that time period, the locality shall be barred from objecting to or disputing it after that time period; and (vii) the locality shall not audit a cable operator more frequently than every 24 months;","type":"section","prefixes":["7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"7","prefix_anchor":"7","level":1,"prior_prefix":"6","next_prefix":"8"},"8":{"id":231246,"text":"Adopt reasonable reporting requirements for annual financial information and quarterly customer service information that must be provided by a cable operator to the locality so long as such information does not exceed the reporting requirements for any existing cable operator in that locality;","type":"section","prefixes":["8"],"prefix":"8","entire_prefix":"8","prefix_anchor":"8","level":1,"prior_prefix":"7","next_prefix":"9"},"9":{"id":231247,"text":"Require cable operators to provide, without charge, within the area actually served by the cable operator, one cable service outlet activated for basic cable service to each fire station, public school, police station, public library, and any other local government building. The ordinance shall apply equally to all providers of cable services in the locality, but shall not apply in cases where it is not technically feasible for a cable operator to comply;","type":"section","prefixes":["9"],"prefix":"9","entire_prefix":"9","prefix_anchor":"9","level":1,"prior_prefix":"8","next_prefix":"10"},"10":{"id":231248,"text":"Subject to § 15.2-2108.24, adopt requirements and procedures for (i) the management of the public rights-of-way that do not exceed the standards set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection C of § 56-462 and (ii) the construction of a cable system in the public rights-of-way;","type":"section","prefixes":["10"],"prefix":"10","entire_prefix":"10","prefix_anchor":"10","level":1,"prior_prefix":"9","next_prefix":"11"},"11":{"id":231249,"text":"Adopt the following allocation procedure if cable services subject to a franchise fee, or any other fee determined by a percentage of the cable operator’s gross revenues in a locality, are provided to subscribers in conjunction with other services: the fee shall be applied only to the value of these cable services, as reflected on the books and records of the cable operator in accordance with rules, regulations, standards, or orders of the Federal Communications Commission or the State Corporation Commission, or generally accepted accounting principles. Any discounts resulting from purchasing the services as a bundle shall be reasonably allocated between the respective services that constitute the bundled transaction; and","type":"section","prefixes":["11"],"prefix":"11","entire_prefix":"11","prefix_anchor":"11","level":1,"prior_prefix":"10","next_prefix":"12"},"12":{"id":231250,"text":"Require cable operators to make cable service available to (i) up to all of the occupied residential dwelling units in the initial service area selected by cable operator within no less than three years of the date of the grant of the franchise and (ii) no more than 65% of the residential dwelling units in the area in the locality in which the cable operator has its telephone facilities, within no less than seven years of the date of the grant of the franchise. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, a cable operator shall not be required to make cable service available: (a) for periods of force majeure; (b) for periods of delay caused by the locality; (c) for periods of delay resulting from the cable operator’s inability to obtain authority to access rights-of-way in the service area; (d) in areas where developments or buildings are subject to claimed exclusive arrangements; (e) in developments or buildings that the cable operator cannot access under industry standard terms and conditions after good faith negotiation; (f) in developments or buildings that the cable operator is unable to provide cable service for technical reasons or that require facilities that are not available or cannot be deployed on a commercially reasonable basis; (g) in areas where it is not technically feasible to provide cable service due to the technology used by the cable operator to provide cable service; (h) in areas where the average occupied residential household density is less than 30 occupied residential dwelling units per mile as measured in strand footage from the nearest technically feasible point on the cable operator’s active cable system (or such higher average density number as may be contained in an existing cable operator’s cable franchise); and (i) when the cable operator’s prior service, payment, or theft of service history with a subscriber or potential subscriber has been unfavorable. 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Upon receiving a notice requesting an ordinance<\/span> cable franchise<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2108.21<\/a>, a locality<\/span> shall adopt or maintain one or more ordinances<\/span> that govern a cable operator<\/span> who provides cable service<\/span> under an ordinance<\/span> cable franchise<\/span>. The requirements of any specific provision in any such ordinance<\/span> shall not exceed the requirements imposed in the same provision, if any, in any existing cable franchise<\/span> within the locality<\/span>. Such ordinance<\/span> or ordinances<\/span>, which shall be adopted after a public hearing<\/span>, shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Require a cable operator<\/span> to provide the locality<\/span> with access to a number of public, educational, and governmental access channels, equal to the lowest number of such channels provided by any other cable operator<\/span> in the same franchise<\/span> area of the locality<\/span>. If the existing cable operator<\/span> provides less than three such public, educational, and governmental access channels pursuant to a franchise<\/span> agreement, the locality<\/span> may require each cable operator<\/span> to provide up to three such channels. Any additional channels provided subject to this provision shall be subject to the reclamation formula set forth below. In addition, a locality<\/span> may, by ordinance<\/span> adopted after a public hearing<\/span>, require a cable operator<\/span> to interconnect with any other cable operator<\/span> to ensure the carriage of required public, educational, and governmental access channels; if the new cable operator<\/span> and all existing cable operators<\/span> cannot agree to an interconnection agreement within 180 days of a request to interconnect by the new cable operator<\/span>, then the locality<\/span> is authorized to determine an interconnection point. The locality<\/span> or its designee shall assume responsibility for management, operation, and programming of such channels. A locality<\/span> that substantially utilizes its existing public, educational, and governmental access channels may require a reasonable number of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels by the enactment of an ordinance<\/span>, after a public hearing<\/span>, so long as (i) the ordinance<\/span> applies equally to all providers of cable service<\/span> within a franchise<\/span> area, (ii) the total number of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels does not exceed three channels in the basic service tier<\/span>, and (iii) the total number of public, educational, and governmental access channels shall not exceed seven channels in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but consistent with federal law<\/span>, the locality<\/span> and a cable operator<\/span> may enter into written agreements for the carriage of additional public, educational, and governmental access channels, including other arrangements for the carriage of such programming. Any additional public, educational, and governmental access channel provided pursuant to this article that is not utilized by the locality<\/span> for at least eight hours a day shall no longer be made available to the locality<\/span>, but may be programmed at the cable operator<\/span>’s discretion. At such time as the locality<\/span> can certify to the cable operator<\/span> a schedule for at least eight hours of daily programming for a period of three months, the cable operator<\/span> shall restore the previously re-allocated channel. For purposes of this subdivision, a public, educational, and governmental access channel shall be considered to be substantially utilized when 12 hours are programmed on that channel each calendar day; in addition, at least 33% of the 12 hours of programming for each business day on average over each calendar quarter must be nonrepeat programming. For purposes of this subdivision, nonrepeat programming shall include the first three videocastings of a program and shall include programming on other public, educational, and governmental access channels in that locality<\/span>. Programming for purposes of determining substantial utilization shall not include an alphanumeric scroll, except that for purposes of requiring one or more additional public, educational, and governmental access channels, an alphanumeric scroll shall be included as programming on not more than one channel; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Require a cable operator<\/span> to pay a franchise<\/span> fee, remitted on the same schedule as the least frequent schedule of an existing cable operator<\/span>, but no more frequently than quarterly, calculated by multiplying a franchise<\/span> fee percentage rate by the cable operator<\/span>’s gross revenues<\/span> in such franchise<\/span> area for the remittance period; however, the franchise<\/span> fee rate shall (i) not exceed 5% of such gross revenues<\/span> and (ii) not exceed the lowest franchise<\/span> fee rate paid or provided by an existing cable operator<\/span> in the locality<\/span>. The locality<\/span> may further require that the cable operator<\/span> make the franchise<\/span> fee payments to the locality<\/span> no later than 45 days following the end of the remittance period and require that the franchise<\/span> fee payment be submitted with a brief<\/span> report prepared by a duly authorized representative of the cable operator<\/span> showing the basis for the computation. The locality<\/span> shall have the right to reasonably require further supporting information that does not exceed the information required to be provided by existing cable operators<\/span> in the locality<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Require a cable operator<\/span> to pay a recurring fee, hereafter referred to as the PEG Capital Fee, to support the capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, provided that the PEG Capital Fee is equal to the lowest recurring fee imposed on a per subscriber or a percentage of gross revenue<\/span> basis and paid by any existing cable operator<\/span> in the locality<\/span> to support the capital costs of such facilities. The PEG Capital Fee shall only be imposed on a per subscriber or a percentage of gross revenue<\/span> basis. If the existing cable operator<\/span> has paid a lump sum capital grant at award or renewal of its current franchise<\/span>, or is providing in-kind equipment in lieu of such a capital grant, to support public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, the locality<\/span>, by ordinance<\/span> adopted after a public hearing<\/span>, shall also impose an additional monthly recurring fee to be known as the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee on the new cable operator<\/span> equal to the lower of (i) 1.5% of the new cable operator<\/span>’s gross revenues<\/span> derived from the operation of its cable system<\/span> in that locality<\/span> or (ii) the lowest amount of capital contribution paid or provided in-kind, as shown on the books of the cable operator<\/span>, by an existing cable operator<\/span> in the locality<\/span> (a) when such capital contribution is amortized over the term of the existing cable operator<\/span>’s franchise<\/span> and (b) divided by the number of subscribers or annual gross revenue<\/span> of the existing cable operator<\/span> as shown on its most recent report to the locality<\/span>, depending on recovery methodology chosen by the locality<\/span>. Both the PEG Capital Fee and the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee may only be collected by the locality<\/span> for the remainder of the shortest remaining franchise<\/span> term of any existing cable operator<\/span> in the locality<\/span>; however, at the end of such term the locality<\/span> may negotiate with all cable operators<\/span> to set a new, recurring fee to support the reasonable and necessary capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, that shall be imposed on all cable operators<\/span> such that the fee applies equally to all of the customers of all cable operators<\/span> in the locality<\/span>. At the end of such term, no cable operator<\/span> shall be required to provide any further in-kind public, educational, and governmental access channels, including institutional network, support. If the cable operators<\/span> and the locality<\/span> cannot agree on such a recurring capital cost fee, the locality<\/span>, by ordinance<\/span> adopted after a public hearing<\/span>, may impose a recurring fee, calculated on a per subscriber or percentage of gross revenue<\/span> basis, to support the reasonable and necessary capital costs of public, educational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional networks; however, such fee may not exceed the PEG Capital Fee previously imposed on cable operators<\/span> by the locality<\/span>. Any and all fees permitted under this subdivision shall be paid by the cable operator<\/span> to the locality<\/span> on the same schedule as franchise<\/span> fees are paid. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit a locality<\/span> to require cable operators<\/span> to pay capital grants at the time of the grant or renewal of a franchise<\/span> or otherwise except for the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee specifically provided in this subdivision; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Require a cable operator<\/span> to comply with the customer service requirements imposed by the locality<\/span> pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 552(a) (1) and this article through the adoption of an ordinance<\/span> after a public hearing<\/span>. Any customer service requirements imposed by the locality<\/span> that exceed the requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 U.S.C. § 552(b) shall (i) not be designed so that the cable operator<\/span> cannot also comply with any other customer service requirements under state or federal law<\/span> or regulation applicable to the cable operator<\/span> in its provision of other services over the same network used to provide cable service<\/span>, (ii) be no more stringent than the customer service requirements applied to other cable operators<\/span> in the franchise<\/span> area, and (iii) be reasonably tailored to achieve appropriate customer service goals based on the technology used by the cable operator<\/span> to provide cable service<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Adopt procedures by which it will enforce the provisions of this article and the applicable mandatory requirements of 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Such procedures shall require the locality<\/span> to: (i) informally discuss the matter with the cable operator<\/span> in the event that the locality<\/span> believes that a cable operator<\/span> has not complied with this article or the applicable mandatory requirements of 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 and (ii) notify the cable operator<\/span> in writing of the exact nature of the alleged noncompliance if the discussions described in the foregoing clause (i) do not lead to resolution of the alleged noncompliance. The cable operator<\/span> shall have 15 days from receipt of this written notice to: (a) respond to the locality<\/span>, if the cable operator<\/span> contests, in whole or in part, the assertion of noncompliance; (b) cure such default<\/span>; or (c) in the event that, by the nature of default<\/span>, such default<\/span> cannot be cured within the 15-day period, initiate reasonable steps to remedy such default<\/span> and notify the locality<\/span> of the steps being taken and the projected date that they will be completed. The locality<\/span> shall schedule a public hearing<\/span> in the event that the cable operator<\/span> fails to respond to the written notice pursuant to these procedures or in the event that the alleged default<\/span> is not remedied within 30 days of the date projected above if the locality<\/span> intends to continue its investigation into the default<\/span>. The locality<\/span> shall provide the cable operator<\/span> at least 30 business days prior written notice of such hearing<\/span>, which will specify the time, place, and purpose of such hearing<\/span>, and provide the cable operator<\/span> the opportunity to be heard; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Adopt a schedule of uniform penalties or liquidated damages<\/span> that it may impose upon any cable operator<\/span> with an ordinance<\/span> cable franchise<\/span> when the locality<\/span> determines that the cable operator<\/span> has failed to materially comply with (i) customer service standards; (ii) carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels; (iii) reporting requirements; or (iv) timely and full payment of the franchise<\/span> fee or the fee assessed for the provision of public, educational, or governmental access channels, including institutional networks. Any penalty<\/span> or liquidated damage for any of the foregoing violations shall be the same penalty<\/span> or liquidated damage already established for a cable operator<\/span> in the same franchise<\/span> area, if any. In addition, a locality<\/span> shall not impose any penalty<\/span> or liquidated damage adopted pursuant to this subdivision until the cable operator<\/span> has been afforded a reasonable cure period between the time the cable operator<\/span> is notified of the violation and the penalty<\/span> or liquidated damage is imposed. A separate violation for purposes of this article and the ordinances<\/span> passed to implement this article as it pertains to customer service standards shall be deemed to occur whenever the locality<\/span> reasonably determines that a separate customer service standard violation has occurred on one day; however, the cable operator<\/span> shall not be charged with multiple violations for a single act<\/span> or event affecting one or more subscribers on the same day. The locality<\/span> may charge interest at the legal rate as set forth in § 6.2-301<\/a> for any amounts due the locality<\/span> by the cable operator<\/span> in clause (iv) of this subdivision that remain unpaid and undisputed; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Adopt procedures under which the locality<\/span> may inspect and audit, upon 30 days prior written notice, the books and records of the cable operator<\/span> and recompute any amounts determined to be payable under the ordinances<\/span> adopted pursuant to this article. The procedures adopted by the locality<\/span> shall not exceed the following requirements: (i) the locality<\/span> may require the cable operator<\/span> to make available to the locality<\/span> all records reasonably necessary to confirm the accurate payment of fees; (ii) the locality<\/span> may require the cable operator<\/span> to bear the locality<\/span>’s reasonable out-of-pocket audit expenses if the audit discloses an underpayment of more than 3% of any quarterly payment, but not less than $5,000; (iii) the locality<\/span> may require the cable operator<\/span> to pay any additional undisputed amounts due to the locality<\/span> as a result of the audit within 30 days following written notice by the locality<\/span> to the cable operator<\/span>; (iv) in the event the cable operator<\/span> disputes any underpayment discovered as the result of an audit conducted by the locality<\/span>, the locality<\/span> shall work together with the cable operator<\/span> in good faith to promptly resolve such dispute; (v) the locality<\/span> shall provide that the cable operator<\/span> and the locality<\/span> maintain all rights and remedies available at law<\/span> regarding any disputed amounts; (vi) the locality<\/span> shall have no more than three years from the time the cable operator<\/span> delivers a payment to provide a written, detailed objection to or dispute of that payment, and if the locality<\/span> fails to object<\/span> to or dispute the payment within that time period, the locality<\/span> shall be barred from objecting to or disputing it after that time period; and (vii) the locality<\/span> shall not audit a cable operator<\/span> more frequently than every 24 months; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> Adopt reasonable reporting requirements for annual financial information and quarterly customer service information that must be provided by a cable operator<\/span> to the locality<\/span> so long as such information does not exceed the reporting requirements for any existing cable operator<\/span> in that locality<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> Require cable operators<\/span> to provide, without charge, within the area actually served by the cable operator<\/span>, one cable service<\/span> outlet activated for basic cable service<\/span> to each fire station, public school, police station, public library, and any other local government<\/span> building. The ordinance<\/span> shall apply equally to all providers of cable services<\/span> in the locality<\/span>, but shall not apply in cases where it is not technically feasible for a cable operator<\/span> to comply; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> Subject to § 15.2-2108.24<\/a>, adopt requirements and procedures for (i) the management of the public rights-of-way that do not exceed the standards set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection C of § 56-462<\/a> and (ii) the construction of a cable system<\/span> in the public rights-of-way; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

11.<\/span> Adopt the following allocation procedure if cable services<\/span> subject to a franchise<\/span> fee, or any other fee determined by a percentage of the cable operator<\/span>’s gross revenues<\/span> in a locality<\/span>, are provided to subscribers in conjunction with other services: the fee shall be applied only to the value of these cable services<\/span>, as reflected on the books and records of the cable operator<\/span> in accordance with rules, regulations, standards, or orders<\/span> of the Federal Communications Commission or the State Corporation Commission, or generally accepted accounting principles. Any discounts resulting from purchasing the services as a bundle shall be reasonably allocated between the respective services that constitute the bundled transaction; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

12.<\/span> Require cable operators<\/span> to make cable service<\/span> available to (i) up to all of the occupied residential dwelling units in the initial service area selected by cable operator<\/span> within no less than three years of the date of the grant of the franchise<\/span> and (ii) no more than 65% of the residential dwelling units in the area in the locality<\/span> in which the cable operator<\/span> has its telephone facilities, within no less than seven years of the date of the grant of the franchise<\/span>. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, a cable operator<\/span> shall not be required to make cable service<\/span> available: (a) for periods of force majeure<\/span>; (b) for periods of delay caused by the locality<\/span>; (c) for periods of delay resulting from the cable operator<\/span>’s inability to obtain authority to access rights-of-way in the service area; (d) in areas where developments or buildings are subject to claimed exclusive arrangements; (e) in developments or buildings that the cable operator<\/span> cannot access under industry standard terms and conditions after good faith negotiation; (f) in developments or buildings that the cable operator<\/span> is unable to provide cable service<\/span> for technical reasons or that require facilities that are not available or cannot be deployed on a commercially reasonable basis; (g) in areas where it is not technically feasible to provide cable service<\/span> due to the technology used by the cable operator<\/span> to provide cable service<\/span>; (h) in areas where the average occupied residential household density is less than 30 occupied residential dwelling units per mile as measured in strand footage from the nearest technically feasible point on the cable operator<\/span>’s active cable system<\/span> (or such higher average density number as may be contained in an existing cable operator<\/span>’s cable franchise<\/span>); and (i) when the cable operator<\/span>’s prior service, payment, or theft of service history with a subscriber or potential subscriber has been unfavorable. Should, through new construction, an area within the cable operator<\/span>’s service area meet the density requirement, a cable operator<\/span> shall, subject to the exclusions in this subdivision, provide cable service<\/span> to such area within six months of receiving notice from the locality<\/span> that the density requirements have been met. A locality<\/span> may not require a cable operator<\/span> using its telephone facilities to provide cable service<\/span> to provide any cable service<\/span> outside of the area in the locality<\/span> in which the cable operator<\/span> has its telephone facilities. During the 12-month period commencing after the seventh-year anniversary date of the grant of the franchise<\/span>, a locality<\/span> may, by ordinance<\/span> adopted after a public hearing<\/span> in which the locality<\/span> specifically finds that such a requirement is necessary to promote competition in cable services<\/span> within the locality<\/span>, require the cable operator<\/span> to make service available to no more than 80% of the residential dwelling units in the area in the locality<\/span> in which the cable operator<\/span> has its telephone facilities within no less than 10 years of the date of the grant of the franchise<\/span>, subject to the exclusions in clauses (a) through (i) of this subdivision. If the cable operator<\/span> notifies the locality<\/span> that it is unwilling to accept this additional service availability requirement, the locality<\/span> may, after notice and public hearing<\/span>, terminate the cable operator<\/span>’s ordinance<\/span> cable franchise<\/span>. The cable operator<\/span> shall file a certificate at its third and seventh, and if applicable, tenth, anniversary dates certifying its compliance with the foregoing service requirements. For purposes of an ordinance<\/span> cable franchise<\/span>, the date of the grant of the franchise<\/span> shall be the date the notice required by § 15.2-2108.21<\/a> is filed with the locality<\/span>. For purposes of a negotiated cable franchise<\/span>, the date of the grant of the franchise<\/span> shall be the date the respective locality<\/span> has granted a negotiated cable franchise<\/span> pursuant to § 15.2-2108.20<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF FEES, RATES AND SERVICES; PENALTIES (\u00a7 15.2-2108.22)\n\nUpon receiving a notice requesting an ordinance cable franchise pursuant to \u00a7\n15.2-2108.21, a locality shall adopt or maintain one or more ordinances that\ngovern a cable operator who provides cable service under an ordinance cable\nfranchise. The requirements of any specific provision in any such ordinance\nshall not exceed the requirements imposed in the same provision, if any, in any\nexisting cable franchise within the locality. Such ordinance or ordinances,\nwhich shall be adopted after a public hearing, shall:\n\n1. Require a cable operator to provide the locality with access to a number of\npublic, educational, and governmental access channels, equal to the lowest\nnumber of such channels provided by any other cable operator in the same\nfranchise area of the locality. If the existing cable operator provides less\nthan three such public, educational, and governmental access channels pursuant\nto a franchise agreement, the locality may require each cable operator to\nprovide up to three such channels. Any additional channels provided subject to\nthis provision shall be subject to the reclamation formula set forth below. In\naddition, a locality may, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing, require a\ncable operator to interconnect with any other cable operator to ensure the\ncarriage of required public, educational, and governmental access channels; if\nthe new cable operator and all existing cable operators cannot agree to an\ninterconnection agreement within 180 days of a request to interconnect by the\nnew cable operator, then the locality is authorized to determine an\ninterconnection point. The locality or its designee shall assume responsibility\nfor management, operation, and programming of such channels. A locality that\nsubstantially utilizes its existing public, educational, and governmental access\nchannels may require a reasonable number of additional public, educational, and\ngovernmental access channels by the enactment of an ordinance, after a public\nhearing, so long as (i) the ordinance applies equally to all providers of cable\nservice within a franchise area, (ii) the total number of additional public,\neducational, and governmental access channels does not exceed three channels in\nthe basic service tier, and (iii) the total number of public, educational, and\ngovernmental access channels shall not exceed seven channels in the aggregate.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, but consistent with federal law, the locality and\na cable operator may enter into written agreements for the carriage of\nadditional public, educational, and governmental access channels, including\nother arrangements for the carriage of such programming. Any additional public,\neducational, and governmental access channel provided pursuant to this article\nthat is not utilized by the locality for at least eight hours a day shall no\nlonger be made available to the locality, but may be programmed at the cable\noperator’s discretion. At such time as the locality can certify to the\ncable operator a schedule for at least eight hours of daily programming for a\nperiod of three months, the cable operator shall restore the previously\nre-allocated channel. For purposes of this subdivision, a public, educational,\nand governmental access channel shall be considered to be substantially utilized\nwhen 12 hours are programmed on that channel each calendar day; in addition, at\nleast 33% of the 12 hours of programming for each business day on average over\neach calendar quarter must be nonrepeat programming. For purposes of this\nsubdivision, nonrepeat programming shall include the first three videocastings\nof a program and shall include programming on other public, educational, and\ngovernmental access channels in that locality. Programming for purposes of\ndetermining substantial utilization shall not include an alphanumeric scroll,\nexcept that for purposes of requiring one or more additional public,\neducational, and governmental access channels, an alphanumeric scroll shall be\nincluded as programming on not more than one channel;\n\n2. Require a cable operator to pay a franchise fee, remitted on the same\nschedule as the least frequent schedule of an existing cable operator, but no\nmore frequently than quarterly, calculated by multiplying a franchise fee\npercentage rate by the cable operator’s gross revenues in such franchise\narea for the remittance period; however, the franchise fee rate shall (i) not\nexceed 5% of such gross revenues and (ii) not exceed the lowest franchise fee\nrate paid or provided by an existing cable operator in the locality. The\nlocality may further require that the cable operator make the franchise fee\npayments to the locality no later than 45 days following the end of the\nremittance period and require that the franchise fee payment be submitted with a\nbrief report prepared by a duly authorized representative of the cable operator\nshowing the basis for the computation. The locality shall have the right to\nreasonably require further supporting information that does not exceed the\ninformation required to be provided by existing cable operators in the locality;\n\n3. Require a cable operator to pay a recurring fee, hereafter referred to as the\nPEG Capital Fee, to support the capital costs of public, educational, and\ngovernmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, provided that\nthe PEG Capital Fee is equal to the lowest recurring fee imposed on a per\nsubscriber or a percentage of gross revenue basis and paid by any existing cable\noperator in the locality to support the capital costs of such facilities. The\nPEG Capital Fee shall only be imposed on a per subscriber or a percentage of\ngross revenue basis. If the existing cable operator has paid a lump sum capital\ngrant at award or renewal of its current franchise, or is providing in-kind\nequipment in lieu of such a capital grant, to support public, educational, and\ngovernmental channel facilities, including institutional networks, the locality,\nby ordinance adopted after a public hearing, shall also impose an additional\nmonthly recurring fee to be known as the PEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee on the\nnew cable operator equal to the lower of (i) 1.5% of the new cable\noperator’s gross revenues derived from the operation of its cable system\nin that locality or (ii) the lowest amount of capital contribution paid or\nprovided in-kind, as shown on the books of the cable operator, by an existing\ncable operator in the locality (a) when such capital contribution is amortized\nover the term of the existing cable operator’s franchise and (b) divided\nby the number of subscribers or annual gross revenue of the existing cable\noperator as shown on its most recent report to the locality, depending on\nrecovery methodology chosen by the locality. Both the PEG Capital Fee and the\nPEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee may only be collected by the locality for the\nremainder of the shortest remaining franchise term of any existing cable\noperator in the locality; however, at the end of such term the locality may\nnegotiate with all cable operators to set a new, recurring fee to support the\nreasonable and necessary capital costs of public, educational, and governmental\nchannel facilities, including institutional networks, that shall be imposed on\nall cable operators such that the fee applies equally to all of the customers of\nall cable operators in the locality. At the end of such term, no cable operator\nshall be required to provide any further in-kind public, educational, and\ngovernmental access channels, including institutional network, support. If the\ncable operators and the locality cannot agree on such a recurring capital cost\nfee, the locality, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing, may impose a\nrecurring fee, calculated on a per subscriber or percentage of gross revenue\nbasis, to support the reasonable and necessary capital costs of public,\neducational, and governmental channel facilities, including institutional\nnetworks; however, such fee may not exceed the PEG Capital Fee previously\nimposed on cable operators by the locality. Any and all fees permitted under\nthis subdivision shall be paid by the cable operator to the locality on the same\nschedule as franchise fees are paid. Nothing in this subdivision shall be\nconstrued to permit a locality to require cable operators to pay capital grants\nat the time of the grant or renewal of a franchise or otherwise except for the\nPEG Capital Grant Surcharge Fee specifically provided in this subdivision;\n\n4. Require a cable operator to comply with the customer service requirements\nimposed by the locality pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 552(a) (1) and this article\nthrough the adoption of an ordinance after a public hearing. Any customer\nservice requirements imposed by the locality that exceed the requirements\nestablished by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 U.S.C. §\n552(b) shall (i) not be designed so that the cable operator cannot also comply\nwith any other customer service requirements under state or federal law or\nregulation applicable to the cable operator in its provision of other services\nover the same network used to provide cable service, (ii) be no more stringent\nthan the customer service requirements applied to other cable operators in the\nfranchise area, and (iii) be reasonably tailored to achieve appropriate customer\nservice goals based on the technology used by the cable operator to provide\ncable service;\n\n5. Adopt procedures by which it will enforce the provisions of this article and\nthe applicable mandatory requirements of 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 and the\nregulations promulgated thereunder. Such procedures shall require the locality\nto: (i) informally discuss the matter with the cable operator in the event that\nthe locality believes that a cable operator has not complied with this article\nor the applicable mandatory requirements of 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 and\n(ii) notify the cable operator in writing of the exact nature of the alleged\nnoncompliance if the discussions described in the foregoing clause (i) do not\nlead to resolution of the alleged noncompliance. The cable operator shall have\n15 days from receipt of this written notice to: (a) respond to the locality, if\nthe cable operator contests, in whole or in part, the assertion of\nnoncompliance; (b) cure such default; or (c) in the event that, by the nature of\ndefault, such default cannot be cured within the 15-day period, initiate\nreasonable steps to remedy such default and notify the locality of the steps\nbeing taken and the projected date that they will be completed. The locality\nshall schedule a public hearing in the event that the cable operator fails to\nrespond to the written notice pursuant to these procedures or in the event that\nthe alleged default is not remedied within 30 days of the date projected above\nif the locality intends to continue its investigation into the default. The\nlocality shall provide the cable operator at least 30 business days prior\nwritten notice of such hearing, which will specify the time, place, and purpose\nof such hearing, and provide the cable operator the opportunity to be heard;\n\n6. Adopt a schedule of uniform penalties or liquidated damages that it may\nimpose upon any cable operator with an ordinance cable franchise when the\nlocality determines that the cable operator has failed to materially comply with\n(i) customer service standards; (ii) carriage of public, educational, and\ngovernmental channels; (iii) reporting requirements; or (iv) timely and full\npayment of the franchise fee or the fee assessed for the provision of public,\neducational, or governmental access channels, including institutional networks.\nAny penalty or liquidated damage for any of the foregoing violations shall be\nthe same penalty or liquidated damage already established for a cable operator\nin the same franchise area, if any. In addition, a locality shall not impose any\npenalty or liquidated damage adopted pursuant to this subdivision until the\ncable operator has been afforded a reasonable cure period between the time the\ncable operator is notified of the violation and the penalty or liquidated damage\nis imposed. A separate violation for purposes of this article and the ordinances\npassed to implement this article as it pertains to customer service standards\nshall be deemed to occur whenever the locality reasonably determines that a\nseparate customer service standard violation has occurred on one day; however,\nthe cable operator shall not be charged with multiple violations for a single\nact or event affecting one or more subscribers on the same day. The locality may\ncharge interest at the legal rate as set forth in § 6.2-301 for any amounts\ndue the locality by the cable operator in clause (iv) of this subdivision that\nremain unpaid and undisputed;\n\n7. Adopt procedures under which the locality may inspect and audit, upon 30 days\nprior written notice, the books and records of the cable operator and recompute\nany amounts determined to be payable under the ordinances adopted pursuant to\nthis article. The procedures adopted by the locality shall not exceed the\nfollowing requirements: (i) the locality may require the cable operator to make\navailable to the locality all records reasonably necessary to confirm the\naccurate payment of fees; (ii) the locality may require the cable operator to\nbear the locality’s reasonable out-of-pocket audit expenses if the audit\ndiscloses an underpayment of more than 3% of any quarterly payment, but not less\nthan $5,000; (iii) the locality may require the cable operator to pay any\nadditional undisputed amounts due to the locality as a result of the audit\nwithin 30 days following written notice by the locality to the cable operator;\n(iv) in the event the cable operator disputes any underpayment discovered as the\nresult of an audit conducted by the locality, the locality shall work together\nwith the cable operator in good faith to promptly resolve such dispute; (v) the\nlocality shall provide that the cable operator and the locality maintain all\nrights and remedies available at law regarding any disputed amounts; (vi) the\nlocality shall have no more than three years from the time the cable operator\ndelivers a payment to provide a written, detailed objection to or dispute of\nthat payment, and if the locality fails to object to or dispute the payment\nwithin that time period, the locality shall be barred from objecting to or\ndisputing it after that time period; and (vii) the locality shall not audit a\ncable operator more frequently than every 24 months;\n\n8. Adopt reasonable reporting requirements for annual financial information and\nquarterly customer service information that must be provided by a cable operator\nto the locality so long as such information does not exceed the reporting\nrequirements for any existing cable operator in that locality;\n\n9. Require cable operators to provide, without charge, within the area actually\nserved by the cable operator, one cable service outlet activated for basic cable\nservice to each fire station, public school, police station, public library, and\nany other local government building. The ordinance shall apply equally to all\nproviders of cable services in the locality, but shall not apply in cases where\nit is not technically feasible for a cable operator to comply;\n\n10. Subject to § 15.2-2108.24, adopt requirements and procedures for (i)\nthe management of the public rights-of-way that do not exceed the standards set\nforth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection C of § 56-462 and (ii) the\nconstruction of a cable system in the public rights-of-way;\n\n11. Adopt the following allocation procedure if cable services subject to a\nfranchise fee, or any other fee determined by a percentage of the cable\noperator’s gross revenues in a locality, are provided to subscribers in\nconjunction with other services: the fee shall be applied only to the value of\nthese cable services, as reflected on the books and records of the cable\noperator in accordance with rules, regulations, standards, or orders of the\nFederal Communications Commission or the State Corporation Commission, or\ngenerally accepted accounting principles. Any discounts resulting from\npurchasing the services as a bundle shall be reasonably allocated between the\nrespective services that constitute the bundled transaction; and\n\n12. Require cable operators to make cable service available to (i) up to all of\nthe occupied residential dwelling units in the initial service area selected by\ncable operator within no less than three years of the date of the grant of the\nfranchise and (ii) no more than 65% of the residential dwelling units in the\narea in the locality in which the cable operator has its telephone facilities,\nwithin no less than seven years of the date of the grant of the franchise.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing provision, a cable operator shall not be required\nto make cable service available: (a) for periods of force majeure; (b) for\nperiods of delay caused by the locality; (c) for periods of delay resulting from\nthe cable operator’s inability to obtain authority to access rights-of-way\nin the service area; (d) in areas where developments or buildings are subject to\nclaimed exclusive arrangements; (e) in developments or buildings that the cable\noperator cannot access under industry standard terms and conditions after good\nfaith negotiation; (f) in developments or buildings that the cable operator is\nunable to provide cable service for technical reasons or that require facilities\nthat are not available or cannot be deployed on a commercially reasonable basis;\n(g) in areas where it is not technically feasible to provide cable service due\nto the technology used by the cable operator to provide cable service; (h) in\nareas where the average occupied residential household density is less than 30\noccupied residential dwelling units per mile as measured in strand footage from\nthe nearest technically feasible point on the cable operator’s active\ncable system (or such higher average density number as may be contained in an\nexisting cable operator’s cable franchise); and (i) when the cable\noperator’s prior service, payment, or theft of service history with a\nsubscriber or potential subscriber has been unfavorable. Should, through new\nconstruction, an area within the cable operator’s service area meet the\ndensity requirement, a cable operator shall, subject to the exclusions in this\nsubdivision, provide cable service to such area within six months of receiving\nnotice from the locality that the density requirements have been met. A locality\nmay not require a cable operator using its telephone facilities to provide cable\nservice to provide any cable service outside of the area in the locality in\nwhich the cable operator has its telephone facilities. During the 12-month\nperiod commencing after the seventh-year anniversary date of the grant of the\nfranchise, a locality may, by ordinance adopted after a public hearing in which\nthe locality specifically finds that such a requirement is necessary to promote\ncompetition in cable services within the locality, require the cable operator to\nmake service available to no more than 80% of the residential dwelling units in\nthe area in the locality in which the cable operator has its telephone\nfacilities within no less than 10 years of the date of the grant of the\nfranchise, subject to the exclusions in clauses (a) through (i) of this\nsubdivision. If the cable operator notifies the locality that it is unwilling to\naccept this additional service availability requirement, the locality may, after\nnotice and public hearing, terminate the cable operator’s ordinance cable\nfranchise. The cable operator shall file a certificate at its third and seventh,\nand if applicable, tenth, anniversary dates certifying its compliance with the\nforegoing service requirements. For purposes of an ordinance cable franchise,\nthe date of the grant of the franchise shall be the date the notice required by\n§ 15.2-2108.21 is filed with the locality. For purposes of a negotiated\ncable franchise, the date of the grant of the franchise shall be the date the\nrespective locality has granted a negotiated cable franchise pursuant to §\n15.2-2108.20.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, cc. 73, 76.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}