48:5A-40 Sale, mortgage, lease, disposition, encumbrance, merger, consolidation, certain circumstances, approval by board.
40. a. Except as otherwise provided by subsections b. and c. of this section, no CATV company shall, without the approval of the board, sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber its property, franchises, privileges or rights, or any part thereof; or merge or consolidate its property, franchises, privileges or rights, or any part thereof, with that of any other CATV company. Every sale, mortgage, lease, disposition, encumbrance, merger or consolidation made in violation of this section shall be void.
b. Nothing herein shall prevent the sale, lease or other disposition by any CATV company of any of its property in the ordinary course of business, nor require the approval of the board to any grant, conveyance or release or any property or interest therein heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any CATV company to the United States, the State or any county or municipality or any agency, authority or subdivision thereof, for public use. The approval of the board shall not be required to validate the title of the United States, the State or any county or municipality or any agency, authority or subdivision thereof, to any lands or interest therein heretofore condemned or hereafter to be condemned by the United States, the State or any county or municipality or any agency, authority or subdivision thereof for public use.
c. Nothing herein shall require the review or approval by the board of any parent or affiliate corporation of a company that provides cable television service over a cable television system if such parent or affiliate corporation does not itself provide cable television service in this State and seeks to sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise to dispose of or to permit the encumbrance of any of its property, franchises, privileges, or rights, or any part thereof; or to merge or consolidate its property, franchises, privileges, or rights, or any part thereof, with that or those of another corporation or other organization which:
(1) does not directly provide cable television service in this State; and
(2) does not directly or through one or more affiliates own a controlling interest in another corporation or other organization which provides cable television service in this State.
L.1972, c.186, s.40; amended 2008, c.87, s.6.
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