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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71298</law_id><section_number>15.2-2108.2</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2108.24</reference><reference>2.2-3705.6</reference><reference>46.2-1224</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Provision of Cable Television Services by Certain Localities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Advanced service</span>&#x201D; means high-speed Internet access capability in excess of 144 kilobits per second both upstream and downstream.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cable television service</span>&#x201D; means (i) the one-way transmission to <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> of video programming or other programming service; and (ii) <span class="dictionary">subscriber</span> interaction, if any, that is required for the selection or use of the video programming or other programming service.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Capital costs</span>&#x201D; means all costs of providing a service that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cross subsidize</span>&#x201D; means to pay a cost included in the <span class="dictionary">direct costs</span> or <span class="dictionary">indirect costs</span> of providing a service that is not accounted for in the full cost of accounting of providing the service.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Direct costs</span>&#x201D; means those expenses of a municipality that are directly attributable to providing a <span class="dictionary">cable television service</span> and would be eliminated if such service were not provided by the municipality.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Feasibility consultant</span>&#x201D; means an individual or entity with expertise in the processes and economics of providing <span class="dictionary">cable television service</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Full-cost accounting</span>&#x201D; means the accounting of all costs incurred by a municipality in providing a <span class="dictionary">cable television service</span>. The costs included in a <span class="dictionary">full-cost accounting</span> include all <span class="dictionary">capital costs</span>, <span class="dictionary">direct costs</span>, and <span class="dictionary">indirect costs</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Indirect costs</span>&#x201D; means any costs identified with two or more services or other functions; and that are not directly identified with a single service or function. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Indirect costs</span>&#x201D; may include cost factors for administration, accounting, personnel, purchasing, legal support, and other staff or departmental support.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Private provider</span>&#x201D; means a private entity that provides <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Telecommunications service</span>&#x201D; means the two-way transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, messages, data, or other information of any nature by wire, radio, lightwaves, or other electromagnetic means offered to the public generally.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Subscriber</span>&#x201D; means a person who lawfully receives <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 677.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
