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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80578</law_id><section_number>15.2-2108.6</section_number><catch_line>Feasibility study on providing cable television services</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2108.5</reference><reference>15.2-2108.7</reference><reference>15.2-2108.8</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon the hiring of a <span class="dictionary">feasibility consultant</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Preliminary public hearing; feasibility consultant" href="/15.2-2108.5/">15.2-2108.5</a>, the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the municipality shall require the <span class="dictionary">feasibility consultant</span> to: <a id="paragraph-288791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Complete the feasibility study in accordance with this section; <a id="paragraph-288792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Submit to the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> by no later than 180 days from the date the <span class="dictionary">feasibility consultant</span> is hired to conduct the feasibility study the full written results of the feasibility study, and a summary of the results that is no longer than one page in length; and <a id="paragraph-288793" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Attend the public <span class="dictionary">hearings</span> required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Public hearings on feasibility study; notice" href="/15.2-2108.7/">15.2-2108.7</a>, if held, to: (i) present the feasibility study results and (ii) respond to questions from the public. <a id="paragraph-288794" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The feasibility study described in subsection A shall at a minimum consider: <a id="paragraph-288795" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If the municipality is proposing to provide <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span> to <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span>, whether the municipality providing <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span> in the manner proposed by the municipality will hinder or advance competition for <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span> in the municipality; <a id="paragraph-288796" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Whether but for the municipality any person would provide the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>; <a id="paragraph-288797" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The fiscal impact on the municipality of: (i) the capital investment in facilities that will be used to provide the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span> or (ii) the expenditure of funds for labor, financing, and administering the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>; <a id="paragraph-288798" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The projected growth in demand in the municipality for the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>; <a id="paragraph-288799" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The projections at the time of the feasibility study, and for the five years immediately thereafter, of a <span class="dictionary">full-cost accounting</span> for a municipality to purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate the facilities necessary to provide the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>; and <a id="paragraph-288800" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The projections at the time of the feasibility study and for the five years immediately thereafter of the revenues to be generated from the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>. <a id="paragraph-288801" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For purposes of the financial projections required under subdivisions B 5 and B 6 of this section, the <span class="dictionary">feasibility consultant</span> shall assume that the municipality will price the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span> consistent with subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="General operating limitations" href="/15.2-2108.11/">15.2-2108.11</a>. <a id="paragraph-288802" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the municipality shall determine whether the average annual revenues under subdivision B 6 exceed the average annual costs under subdivision B 5 by at least the amount necessary to meet the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> obligations of any <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> issued to fund the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span> based on the feasibility study&#x2019;s analysis for the first year of the study and the five-year projection, and separately stated with respect to the proposed <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>. <a id="paragraph-288803" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.6/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 677.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
