§ 610. Payments to Commission.
§ 610. Payments to Commission. (a) The Commission is authorized to bill to and collect the cost of regulation of Cable Television Systems, as a franchise fee from every Commission regulated franchisee. Such billing and collection shall be accomplished in the following manner: (1) On or before March 31 of each year, each franchisee subject […]
§ 507. Privilege against self-incrimination.
§ 507. Privilege against self-incrimination. No person shall be excused from testifying or producing any book, document or paper in any investigation or inquiry by or upon hearing before the Commission, or any member or examiner thereof, upon the ground that the testimony, evidence, book, document or paper required of such person may tend to […]
§ 611. Certificate of compliance.
§ 611. Certificate of compliance. (a) Upon substantial completion of construction and when service is available in a substantial portion of the franchised territory, the franchisee shall certify to the Commission that: (1) The cable television system has been constructed and is operating in full compliance with technical performance standards as prescribed by the Federal […]
§ 508. Depositions of witnesses.
§ 508. Depositions of witnesses. The Commission, or any party to proceedings before the Commission, may cause the deposition of witnesses residing within or without this State to be taken in the same manner as prescribed by law or by rules of the Superior Court for taking depositions in civil actions. 47 Del. Laws, c. […]
§ 612. Occupancy of public ways.
§ 612. Occupancy of public ways. All cable systems holding a franchise granted under this chapter or by a municipality having the power either express or implied under its charter to grant a franchise to a system shall have the right to occupy the public highways, streets, roads, alleys, turnpikes and waterways within this State, […]
§ 509. Effective date and service of orders.
§ 509. Effective date and service of orders. (a) Every order made by the Commission shall be served upon the person or public utility affected thereby, within 10 days from the time the order is filed, by personally delivering or sending by certified mail a certified copy thereof to the person to be affected thereby, […]
§ 613. Acquisition by franchisees of easements.
§ 613. Acquisition by franchisees of easements. Any franchisee may acquire an easement across, in or on public or private lands or waterways in this State which already have thereon or therein poles, wires, conduits, pipes, cables or other such facilities owned or maintained by a public utility, for the purpose of erecting, constructing, maintaining […]
§ 510. Appeal from Commission’s order.
§ 510. Appeal from Commission’s order. (a) Any public utility affected by any final order made by the Commission, or any other original party to or any intervenor in the proceedings before the Commission in which such order was entered and affected thereby, may appeal from such order to the Superior Court within 30 days […]
§ 614. Criminal penalties.
§ 614. Criminal penalties. (a) Any applicant for a cable television franchise, or any franchisee who knowingly makes any false statement in any application, or in support thereof, or who knowingly falsifies any records required by this subchapter to be kept, shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor. (b) Any person who knowingly attaches […]
§ 511. Stay pending appeal.
§ 511. Stay pending appeal. The filing of an appeal from any order of the Commission shall in no case supersede or stay the order of the Commission, unless the Superior Court so directs, and the appellant may be required by the Court to give bond in such form and of such amount as the […]