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§ 304. Duties and jurisdiction of Commission

(a) The Commission shall supervise and regulate the cable service and rates of every cable television company or system operating within the territory, so far as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and to do all things, whether herein specifically designated or in addition thereto, which are necessary or appropriate […]

§ 306. Operating cable systems

Any cable television company which was lawfully engaged in actual operations of a cable television system serving at least 50 subscribers on January 1, 1984, may continue to operate, maintain and manage that cable system and to that end the Commission is hereby directed to issue a franchise to such cable television company, provided however […]