(a) There shall be a State-wide Video Advisory Council, whose membership is made up of one representative from each of the existing advisory councils established pursuant to section 16-331. A certified competitive video service provider shall biannually convene a meeting of said council. No member of the State-wide Video Advisory Council shall be an employee of a community antenna television company or a certified competitive video service provider. For the purpose of this subsection, an employee includes any person working full time or part time or performing any subcontracting or consulting services for a community antenna television company or a certified competitive video service provider.
(b) The certified competitive video service provider shall provide funding to such State-wide Video Advisory Council in the amount of two thousand dollars per year.
(c) Members of the State-wide Video Advisory Council shall serve without compensation. For the purpose of this subsection, compensation shall include the receipt of any free or discounted video service.
(d) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall designate the State-wide Video Advisory Council as an intervenor in any contested case proceeding before the authority involving the certified competitive video service provider it advises. Such certified competitive video service provider shall provide to the chairperson of the State-wide Video Advisory Council a copy of any report, notice or other such document it files with the authority in any applicable proceeding.
(e) A certified competitive video service provider shall, every six months, provide on bills, bill inserts or letters to subscribers, a notice indicating the name and an address of the chairperson of the State-wide Video Advisory Council and describing the responsibilities of such advisory council. The State-wide Video Advisory Council shall have an opportunity to review such notice prior to its distribution.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, in Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 2011.
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