Goto Section: 76.924 | 76.930 | Table of Contents

FCC 76.925
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 | 2008
Sec.  76.925   Costs of franchise requirements.

   (a) Franchise requirement costs may include cost increases required by the
   franchising authority in the following categories:

   (1) Costs of providing PEG access channels;

   (2) Costs of PEG access programming;

   (3) Costs of technical and customer service standards to the extent that
   they exceed federal standards;

   (4) Costs of institutional networks and the provision of video services,
   voice  transmissions  and  data  transmissions to or from governmental
   institutions and educational institutions, including private schools, to the
   extent such services are required by the franchise agreement; and

   (5) When the operator is not already in the process of upgrading the system,
   costs  of removing cable from utility poles and placing the same cable
   underground.

   (b)  The costs of satisfying franchise requirements to support public,
   educational, and governmental channels shall consist of the sum of:

   (1) All per channel costs for the number of channels used to meet franchise
   requirements for public, educational, and governmental channels;

   (2) Any direct costs of meeting such franchise requirements; and

   (3) A reasonable allocation of general and administrative overhead.

   (c) The costs of satisfying any requirements under the franchise other than
   PEG access costs shall consist of the direct and indirect costs including a
   reasonable allocation of general and administrative overhead.

   [ 58 FR 29753 , May 21, 1993, as amended at  60 FR 52119 , Oct. 5, 1995]

   Effective Date Note:   At  60 FR 52119 , Oct. 5, 1995, in  Sec. 76.925, paragraphs
   (a) and (b) were redesignated as (b) and (c); a new (a) was added; and new
   (c)  was  revised.  This amendment contains information collection and
   recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until 30 days after
   approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.


Goto Section: 76.924 | 76.930

Goto Year: 2006 | 2008
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