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220 – Construction of Systems.

§ 220. Construction of systems. Every cable television system constructed after April first, nineteen hundred seventy-three shall comply with such construction standards as the commission may prescribe pursuant to subdivision two of section two hundred fifteen.

221 – Certificate of Confirmation.

§ 221. Certificate of confirmation. 1. Except as provided in this section, no person shall exercise a franchise, and no such franchise shall be effective, until the commission has confirmed such franchise. A person wishing to exercise a franchise shall file with the commission an application for a certificate of confirmation in such form and […]

211 – Statement of Policy.

§ 211. Statement of policy. While cable television serves in part as an extension of interstate broadcasting, its operations involve public rights-of-way, municipal franchising, and vital business and community service, and, therefore, are of state concern; while said operations must be subject to state oversight, they also must be protected from undue restraint and regulation […]