Section 53-C:1 – Definitions.
53-C:1 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. "Cable television system" means facilities by which television signals are received at a central location and for consideration are transmitted to customers or subscribers by means of cables or wires. II. "Company" means any person, partnership, association, or corporation, including a municipality, owning or operating a cable […]
Section 53-C:2 – Franchise Required.
53-C:2 Franchise Required. – I. No company shall construct, commence construction, or operate a cable television system in any municipality without first obtaining a written franchise from the franchising authority of each municipality in which such system is installed or to be installed. II. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent municipalities from cooperating to […]
Section 53-C:3 – Authority to Grant Franchises.
53-C:3 Authority to Grant Franchises. – Municipalities are hereby authorized to grant, renew, amend or rescind for cause franchises for the installation and operation of cable television systems in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within the geographical limits of its respective town or city. Source. 1974, 23:1. 1996, 72:2, eff. July 12, […]
Section 53-C:3-a – Franchise Applicant Considerations.
53-C:3-a Franchise Applicant Considerations. – No municipality shall grant a franchise for cable service to a cable system within its jurisdiction without first, at a duly noticed public hearing, having considered: I. The financial ability of the franchise applicant to perform. II. The ability of the applicant to provide adequate and technically sound facilities, […]
Section 53-C:3-b – Franchises; Administration by Municipality.
53-C:3-b Franchises; Administration by Municipality. – I. All franchises shall be nonexclusive. No municipality shall grant any additional franchises to cable service within its jurisdiction on terms or conditions more favorable or less burdensome than those in any existing franchise within such municipality. II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any […]
Section 53-B:7-a – Repealed by 1994, 367:17, IV, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.
53-B:7-a Repealed by 1994, 367:17, IV, eff. Aug. 8, 1994. –
Section 53-B:7-b – Project Financing.
53-B:7-b Project Financing. – I. Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter may be secured by any assets or revenues, or both, of the district. The district may mortgage a facility and grant security interests in such other assets or rights to receive money as the district committee may determine. Such bonds or […]
Section 53-B:7-c – Member Municipality Obligations.
53-B:7-c Member Municipality Obligations. – Any member municipality that withdraws from a district shall be liable for its share of existing debt and contractual obligations, and any existing operating and capital costs its withdrawal would impose on remaining members. All liabilities, obligations, and indebtedness of the district incurred by it through the exercise of […]
Section 53-B:8 – District Committee.
53-B:8 District Committee. – I. The powers, duties, and liabilities of a district shall be vested in and exercised by a district committee organized in accordance with the district agreement. The district committee shall authorize and govern all actions of a district, and the district committee’s actions which are consistent with the district agreement […]
Section 53-B:8-a – Capital Reserve Fund.
53-B:8-a Capital Reserve Fund. – I. A district may establish a capital reserve fund for the orderly replacement and closure of any existing facility, including associated buildings and equipment, which has been approved under RSA 53-B:7, VI. The district committee shall invest all monies in said fund in the same manner as capital reserve […]