                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RENEWAL (§ 15.2-2108.30)

A cable operator electing to renew its cable franchise shall do so (i) pursuant
to the renewal procedures in 47 U.S.C. § 546 or (ii) by providing notice to the
locality that it will opt into an ordinance cable franchise pursuant to this
article. A cable operator may file such notification that its cable franchise
will be renewed by an ordinance cable franchise not more than one year in
advance of the expiration date of the existing franchise or by a renewal
certification filed within 90 days after the effective date of this act in the
case of a current cable franchise whose original, renewal, or extension term has
expired. Except as provided by federal law, the restrictions in §§ 15.2-2015
through 15.2-2018, 15.2-2100 through 15.2-2105, 15.2-2106 and 15.2-2107,
including, but not limited to, the advertisement and receipt of bids for cable
franchises, shall not apply to renewal certifications except where a renewal
would result in a city or town having granted a cable franchise and a renewal
with combined terms in excess of 40 years.

HISTORY: 2006, cc. 73, 76.