Nevada Revised Statutes 711.0737 – ‘Local franchise’ defined
1. ’Local franchise’ means any franchise, agreement, permit, license or similar authorization, regardless of its name, which:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 711.0737
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- 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.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
(a) Permits a person to construct or operate a cable system, community antenna television system or video service network within the jurisdiction of a local government;
(b) Was issued, granted, approved or renewed by the governing body of the local government before June 4, 2007, pursuant to the authority of any federal, state or local law in effect at the time of the issuance, grant, approval or renewal; and
(c) On June 4, 2007, is legally effective and unexpired.
2. The term includes, without limitation, an unexpired local franchise that a local government in a county whose population is less than 100,000 renews or extends the term of pursuant to NRS 711.480 and 711.490.