Rhode Island General Laws 39-19-8. Revocation or change of certificate
The commission may, after affording the holder an opportunity to be heard, revoke, suspend, or alter any certificate for willful violation of any provision of this chapter, or the rules and regulations or orders promulgated under the authority of this chapter, or for failure to commence operations within a reasonable time, or for other reasonable cause. If a holder of a certificate after commencing operations shall fail for a continuous period of sixty (60) days to render proper service without good reason therefor, the administrator shall revoke the certificate. In the exercise of the police power of the state, the commission may revoke or refuse to renew the license of any CATV company whose programs originating in this state have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be obscene.
History of Section.
P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 17; P.L. 1983, ch. 314, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-19-8
- CATV: as used in this chapter shall mean and include the ownership or operation of a cable television system that receives video or audio signals, electrical impulses, or currents at a central antenna or electronic control center within this state and from which it distributes or transmits such signals, impulses, or currents by a cable or wire system to electronic equipment at a customer's terminal point within this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-19-1
- Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
- Company: means and includes a person, firm, partnership, corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, association, joint-stock association or company, and his, her, its, or their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.