Arizona Laws 9-1413. Incumbent cable operator; procedure to continue operating under local license
A. If an incumbent cable operator does not timely elect to terminate a local license for a service area pursuant to section 9-1412, subsection B, the person shall continue to operate the cable system as a holdover cable operator within the service area defined in the local license and shall comply with the local license for as long as it remains in effect for the service area. The local license is not effective for the service area from and after the date the local license expires by its terms. The local government may not unilaterally renew or extend the term of the local license for the service area. The local government and the holdover cable operator shall comply with all of the following, which shall continue to apply to the local license:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 9-1413
- Holdover cable operator: means an incumbent cable operator that elects under sections 9-1412 and 9-1413 to continue to operate within its service area pursuant to its local license. See Arizona Laws 9-1401
- Incumbent cable operator: means a cable operator or other video service provider that on December 31, 2019 is providing video service in this state pursuant to a local license. See Arizona Laws 9-1401
- License: means a franchise as defined in 47 United States Code § 522. See Arizona Laws 9-1401
- Local government: means any city, including a charter city, or town. See Arizona Laws 9-1401
- Local license: means any license, agreement, permit or similar authorization that meets all of the following:
(a) Allows a person to construct or operate a video service network within the boundaries of a local government. See Arizona Laws 9-1401
- Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Service area: means that part of the boundaries of a local government within which a video service provider is authorized to provide video service pursuant to a uniform video service license or a local license. See Arizona Laws 9-1401
- Uniform video service license: means a license that is issued by a local government in the form of a uniform video service license agreement as adopted pursuant to section 9-1411. See Arizona Laws 9-1401
1. Chapter 5, article 1.1 of this title.
2. Section 9-584.
3. Chapter 5, article 8 of this title.
4. Title 11, chapter 13, article 1.
B. To operate within a service area from and after the date the local license expires, the holdover cable operator must apply for and obtain a uniform video service license in the same manner as any other video service provider.
C. If a holdover cable operator is issued a uniform video service license with a service area that includes the service area defined under the local license while operating pursuant to the local license under subsection A of this section, the uniform video service license does not become effective until the local license expires.
D. A holdover cable operator that elects to apply for a uniform video service license shall do so at least one month before the local license expires.